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For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

But the foolish things of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the wise, and the weak things of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the strong,

and the insignificant of the world, and the despised, God chose, the things that are not, in order that he might abolish the things that are,

so that all flesh may not boast before God.

But from him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

in order that your faith would not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory,

But just as it is written, "Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and have not entered into the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love him."

For to us God has revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man that is in him? Thus also no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, in order that we may know the things freely given to us by God,

But the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing it to grow.

So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who is causing it to grow.

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon it. But each one must direct his attention to how he is building upon it.

Do you not know that you are God's temple and the Spirit of God dwells in you?

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy this one. For God's temple is holy, which you are.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written, "The one who catches the wise in their craftiness,"

Therefore do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord should come, who will both enlighten the hidden things of darkness and will reveal the counsels of hearts, and then praise will come to each one from God.