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but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong;

and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power --

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

but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,

but, according as it hath been written, `What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him --'

but to us did God reveal [them] through His Spirit, for the Spirit all things doth search, even the depths of God,

And we the spirit of the world did not receive, but the Spirit that [is] of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us,

which things also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, with spiritual things spiritual things comparing,

And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly -- as to babes in Christ;

with milk I fed you, and not with meat, for ye were not yet able, but not even yet are ye now able,

Who, then, is Paul, and who Apollos, but ministrants through whom ye did believe, and to each as the Lord gave?

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;

so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth -- God;

if of any the work is burned up, he shall suffer loss; and himself shall be saved, but so as through fire.

and to me it is for a very little thing that by you I may be judged, or by man's day, but not even myself do I judge,

for of nothing to myself have I been conscious, but not in this have I been declared right -- and he who is discerning me is the Lord:

Not [as] putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish,

but I will come quickly unto you, if the Lord may will, and I will know not the word of those puffed up, but the power;

for not in word is the reign of God, but in power?

so that we may keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with unleavened food of sincerity and truth.