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For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:

For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:

So that, as it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.

For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.

But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing:

But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;

Of which not one of the rulers of this world had knowledge: for if they had, they would not have put the Lord of glory on the cross:

But as it says in the holy Writings, Things which the eye saw not, and which had not come to the ears or into the heart of man, such things as God has made ready for those who have love for him.

But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God.

For who has knowledge of the things of a man but the spirit of the man which is in him? in the same way, no one has knowledge of the things of God but the Spirit of God.

For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

For who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord, so as to be his teacher? But we have the mind of Christ.

Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?

For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men?

Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.

For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.

For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.

If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.

For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs: