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1 Corinthians 1
1 Corinthians 1:25
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1 Corinthians 1:25
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because God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength.
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but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles.
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Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is God's power and God's wisdom,
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because God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength.
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Brothers, consider your calling: not many are wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.
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Instead, God has chosen the world's foolish things to shame the wise, and God has chosen the world's weak things to shame the strong.
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