1 Corinthians 1:19-21

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¹⁹For it is written,

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the cleverness of the clever I will thwart.”

²⁰Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? ²¹For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.

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