1 Corinthians 1:21
For after that in the wisdom of Elohim the world by wisdom knew not Elohim, it pleased Elohim by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
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19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
20 Where the wise? where the scribe? where the disputer of this world? has not Elohim made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21 For after that in the wisdom of Elohim the world by wisdom knew not Elohim, it pleased Elohim by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
23 But we preach Messiah crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;