21. In God’s wisdom, he determined that the world wouldn’t come to know him through its wisdom. Instead, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of preaching.
22. Jews ask for signs, and Greeks look for wisdom,
23. but we preach Christ crucified, which is a scandal to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.
24. But to those who are called—both Jews and Greeks—Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom.
25. This is because the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.
26. Look at your situation when you were called, brothers and sisters! By ordinary human standards not many were wise, not many were powerful, not many were from the upper class.