24. Our message is God's power and wisdom for the Jews and the Greeks that he has chosen.
25. Even when God is foolish, he is wiser than everyone else, and even when God is weak, he is stronger than everyone else.
26. My dear friends, remember what you were when God chose you. The people of this world didn't think that many of you were wise. Only a few of you were in places of power, and not many of you came from important families.
27. But God chose the foolish things of this world to put the wise to shame. He chose the weak things of this world to put the powerful to shame.