1 Corinthians 1:21

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21 For since, in the wisdom of God, ^athe world through its wisdom did not come to know God, ^bGod was well-pleased, through the ^cfoolishness of the ¹message preached, to ^dsave those who believe.

1 Corinthians 1:22

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22 For indeed ^aJews ask for ¹signs and Greeks search for wisdom,

1 Corinthians 2:1

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Paul’s Reliance upon the Spirit

And when I came to you, brothers, I ^adid not come with superiority of word or of wisdom, proclaiming to you ^bthe ¹witness of God.

1 Corinthians 2:4-9

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4 and my word and my preaching were ^anot in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of ^bthe Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith would not be in the wisdom of men, but in ^athe power of God.
6 Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are ^amature, a wisdom, however, not of ^bthis age nor of the rulers of ^bthis age, who are ^cbeing abolished. 7 But we speak God’s wisdom in a ^amystery, the wisdom which has been hidden, which God ^bpredestined before the ^cages to our glory, 8 ^awhich none of the rulers of ^bthis age has understood; for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified ^cthe Lord of glory. 9 But just as it is written,

“^aThings which eye has not seen and ear has not heard,

And which have not entered the heart of man,

All that God has prepared for those who love Him.”