23But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;
24But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.
25Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.
26For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:
27But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;
28And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:
