Scriptures

New Living Translation (NLT)

1 Corinthians 1
²⁷ Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful.
²⁸ God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important.
²⁹ As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God.
³⁰ God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin.
³¹ Therefore, as the Scriptures say, “If you want to boast, boast only about the LORD.”
1 Corinthians 2
¹ When I first came to you, dear brothers and sisters, I didn’t use lofty words and impressive wisdom to tell you God’s secret plan.
² For I decided that while I was with you I would forget everything except Jesus Christ, the one who was crucified.
³ I came to you in weakness—timid and trembling.
⁴ And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit.
⁵ I did this so you would trust not in human wisdom but in the power of God.
⁶ Yet when I am among mature believers, I do speak with words of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that belongs to this world or to the rulers of this world, who are soon forgotten.