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23 but we proclaim a Christ who was crucified—an idea that is revolting to Jews and absurd to the heathen,
24 but to those whom God has called, whether they are Jews or Greeks, a Christ who is God's power and God's wisdom.
25 For God's folly is beyond the wisdom of men, and God's weakness is beyond their strength.
26 For consider, brothers, what happened when God called you. Not many of you were what men call wise, not many of you were influential, not many were of high birth.
27 But it was what the world calls foolish that God chose to put the wise to shame with, and it was what the world calls weak that God chose to shame its strength with,
28 and it was what the world calls low and insignificant and unreal that God chose to nullify its realities,