1 Corinthians 1:19-23

Murdock(i) 19 For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; and I will dissipate the intelligence of the sagacious. 20 Where is the wise? Or where is the scribe? Or where is the disputant of this world? Lo, hath not God showed, that the wisdom of this world is folly? 21 For in the wisdom of God, because the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of preaching, to quicken them who believe. 22 Because the Jews ask for signs, and the Gentiles demand wisdom. 23 But we preach Messiah as crucified; which is a stumbling-block to the Jews, and foolishness to the Gentiles;