1 Corinthians 1:19-22 For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and confound the shrewdness of the intelligent.”

WPNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁹ For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and confound the shrewdness of the intelligent.” ²⁰ Where is the wise one? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? ²¹ For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its ‘wisdom’ did not get to know God, it pleased God to save the believing ones through the ‘foolishness’ of what was preached— ²² since Jews request a sign while Greeks seek after wisdom,