1 Corinthians 1:20-21

Christ the Wisdom and Power of God

²⁰ _g Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? _h Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? ²¹ For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.

1. Cross References
   Isaiah 19:12
   Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you that they might know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 2:6
   Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.
   1 Corinthians 3:19
   For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness.
   Isaiah 44:25
   Who frustrates the signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, who turns wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish.
   Romans 1:22
   Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
   1 Corinthians 1:26
   For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.