1 Corinthians 1:25 BBE

²³  But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

²⁴  But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.

²⁵  Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.

²⁶  For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:

²⁷  But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;