1 Corinthians 1:26 DBY

²⁴  but to those that [are] called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ God's power and God's wisdom.

²⁵  Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

²⁶  For consider your calling, brethren, that [there are] not many wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many high-born.

²⁷  But God has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may put to shame the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may put to shame the strong things;

²⁸  and the ignoble things of the world, and the despised, has God chosen, [and] things that are not, that he may annul the things that are;