17 For Christ did not send me to immerse, but to proclaim the glad tidings; not, however, with wisdom of speech, that the cross of Christ might not be deprived of its efficacy.
27 but God has chosen the foolish of the world to put the wise to shame; and the weak God has chosen to put the strong to shame;
28 the ignoble of the world, and the despised, God has chosen; nay, those that are nothing, to reduce to nothing those that are;
29 that not flesh might boast in his presence.
4 My discourse, also, and my proclamation, were not with persuasive words of human wisdom; but with the demonstration of the Spirit, and of power.
32 As for me, when I shall be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men to myself.