27 but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong;
28 and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless --
29 that no flesh may glory before Him;
17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but -- to proclaim good news; not in wisdom of discourse, that the cross of the Christ may not be made of none effect;
32 and I, if I may be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself.'
4 and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power --