KJV ORIGINAL
For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Here's the thing: God set up the world so that all our human wisdom and intelligence couldn't actually lead us to him. So instead, God chose to save people through something that seems totally foolish to everyone else — preaching about Jesus. And it works for those who believe.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God bypassed all our smartest ideas and chose the 'foolish' way to reach us — and somehow it's exactly what works.
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