1Cor 1:25, 2:4-5, 14:16 | ESV | STEP | For the foolishness of God is wiser than men , and the weakness of God is stronger than men .

a ch. 4:20; Rom. 15:13, 19; 1 Thess. 1:5; 2 Pet. 1:16

c 2 Cor. 4:7; 6:7; [Zech. 4:6; 2 Cor. 10:4; 12:9]

e 1 Chr. 16:36; Neh. 5:13; 8:6; Ps. 106:48; Jer. 11:5; 28:6; Rev. 5:14; 7:12; 19:4; [2 Cor. 1:20]

1 Corinthians 1:25

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

1 Corinthians 2:4-5

4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of ^athe Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women} but ^cin the power of God.

1 Corinthians 14:16

16 Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider ^{▼▼Or of him that is without gifts} say ^e“Amen” to ^fyour thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying?