Rom 1:20-23, 1Cor 1:19-21 | ESV | STEP | For his invisible attributes, namely , his eternal power and divine nature , have been clearly perceived , ever since the creation of the world , in the things that have been made . So they are without excuse .

Romans 1:20-23

20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, ^ahave been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, ^{▼▼Or clearly perceived from the creation of the world} in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they ^cbecame futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 ^dClaiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and ^eexchanged the glory of ^fthe immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

1 Corinthians 1:19-21

19 For it is written,

^g“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
20 ^hWhere is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? ⁱHas not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach ^{▼▼Or the folly of preaching} to save those who believe.