It is so, because God's nonsense is wiser than men's wisdom, and God's weakness is mightier than men's might.

so that no mortal man might ever boast in the presence of God.

so that your faith might not be in men's wisdom, but in God's power.

Now, brothers, for your sakes I have applied all this to Apollos and myself, that from us as illustrations you might learn the lesson, "Never go beyond what is written," so that you might stop boasting in favor of one teacher against another.

Are you satisfied already? Have you grown rich already? Have you ascended your thrones without us to join you? Yes, I could wish that you had ascended your thrones, that we too might join you on them!

You know that when you were heathen you were in the habit of going off, wherever you might be led, after idols that could not speak.

So it is with you; unless in your ecstatic speaking you speak a message that is clearly intelligible, how can the message spoken by you be understood? You might just as well be talking to the air!