but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong,

I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world.

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts?

and those who use the world, as though they did not make full use of it; for the form of this world is passing away.

When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.