wherefore I shall send you prophets, and wise men, and Scribes; you will kill some, and crucify others, many will ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city.

for consider, brethren, that not many worldly wise, not many men of power, not many men of birth are among you that are called.

but God hath chosen those who are foolish in the opinion of the world, to confound the wise; and the weak men of the world to confound the mighty:

let no man deceive himself: if any among you pretends to worldly wisdom, let him commence fool, in order to be truly wise.