But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He
At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of
From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy an
For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intell
The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths
But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD.
For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it int
The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of n
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They wer
After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak
As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew
Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to
But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from
But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”
On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their