1 Corinthians 1:22

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I

Why, then, you will ask, did you think it fit that such an arrangement should be adopted in your memoranda? Because there is great danger in divulging the secret of the true philosophy to those, whose delight it is unsparingly to speak against everything, not justly; and who shout forth all kinds of names and words indecorously, deceiving themselves and beguiling those who adhere to them. "For the Hebrews seek signs," as the apostle says, "and the Greeks seek after wisdom."[43]

Tertullian Against Marcion Book V "Because the Jews require signs," who ought to have already made up their minds about God, "and the Greeks seek after wisdom,"[217]

Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews "Because the Jews require a sign, and the Creeks seek after wisdom: but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews indeed a stumbling-block, and to the Gentiles foolishness; but to them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God."[126]