1 Corinthians 1:25

What has been proved in point of fact, viz., the stultification by the cross of man's wisdom, the Ap. (as in Romans 3:30; Romans 11:29; Galatians 2:6) grounds upon an axiomatic religious principle, that of the absolute superiority of the Divine to the human. That God should thus confound the world one might expect: “because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men”. Granted that the λόγος τ. σταυροῦ is folly and weakness, it is God's folly, God's weakness: will men dare to match themselves with that? (cf. Romans 9:20). τὸ μωρόν (not μωρία as before), τὸ ἀσθενές are concrete terms the foolish, weak policy of God (cf. τὸ χρηστόν, Romans 2:4), the folly and weakness embodied in the cross. ἰσχυρός (ἰσχύς) implies intrinsic strength; δύναμις is ability, as relative to the task in view.