 Right. So we looked at verse 10 onwards. So here Paul is addressing the Quentin Church and he's actually literally pleading with them, begging them, beseeching them. And what is the reason for him to do that? He's saying, I plead with you that you all speak the same thing, that there be no divisions among you and that you'll be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. So three things or at least three main things that he mentions there, that he says, you know, you all speak the same thing about your belief, about our faith and about us as a people of God, you speak the same thing. Second thing he says, let there be no schisms or divisions, which means that let there be no split. Let there be nothing that separates us from each other concerning our faith. Let there be nothing that brings a division among us. So he says, you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you'll be perfectly joined together. So first two things he says, you know, you speak the same thing, that there be no divisions. And thirdly, he says, you'll be perfectly joined together. Okay, and the word used there is that it gives us a picture of a broken bone. You know, suppose you have a fracture, the bone being put together in a cast or placed together so that it will heal. Like, so you'll be perfectly joined together, right? Even if there was a split, even if there was a fracture, let there be healing that you'll be perfectly joined together. And in what? In the same mind and in the same judgment. So he's like, in your understanding, in your same judgment, meaning if it's your view, your opinion, come to that place of same judgment, be of one mind. Now, we know that God has created each one of us differently, uniquely. We all have our likes, we all have our dislikes. So it's not talking about those. But the fact is that when it comes to the matters of faith, when it comes to us being united as a people of God as a church, as the body of Christ. What Paul is saying, encouraging is that you come to a place, you make a choice, you make an effort to be united. Which means that sometimes you need to give way, sometimes you need to sacrifice, but you make a choice so that you can prevent division. Find out what is it that's dividing, prevent that, and come to a place of unity. So here, what has happened is that there has been disunity, there has been certain divisions. So therefore Paul has to address that. And the thing is that he has received news and while at Ephesus, obviously he has received news from Chloe's household. So Chloe's household of Chloe had actually heard it could even be a church that was meeting there in Chloe's house. We don't know. But the fact is that Chloe was also part of the Corinthian church and was concerned about what was going on in the Corinthian church and among the believers. And so she, along with the others, reached out to Paul and said, you know, there's something that is unhealthy. And so Paul writes in response to that. So what is it? What was happening there? Verse 11, for it has been declared that there are contentions among you. So there are divisions, there are contentions that they are quarreling. There are quarrels and divisions and quarrels among you. And this is the nature of the contention. This is the nature of the quarrel. Verse 12 onwards. You know, we saw that Corinth was a place where Apollos also ministered. So Apollos also, like when we read Acts chapter 17, I think, or 18, we read that Apollos was there. And he, sorry, I think it was in verse, sorry, Acts chapter 17. Sorry, 19. Okay. Acts chapter 19, we read about how Apollos was there in when Paul was in Corinth. Apollos was there ministering. And then after that, Paul goes to, you know, he goes to Corinth and so on, from Ephesus. So we see that Apollos was also someone who was ministering there. So now people were taking sides. What were they saying? Verse 12, I am off Paul. I am off Apollos. I am off Cephas or Peter. So this was what was happening. They were elevating the person, the minister who had come there to minister to them, serve them. And they were comparing. Okay. They were comparing the servants of God. And they were taking sides. And they were saying, okay, I am off Paul or I am off Apollos or I am off Cephas. So Paul is saying, you know, is Christ divided? Okay. Is Christ divided? You know, there is no division. So was Paul crucified for you? You know, so he's saying, you know, we are all preaching the same Christ. So it was, it was not Paul who was crucified. And he goes on to say, you know, oh, where you baptized in the name of Paul? Just think about it. You know, I am a person who ministered to you, but it's actually about Christ. That's the bigger picture. So there's no reason for us to be divided based on the one whom God sent to minister. So they were, you know, with a false sense of, I don't know, with a false sense of faithfulness to the person who had come to minister or they were elevating the man unnecessarily, the elevating the person or the minister servant unnecessarily. And as a result of that, there was division in the church. So another important lesson for us, you know, that when we elevate the man or the woman, the minister way beyond, you know, yes, we need to honor, we need to acknowledge, honor the person, respect the person. But when we elevate them there, it results in division, right, in the church. So this is what so Paul says, you know, and he says, you know, I didn't baptize any of you except household of stiffeners and so on. So he mentioned those names, and then he goes on to say in verse 17, for Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, less the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. Okay, so I did not come with, you know, with a lot of wisdom and with the wisdom of words, less the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. You know, I didn't want to, you know, use my wisdom or the wisdom of words in order to take the focus away from the cross. Okay, so first of all, he says, you know, let there be no divisions. Who's Paul, who's Apollos, he will actually in the second chapter, and in the third chapter, he addresses that again, right. He comes back to the, to this topic of division, he comes back to this thing of contentions and he addresses that again. Okay, so then verse 18, Paul goes on to talk about the importance of the cross, the message regarding the cross which was preached. He's talking about the importance of that, because in verse 17 he says, you know, I did not come to baptize, but to preach the gospel. And I did, and even when I preached the gospel, it was not with words of, you know, human wisdom. Okay, not with wisdom of words, sorry, not with wisdom of words, less the focus should be on the words or on the wisdom and the eloquence and the ability, human ability. And you leave the focus of cross of Christ. I don't want that to happen, but I wanted you to focus on the cross of Christ, because it is important. And he goes on to explain why he ministered in such a way, and what is the importance of the cross. Okay, verse 18 onwards, for the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing. But to us who are being saved, it is the power of God, for it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise and where is the scribe, where is the disputer of this age, has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world. For since in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. For Jews request a sign and Greeks seek after wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness. But to those who are called both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God, because the foolishness of God is wiser than men and the weakness of God is stronger than men. Okay, so he goes on to explain about the cross and about the power of the cross. So verse 18 is the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing to the world outside, which does not consider Christ. The message seems to be foolish because they're talking about a person who died on the cross and who carried something called sin of the world upon himself. He died and on the third day he rose again and it seems to be foolishness. It goes beyond logic, human understanding. You know if you look at the book of Acts, we see the response of the ones who were in Athens, right? Acts chapter 19 and I'm sorry, Acts chapter 17 and verse 16. So Paul is at Athens, he's waiting for Timothy and Silas to join him and he sees that the city was given over to Idlees. So he meets these philosophers, you know, there's this place, the marketplace and also this place called Areopagus or Mars Hill. And so he meets with them, he speaks to them and they were actually meeting and talking about new things, exchanging ideas and so on. And he talks to them. Versus 22 to 20, till the end of the chapter, it's actually about his address to those people, you know, what he, the message that he's preaches, that Paul preaches to the people who were gathered there in that place called Mars Hill or Areopagus. And he sees this altar with an inscription to the unknown God, so he uses that and from there he shares the Gospel, right? But listen to that, you know, some of them heard and some said, okay, we want to hear this again. We are curious. Now we want to hear you again about this. But others, they mocked. And the reason was this, you know, verse 32, and when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. Okay, so they heard this about the resurrection of the dead. They heard this about he, you know, in verse 17 or verse 18, you see that he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection. So Paul very clearly talked to them about the Lord Jesus, talked to them about resurrection from the dead and when they hear it, they mocked. Okay, so it seems to be foolishness, the message of the cross. It seems to be really, you know, so easy sometimes. I remember when, you know, I was growing up and I was in this part of this youth group growing up and every Sunday we used to meet, have a time of worship, fellowship. Study from the word. And that particular Sunday, we would, I think, I forget the message, but I think it was about the cross. And so there came a person who was not a believer. He was, you know, have a different worldview, but he was there with us. And after hearing the message on grace and how you, we just need to receive it by grace. We just need to receive, believe in what was done on the cross and receive it. He said, you know, how can it be so easy? How can it be so easy? How can I, you know, because he was off the opinion that, oh, you have to do certain things. You have to do this. You have to keep this. You have to, you know, travel to this place, visit this place, you know, put your body to the test and, you know, forgo certain things and then achieve something. You know, achieve this salvation. But when he heard this message, it was so simple. The simplicity of the message seems so foolish. And the simplicity of believing what the Lord Jesus did so many years ago and the fact that when we believe we receive something, the benefit of what he did for us on the cross. And there's change that happens because of that. There's, you know, the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit comes and dwells and all that seemed to be foolish. Okay. So he said, it's too easy. And it seems so even today, the message of the cross is foolishness. As you know, people who are perishing and who do not acknowledge Christ and they don't want to receive it, it seems to be foolish. But to us who are being saved, it is the power of God. It is the power of God. So the message of the cross is the power of God. The Gospel is the power of God. Romans chapter one, if you look at that scripture, Romans one and verse 16, Paul says, I'm not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes for the Jews first and also for the Greeks. So it is the power of God, this, this Gospel, this salvation message, which is about the cross, what happened on the cross. And it's about the death and burial and resurrection of Christ, which involves all that. It is the power of God. So Paul is saying that I'm not ashamed of this hospital because it is the power of God. So we know that it takes the power of God to break the power of sin. It takes the power of God to break the power of sin. Therefore, it is the cross, which is the power of God. And then when we say that it is the cross or the message of the cross is the power of God. It's not just about the symbol. Okay, we need to understand that also. It's not about having the symbol of the cross, maybe around our neck or, you know, no harm. You know, if you're somebody's wearing a cross and, you know, somebody has a cross at home. There's no problem. No problem with that. But the fact is that it is the message of the cross, which is the power of God. We need to understand that, right? Okay, so verse 19 and 20, for it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. And he asked certain questions and rhetoric. Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? Okay, and verse 21, for since in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God. It pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. Okay, so through wisdom, through human wisdom, the world cannot know God, right? It takes the revelation of the Holy Spirit and the foolishness of this message to really start to begin that journey to know God. Because you are born again, and then you understand the Holy Spirit. He takes off that veil which was there on our hearts. He reveals things to us. And then, progressively, we begin to understand God. Oh, yes, this is the love of God. This is the nature of God. We begin to understand the great spiritual truths. But then it starts with that first step, right? So the world through the wisdom, through various means, trying to know God, trying to reach out, it did not know God. It does not know God still, right? And it pleased God through the foolishness of this message preached to save those who believe. So it seems to be foolish, but the fact is that through this, people are being saved. Lives are being changed. People's destinies are being changed. And lives are being transformed. And Paul himself is a testimony of that, right? So when we read about Paul's life, we see that he persecuted the Jews. I mean, so he persecuted the Christians, those who are the followers of Christ. And he was very, very passionate about that. He would take letters of permission to put Christians in prison. So he was going from place to place. And the Bible, when we read about it in the book of Acts, we see that he made havoc of the church. And so much so that when he became a believer, there was so much of peace in the church. We see that people are saying, the man who persecuted actually is now preaching, right? Acts chapter 8, verse 3, As for Saul, he made havoc off the church. Like Paul, who was Saul, he made havoc off the church, entering every house, dragging off men and women, committing them to prison. So you see that as soon as he heard that there were people who were worshiping Jesus, you go to their homes, find out, drag them off, put them in prison. And we don't know what kind of justice was there. Probably people did not see their family members later. We don't know. Like families were separated and so on. But the fact is that that kind of a person came to Christ. This person came to Christ through an encounter with Christ and he started preaching Christ. So this is what we read, Acts chapter 9 and verse 31. Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee and Samaria had peace and were edified and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied. And the verses before that say that he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, who spoke boldly the Apostle Paul. Such was his transformation. And when his life was transformed, it says that there was peace in the church because he was such a terror. And how did this transformation happen? He had this encounter with Christ and the foolishness of the gospel completely transformed him. The foolishness of the message completely transformed him. So God in his wisdom, this is what he instituted. Verse 22. For Jews request a sign and the Greeks seek after wisdom. But we preach Christ crucified. To the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness. But to those who are called both Jews and Greeks Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God. So the Jews very spiritual in their approach, very spiritual in their people with a lot of spiritual hunger. So they were seeking after sign, the supernatural, the miraculous. They request a sign. And when we contrast that with the Greeks, the Greeks were learned very highly intellectual. Those who were logical in their reasoning and who gave a lot of importance to thinking. And so, you know, there were a lot of philosophers and so on. So the Greeks were interested in things that that really appealed to their wisdom and intellect. So the Jews seek a sign, the Greeks go after wisdom. And Paul says, but we preach Christ crucified. Okay, irrespective of whether the audience is, you know, are the Greeks. We preach this message because this message of the cross is the power of God. We preach Christ crucified. And he says, you know, to the Jews, it comes across as a stumbling block. They don't be able to accept. Is Christ a Messiah? You know, is he the one? And how can salvation be apart from the law? To the Jews, a stumbling block. And to the Greeks, it seems to be foolishness. But to those who are called both Jews and Greeks, Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God. To those who are called who respond to the invitation. So that is what it means, right? It's everyone is called. But to those who respond to that call, to those who are both Jews and Greeks, Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God. So both the power and the wisdom they experience. Which means both the signs, the miraculous and the answers and the intellectual quest, you know, the knowledge and the questions are satisfied in Christ. Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God. So the wisdom that people are longing for, the supernatural and the miraculous that people are, you know, are searching for, it's actually found in Christ. Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God. You experience the power and you receive the wisdom and the answers to the quest for, you know, if you could call it quest for enlightenment. It begins and ends with Christ. So that is the foolishness of the message, please. So we, you know, many times we ourselves might think about the gospel and the thing and it seems such a simple message, you know, will lives be changed? It seems like such a, you know, such a, it seems to be foolishness. Will lives be transformed? The answer is yes, because Christ, the power of God, to those who believe. To those who are called, those who receive that foolish message. To those who believe Christ, the wisdom of God and the power of God. Then he goes on to verse 26. Okay, so before we go on to verse 26 and to the rest of the chapter, any questions based on what we or any thoughts that you want to share? Anything that you want to share that, you know, you, you understood and you felt anything that you want to share? You can do that as well. Or anything that you noticed here that you had not seen before? Is there anything like that? Anything that you noticed in this chapter one that you had not noticed earlier times when you, you know, when you've had that? You can share that also. See, one thing of, before we progress further, one thing that we notice is that, you know, there seems to be a lot of problems in the church. Okay, so Chloe's household, they have actually informed Paul, and it was obviously through a letter, through a note which would have come to him. People would have come travel and given and they seem to have listed down certain things. But if you see the way Paul addresses the church, it is with a lot of grace, it is with a lot of respect. And he also says that he thanks God for the grace of God upon them. Like he continues to thank God for the grace of God upon them. So one of the things that we can, you know, in our own lives and probably in the lives of others is that we can, when we see the work of God, there could be many other things that are not developed that are not mature. Okay, so we see some believers or maybe we see some people who are not yet mature in, you know, certain areas. Okay, but they are sincere but they are, you know, not mature. And when we see them sometimes ministering, we, you know, there is a sense of sadness, there is a sense of, you know, maybe sometimes we are annoyed, irritated, angry, right? But the fact is that Paul continues to thank God for the, for some of the good things that are happening. The fact that they were enriched, the fact that they were spiritual and the fact that they fell short and no gift and utterance and knowledge and so on. So he gives thanks, he acknowledges that he notices that and he acknowledges that and he gives thanks to God for that. Okay, and he also chooses to address the problems, the challenges, the things that were going wrong. He chooses to address that as well. So that is something that we see. That's something that we can learn as maybe leaders, as spiritual leaders, as ministers of God. Sometimes it's very difficult, right? It's very difficult to see that good thing because there's so much of the bad which is, I'm talking about believers. We're talking about believers. We're not talking about people who do not know God. We're talking about people who are believers. Maybe they are, maybe they are believers for many years and we see their lives and we see that there are things in their lives which they are continuing on, which are not glorifying God. And we see that the fact that we notice that and we're not able to appreciate God's work in their lives. But the fact is Paul sees that and he sees the good things that the Lord has done. So that is something for us to learn. When we look at some person, what is the good thing that God is doing in their lives? Okay, so we can appreciate, thank God for that. Praise God for that, that good thing which God is doing in their lives. Well, there are several things that are not doing, they're doing wrong and they're not going right in their lives. So those things we can pray to the Lord and if we know these people personally, we can actually address them, bring it to their notice and address that to them. There's something that we learn. Okay, so Prince has a question versus 19 and 20, right? Okay, so versus 19 and 20, I'm just going back. So where Paul writes and he says, for it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Obviously, these are the words of God and he's referring to Isaiah 29, I think, yeah, 29, 14. And so he's referring to that. He's kind of paraphrasing and quoting that. And where God says, I will do a marvelous work among these people, a marvelous work and a wonder for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden. So he's kind of referring to that Old Testament scripture. And, and he's saying, you know, for it, this is what is written that God will destroy the wisdom of the wise or, you know, what is so called wisdom, you know, God will destroy that brings to nothing the understanding of the prudent. You know, in this plan of salvation, if you look at the verse, he's saying God will do a marvelous work, a marvelous work and a wonder. So, and God did that through this whole work of salvation. And verse 20, when Paul says, you know, where is the wise, where is the disputer? It's actually a, you know, it's what we call a rhetoric question, you know, in the sense he's not, he's not looking for answers there, but he's actually saying, you know, is anyone wise is anyone who's disputing is anyone, you know, where is the scribe? You know, don't you know that God has made the foolish the wisdom of this world? You know, these are people, you know, the wise, these are the scribe, the disputer of this age or someone who's arguing and debating, you know, these truths. So he's kind of calling out, no, hey, where are you? You know, the disputer of the age, the scribe, where are you? You know, God has made foolish the wisdom of the wise in this whole gospel in this message of the cross through this message of the goddess may actually made foolish all this. So that is what he's referring to. It's actually what we call as a rhetoric statement, you know, like, like Paul says in 1 Corinthians 14, and I think, sorry, 12 and verse 28, where he says, you know, are all apostles or all, you know, prophets are all. So the answer is no. Right. So, so he's asking that question because the to emphasize the fact that the answer is no. So here, again, when he when he asks such a question, where is the wise, where is the disputer. So he's pointing to the fact that the wisdom of God is greater than the wisdom of man or what we call as the foolishness of God is greater than the wisdom of man. Does that help, Prince? Okay. Do you have any other question? Okay, fine. Okay, others. Any other question, any other thought? Yeah, Prince. Okay, nothing right now. So we'll just move on to the rest of the verses. Okay. So from verse 26 to the end of the chapter, so Paul, Paul says, you know, he shifts the focus to the people and he's saying, you know, he's continuing the same thought, of course, and he's saying, for you see your calling, brethren that not many wise, according to the flesh, according to human standards, according to fleshly standards, not many wise, according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things that are mighty. And the base things of the world and the things that are despised, God has chosen. And the things which are not to bring to nothing the things that are. That no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God and righteousness and sanctification and redemption, that as it is written, he who glorifies, let him glory in the Lord. He who glorifies, let him glory. He who glories, let him glory in the Lord. So he asks them, you know, just look at your own lives that, you know, look at your calling. And now that you've come to Christ, look at your own lives, not many wise, according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. In other words, what he's saying is that, you know, this gospel, this gospel message and the calling and everything is not based on whether people are wise, according to human standards, or people of great strength, physical, mental, whatever, physical strength. And also people, you know, God doesn't call them based on their background, whether they are noble, whether, you know, I'm just saying, you know, whether they are maybe royalty, God doesn't look at that and call them. Okay. So that does not mean that, okay, suppose a person is wise, that that excludes that person, that does not mean that suppose a person is a strong, you know, it, well, there were people who are in fact Paul himself was a great intellectual person of his age, and he, you know, he was a learned man, he was mighty in scriptures and so on. Again, we read that the fact that he was, you know, he's very articulate, he was mighty in the scriptures and so on. Right. So, so it's, it's, it's not talking about that, saying that God's basis or the basis of his invitation, or basis of the call is not based on these standards. Okay, it's not based on the fleshly standards. But God has really chosen even the foolish things, like the foolish things of the world. And because of his power, and because of the power of the gospel, the power of the message of the cross, to put to shame the wise. Okay, God has chosen the weak things. You know, if you look at the disciples, we see that, you know, they were not people of great learning. You know, there were people of great learning also. But the ones who, you know, they, the ones who actually went about and changing the world upside down, or the ones who were obedient, like the ones who, who, who were obedient, who were sincere, who responded to the call. Right. So God is saying God has chosen the foolish things of the world. And he chose people from, you know, from various backgrounds, varied backgrounds. And with this message, right, they were actually put to shame, the wise were put to shame. And it says that the base things of the world. Okay, so God, you know, in human eyes, it could be like, certain people could be undervalued. Okay, or not, not given any value at all. Okay, maybe people of learning and great understanding. And maybe people who appear good looking. You know, these are people who get noticed, right? Human standards. I say, wow, this person has come. Oh, he's a politician. Oh, he's a film star. Oh, he's a sports person. And, you know, sometimes when you're traveling, and then if they're a sports person or film stars there, then, you know, everybody's running. You know, I need to get the autograph, get to get the photograph and so on. So, you know, people are drawn to that normally. Okay, drawn to special abilities drawn to these things, but not so with God. Okay, saying that God, you know, what seems to be foolish, what seems to be weak, what seems to be people who are not really respected and valued. And we see that in the ministry of the Lord Jesus, the tax collector, the tax collector was not really, you know, people like Zacchaeus. We are not respected by the Jews of the age because they were considered to be people who were, you know, faithful to the Romans and Roman, the leaders, and therefore they were considered to be traitors. But the Lord Jesus, he looks to Zacchaeus and he says, you know, today I must come to your house and Zacchaeus has a change of heart. So, we see that what seems to be not valued by human standards, God has a different scale of measurement altogether. Right, so says you see that people who are weak, foolish, not valued, well, they were chosen by God. And because of the gospel, because the power of God in them and through them, through them, he changed, he brought to nothing the wisdom of the voice. And the fact is that it is the power of God, it is the work of God that no flesh should glory in his presence, verse 29. No flesh should glory in his presence. I cannot say that, you know, even as a person who's ministering or who's serving God, we cannot say it's because of my great ministry, it's because of, you know, the abilities, the special abilities, because without God, these are nothing. It comes from God, yes, the abilities and the anointing and the giftings and everything he gives, it comes from him. But without him, these are nothing. Without God's work in our hearts, without us depending on him, these are nothing. So he says that no flesh should glory in his presence. No flesh should glory, you know, take pride upon one's accomplishments or achievements. No flesh would do that, verse 30. But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God and righteousness and sanctification and redemption. Okay, but of him, which means that of the Lord, because of him, you are in Christ Jesus because of his initiative, because of his work, because of his work on the cross and because, you know, of your response to that, obviously, is you are in Christ Jesus. You are spiritually one with him and you are in Christ Jesus connected with Christ. And, you know, remember John chapter 15 that, you know, he's the wine, we are the branches and we are connected with him. So the life of Christ flows in us. What is in God flows in us because of that one thing, right? Because of the work of the cross and our response to the work of the cross. So here you are in Christ Jesus who became for us wisdom from God. Okay, so God's wisdom, righteousness, righteousness being right with God and being right come to a place of being right with God. Righteousness, the very nature being changed. Righteousness and sanctification and redemption. Sanctification being set apart from the world, set apart from all uncleanness, all filth, set apart having a different consecrated life altogether. So and sanctification and redemption. Okay, redemption being redeemed from what we were held by what we were slaves to redeemed. Right, so in Christ, he became for us all this, which means he did all this for us. Made sure that we have access to the wisdom of God. Made sure that that we are clothed with his righteousness that all unrighteousness taken away and he made sure that he clothed us with his righteousness. Made sure that we were sanctified, set apart for his purposes and also that we were redeemed. Christ became this for us and Christ did this work in us. And that as it is written, he who glorifies, let him glory in the Lord. You know, if you want to sing praises, if you want to boast about something, you glorify the Lord, you glory in the Lord. Now, again, we need to remember why he is saying this. Like these are great spiritual truths, deep truths. We would talk about the message of the cross, we would talk about the power of the cross and what it does in people's lives. The reason he's sharing this is because of that information that he received from Chloe's household, of course, about division. About the fact that they were people were fighting with one another, people were divided in the church. And they were saying, I'm of Paul, I'm of Apollos. So Paul is saying, you know, no one can glory in oneself. So he's saying, you know, yeah, we're all people of God, but the message of the cross, don't forget the message of the cross. That's the important thing because that is what has the power to change, right? That is the power of God, the message and not the messenger or what the messenger does. Yes, God does use people and God does convey the message to the people, God does minister, but it is about the power of God. Right. And he goes on to contrast between the wisdom of man, the wisdom of God, the foolishness of man. And the foolishness of what we can call as a foolishness of God against the wisdom of God, against the wisdom of man. And the strength, you know, and the wisdom of, sorry, what is called the verse 25, foolishness of God is wiser than men and the weakness of God is stronger than men. Okay, so with that, we come to the end of this chapter, but we should always remember the context, you know, why is he saying this? From time to time, you know, these are great, you know, revelatory truths by the Holy Spirit inspired by the Spirit of God. And Paul is making known to the Corinthian church, not only Corinthian church, like we said, you know, it's to the saints, to the, you know, the body of Christ, to us in this day and age. It's still applicable. And the thing is this, what sets it off is this. So he's addressing, he's putting things in perspective. He's just saying, okay, you know, what is man? What is God? The ministry of man. And, you know, and the fact that man is always dependent on God and the fact that one cannot glory in man. So when I say I'm of Paul, or, you know, I belong to this great group, we are actually putting down or, you know, bringing down the message of the cross or the power of the cross. We're saying this is greater, something greater. So that always divides the church. Okay, so we'll stop here. And any questions, or any thoughts that you want to share, you can do that. Okay. Right. Okay, if there are no questions, I think we will stop right here. And we'll meet again. And in our next class, in our next session.