21 For since in the wisdom of God the world by its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe by the foolishness of preaching.
21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the worldD8208 by wisdom has not known God, God has been pleased by the foolishness of the preachingD8209 to save those that believe.
world - Kosmos, the usual word for world. see chs. 3.19; 6.2; Heb. 9.1. preaching - 'The preaching' gives a different sense from 'preaching.' Without the article it is the instrument, the foolishness of such a means. Here 'the preaching' is the actual thing preached; and such is the force of the Greek.
21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
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