Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.
and,\par\tab {\b A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence};\par\tab for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this {\i child} is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against;
and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, {\i yea} and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:
For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.
looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of {\i our} faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.