1 Corinthians 2:8

Lift up your heads, O gates, And be lifted up, O ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in!

“And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

And he said, “Hear me, brothers and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

For I do not want you, brothers, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;

Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

For consider your calling, brothers, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble.

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the full knowledge of Him,

being darkened in their mind, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart.

My brothers, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism.