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1 Corinthians 1:24-28

24buttothosethat[are]calledκλητοῖς,klētoisG2822,bothJewsἸουδαίοιςIoudaioisG2453andGreeksἝλλησιν,HellēsinG1672,ChristΧριστὸνChristonG5547God'spowerδύναμινdunaminG1411andGod'swisdomσοφίαν.sophianG4678.

25BecausethefoolishnessofGodθεοῦtheouG2316isG1510wiserthanmenG444,andtheweaknessἀσθενὲςasthenesG772ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316isG1510strongerG2478thanmenG444.

26ForconsiderΒλέπετεBlepeteG991yourcallingκλῆσινklēsinG2821,brethren,that[thereare]notmanyπολλοὶpolloiG4183wiseσοφοὶsophoiG4680accordingκατὰkataG2596tofleshσάρκα,sarkaG4561,notmanyπολλοὶpolloiG4183powerfulδυνατοί,dunatoiG1415,notmanyπολλοὶpolloiG4183high-born.

27ButGodθεὸςtheosG2316haschosenthefoolishμωρὰmōraG3474thingsoftheworldκόσμουkosmouG2889,thathemayputtoshameκαταισχύνῃkataischunēG2617thewiseσοφούς,sophousG4680;andGodθεὸςtheosG2316haschosentheweakἀσθενῆasthenēG772thingsoftheworldκόσμουkosmouG2889,thathemayputtoshameκαταισχύνῃkataischunēG2617thestrongἰσχυρά,ischuraG2478things;

28andtheignoblethingsoftheworldκόσμουkosmouG2889,andthedespisedG1848,hasGodθεός,theosG2316chosen, [and]thingsthatareG1510not,thathemayannulthethingsthatareG1510;

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