New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Corinthians 1:26-31

26For 1considerG991 your 2callingG2821, brethrenG80, that there were 3not manyG4183 wiseG4680 accordingG2596 to 4the fleshG4561, not manyG4183 mightyG1415, not manyG4183 nobleG2104;

27but 5GodG2316 has chosenG1586 the foolishG3474 thingsG3474 of 6the worldG2889 to shameG2617 the wiseG4680, and GodG2316 has chosenG1586 the weakG772 thingsG772 of 7the worldG2889 to shameG2617 the things whichG2478 are strongG2478,

28and the baseG36 thingsG36 of 8the worldG2889 and the despisedG1848 GodG2316 has chosenG1586, 9the things that are not, soG2443 that He may 10nullifyG2673 the things that are,

29soG3704 that 11noG3361 G3956 12manG4561 may boastG2744 beforeG1799 GodG2316.

30But 13by His doing you are in 14ChristG5547 JesusG2424, whoG3739 becameG1096 to us 15wisdomG4678 from GodG2316, 16and 17righteousnessG1343 and 18sanctificationG38, and 19redemptionG629,

31soG2443 that, justG2531 as it is writtenG1125, “20Let him who boastsG2744, boastG2744 in the LordG2962.”

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Notes

1. 1 Corinthians 1:26 Lit see ↩
2. 1 Corinthians 1:26 Rom 11:29 ↩
3. 1 Corinthians 1:26 Matt 11:25; 1 Cor 1:20; 2:8 ↩
4. 1 Corinthians 1:26 I.e. human standards ↩
5. 1 Corinthians 1:27 James 2:5 ↩
6. 1 Corinthians 1:27 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
7. 1 Corinthians 1:27 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
8. 1 Corinthians 1:28 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
9. 1 Corinthians 1:28 Rom 4:17 ↩
10. 1 Corinthians 1:28 Job 34:19; 1 Cor 2:6; 2 Thess 2:8; Heb 2:14 ↩
11. 1 Corinthians 1:29 Eph 2:9 ↩
12. 1 Corinthians 1:29 Lit flesh ↩
13. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Lit of Him ↩
14. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Rom 8:1; 1 Cor 4:15 ↩
15. 1 Corinthians 1:30 1 Cor 1:24 ↩
16. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Or both ↩
17. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Jer 23:5f; 33:16; 2 Cor 5:21; Phil 3:9 ↩
18. 1 Corinthians 1:30 1 Cor 1:2; 6:11; 1 Thess 5:23 ↩
19. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Rom 3:24; Eph 1:7, 14; Col 1:14 ↩
20. 1 Corinthians 1:31 Jer 9:23f; 2 Cor 10:17 ↩

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