New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Corinthians 1:27-30

27but 1GodG2316 has chosenG1586 the foolishG3474 thingsG3474 of 2the worldG2889 to shameG2617 the wiseG4680, and GodG2316 has chosenG1586 the weakG772 thingsG772 of 3the worldG2889 to shameG2617 the things whichG2478 are strongG2478,

28and the baseG36 thingsG36 of 4the worldG2889 and the despisedG1848 GodG2316 has chosenG1586, 5the things that are not, soG2443 that He may 6nullifyG2673 the things that are,

29soG3704 that 7noG3361 G3956 8manG4561 may boastG2744 beforeG1799 GodG2316.

30But 9by His doing you are in 10ChristG5547 JesusG2424, whoG3739 becameG1096 to us 11wisdomG4678 from GodG2316, 12and 13righteousnessG1343 and 14sanctificationG38, and 15redemptionG629,

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Notes

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

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