New American Standard Bible 2020

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 thingsG2478 which are strongG2478,

28and the 4insignificantG36 thingsG36 of 5the worldG2889 and the despisedG1848 GodG2316 has chosenG1586, 6the things that are not, soG2443 thatG2443 He may 7nullifyG2673 the things that are,

29soG3704 thatG3704 8noG3361 G3956 9humanG4561 may boastG2744 beforeG1799 GodG2316.

30But it is 10dueG1537 toG1537 Him that you are in 11ChristG5547 JesusG2424, whoG3739 becameG1096 to us 12wisdomG4678 from GodG2316, 13and 14righteousnessG1343 and 15sanctificationG38, and 16redemptionG629,

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

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