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1 Corinthians 1:26

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For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

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1 Corinthians 1:26 in other translations

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

1 Corinthians 1:26 · World English Bible

1 Corinthians 1:26 in context

  1. 24but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
  2. 25Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
  3. 26For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
  4. 27but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;
  5. 28and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are: