27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and God hath chosen the weak things of the world, to confound the mighty things,

28 And vile things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, and things which [a]are not, to bring to [b]nought things that are.

29 That no [c]flesh should rejoice in his presence.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:28 Which in man’s judgment are almost nothing.
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:28 To show that they are vain and unprofitable, and nothing worth, see Rom. 3:31.
  3. 1 Corinthians 1:29 Flesh is oft as we see, taken for the whole man: and he ruleth this word flesh, very fitly, to set the weak and miserable condition of man with the majesty of God, one against the other.

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