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26 Brothers, think about your own calling. Not many of you were wise by human standards,[a] not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose what is nonsense in the world to make the wise feel ashamed. God chose what is weak in the world to make the strong feel ashamed. 28 And God chose what is insignificant in the world, what is despised, what is nothing, in order to destroy what is something, 29 so that no one[b] may boast in God’s presence.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:26 Lit. according to the flesh
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:29 Lit. flesh