28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not(A)—to nullify the things that are,

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28 and the [a]insignificant things of (A)the world and the despised God has chosen, (B)the things that are not, so that He may (C)nullify the things that are,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:28 Or lowly

28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are,

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28 And God chose what the world considers low-class and low-life—what is considered to be nothing—to reduce what is considered to be something to nothing.

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28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

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