26 For [a]consider your (A)calling, brothers and sisters, that there were (B)not many wise according to [b]the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; 27 but (C)God has chosen the foolish things of (D)the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of (E)the world to shame the things which are strong, 28 and the [c]insignificant things of (F)the world and the despised God has chosen, (G)the things that are not, so that He may (H)nullify the things that are, 29 so that (I)no [d]human may boast before God. 30 But it is [e]due to Him that you are in (J)Christ Jesus, who became to us (K)wisdom from God, [f]and (L)righteousness and (M)sanctification, and (N)redemption, 31 so that, just as it is written: “(O)Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:26 Lit see
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:26 I.e., human standards
  3. 1 Corinthians 1:28 Or lowly
  4. 1 Corinthians 1:29 Lit flesh
  5. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Lit from Him
  6. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Or both

Boast in the Lord

26 For consider your calling, brothers, that not many were wise according to human standards,[a] not many were powerful, not many were well born. 27 But the foolish things of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the wise, and the weak things of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the strong, 28 and the insignificant of the world, and the despised, God chose, the things that are not, in order that he might abolish the things that are, 29 so that all flesh may not boast before God. 30 But from him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption, 31 so that, just as it is written, “The one who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:26 Literally “according to flesh”
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:31 A quotation from Jer 9:24