The Lord said to Gideon, “The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, (A)lest Israel boast over me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’

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The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, ‘My own strength(A) has saved me.’

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17 Beware (A)lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’

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17 You may say to yourself,(A) “My power and the strength of my hands(B) have produced this wealth for me.”

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27 But (A)God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; (B)God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even (C)things that are not, to (D)bring to nothing things that are, 29 so (E)that no human being[a] might boast in the presence of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 1:29 Greek no flesh

27 But God chose(A) the foolish(B) things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not(C)—to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him.(D)

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Treasure in Jars of Clay

But we have this treasure in (A)jars of clay, (B)to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

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But we have this treasure in jars of clay(A) to show that this all-surpassing power is from God(B) and not from us.

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18 do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.

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18 do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.(A)

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13 (A)For he says:

“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
    and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
    and plunder their treasures;
    like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.

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13 For he says:

“‘By the strength of my hand(A) I have done this,(B)
    and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
    I plundered their treasures;(C)
    like a mighty one I subdued[a] their kings.(D)

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  1. Isaiah 10:13 Or treasures; / I subdued the mighty,

(A)not a result of works, (B)so that no one may boast.

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not by works,(A) so that no one can boast.(B)

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For the (A)weapons of (B)our warfare are not of the flesh but have (C)divine power (D)to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and (E)every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to (F)obey Christ,

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The weapons we fight with(A) are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power(B) to demolish strongholds.(C) We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,(D) and we take captive every thought to make it obedient(E) to Christ.

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and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of (A)the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men[a] but (B)in the power of God.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 2:5 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women

My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,(A) but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,(B) so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.(C)

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“And the Lord will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not surpass that of Judah.

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“The Lord will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem’s inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah.(A)

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Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to (A)Zerubbabel: (B)Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

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So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:(A) ‘Not(B) by might nor by power,(C) but by my Spirit,’(D) says the Lord Almighty.

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17 (A)Your heart was proud because of (B)your beauty;
    you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
    I exposed you before kings,
    to feast their eyes on you.

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17 Your heart became proud(A)
    on account of your beauty,
and you corrupted your wisdom
    because of your splendor.
So I threw you to the earth;
    I made a spectacle of you before kings.(B)

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(A)“Son of man, say to (B)the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:

(C)“Because your heart is proud,
    and (D)you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
    in the heart of the seas,’
yet (E)you are but a man, and no god,
    (F)though you make your heart like the heart of a god—

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“Son of man(A), say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘In the pride of your heart
    you say, “I am a god;
I sit on the throne(B) of a god
    in the heart of the seas.”(C)
But you are a mere mortal and not a god,
    though you think you are as wise as a god.(D)

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