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For ye see in your calling, brethren, how not many wise men according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.
For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
Just look at your own calling, believers; not many [of you were considered] wise according to human standards, not many powerful or influential, not many of high and noble birth.
For [simply] consider your own call, brethren; not many [of you were considered to be] wise according to human estimates and standards, not many influential and powerful, not many of high and noble birth.
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
Brothers and sisters, consider your calling: Not many were wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.
Look at your situation when you were called, brothers and sisters! By ordinary human standards not many were wise, not many were powerful, not many were from the upper class.
Just look at yourselves, brothers — look at those whom God has called! Not many of you are wise by the world’s standards, not many wield power or boast noble birth.
My dear friends, remember what you were when God chose you. The people of this world didn't think that many of you were wise. Only a few of you were in places of power, and not many of you came from important families.
For consider your calling, brethren, that [there are] not many wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many high-born.
For look-at your calling, brothers— that there are not many wise according-to the flesh, not many powerful, not many well-born.
For see your vocation, brethren, that there are not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble:
Brothers and sisters, God chose you to be his. Think about that! Not many of you were wise in the way the world judges wisdom. Not many of you had great influence, and not many of you came from important families.
Christian friends, remember the time when God called you to come to him. Think about what you were like. Not many of you were clever or powerful in the way that people think is good. Not many of you belonged to important families.
For example, consider your call, brothers. Not many of you were wise from a human point of view, not many were powerful, and not many were born with high status.
For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
Brothers and sisters, look at what you were when God called you. Not many of you were wise ·in the way the world judges wisdom [by human standards; L according to the flesh]. Not many of you ·had great influence [were powerful/strong]. Not many of you ·came from important families [were well-born; were of high social status].
For brethren, you see your calling, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called.
Brothers and sisters, consider what you were when God called you to be Christians. Not many of you were wise from a human point of view. You were not in powerful positions or in the upper social classes.
Now remember what you were, my friends, when God called you. From the human point of view few of you were wise or powerful or of high social standing.
Brothers, consider your calling: Not many are wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.
Brothers, look at what you were when God called you. Not many of you were wise in the way the world judges wisdom. Not many of you had great influence. Not many of you came from important families.
Brothers, think about your own calling. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
For look at your own calling as Christians, my brothers. You don’t see among you many of the wise (according to this world’s judgment) nor many of the ruling class, nor many from the noblest families. But God has chosen what the world calls foolish to shame the wise; he has chosen what the world calls weak to shame the strong. He has chosen things of little strength and small repute, yes and even things which have no real existence to explode the pretensions of the things that are—that no man may boast in the presence of God. Yet from this same God you have received your standing in Jesus Christ, and he has become for us the true wisdom, a matter, in practice, of being made righteous and holy, in fact, of being redeemed. And this makes us see the truth of scripture: ‘He who glories, let him glory in the Lord.
For look upon your vocation, brothers, that ye are not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble,
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
For consider your calling, brothers, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble.
For consider your calling, brothers, that not many were wise according to human standards, not many were powerful, not many were well born.
Notice among yourselves, dear brothers, that few of you who follow Christ have big names or power or wealth.
Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don’t see many of “the brightest and the best” among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. Isn’t it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these “nobodies” to expose the hollow pretensions of the “somebodies”? That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That’s why we have the saying, “If you’re going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God.”
For observe your calling, brothers. Among you, not many wise men according to the flesh, not many mighty men, and not many noble men were called.
Consider · your calling, brothers: according to worldly standards, not many of you were wise, not many were influential, not many were of noble birth.
Brothers and sisters, consider what you were when God called you to be Christians. Not many of you were wise from a human point of view. You were not in powerful positions or in the upper social classes.
Consider your own calling, brothers. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
For consider your calling, brothers and sisters, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;
For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;
Consider, brethren, your calling. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
Brothers and sisters, look at what you were when God called you. Not many of you were wise in the way the world judges wisdom. Not many of you had great influence. Not many of you came from important families.
Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.
Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when God chose you. Not many of you were considered wise by human standards. Not many of you were powerful. Not many of you belonged to important families.
Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.
Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.
For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.
Christian brothers, think who you were when the Lord called you. Not many of you were wise or powerful or born into the family of leaders of a country.
Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you.
Brethren, look on your calling, how it is that not many who are wise according to the flesh, not many powerful, not many of high degree, are called.
Consider your own call, brothers and sisters: not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
Consider your own call, brothers and sisters: not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
Consider your own call, brothers and sisters: not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
Consider your own call, brothers and sisters: not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
Think back to your own call, my brothers and sisters. Not many of you were wise in human terms. Not many of you were powerful. Not many were nobly born.
For you see your kri’ah (call), Achim b’Moshiach, what you were, that not many of you were chachamim (wise ones) by the standards of Bnei Adam, not many ba’alei hashpa’ah (people of influence), not many ba’alei zchus (privileged).
For brothers, you see your calling: how that not many are wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble.
For consider your call, brethren; not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth;
For consider your call, brethren; not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth;
For you see your calling, brothers and sisters, that not many are wise according to human standards, not many are powerful, and not many are born well.
Look carefully at your call, brothers and sisters. By human standards, not many of you are deemed to be wise. Not many are considered powerful. Not many of you come from royalty, right?
For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;
My brothers, remember what you were when God chose you. Not many of you were wise by the way people look at it. Not many of you had power. Not many of you came from a family with a big name.
But, brethren, see ye your calling [Forsooth, see ye your calling, brethren]; for not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble.
for see your calling, brethren, that not many [are] wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;
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