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1 Corinthians 1:26

For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
1 Corinthians 1:26 · King James Version

In other versions

  • For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, `are called':

    ASV

  • For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:

    BBE

  • For consider your calling, brethren, that [there are] not many wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many high-born.

    DBY

  • For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

    WEB

  • for see your calling, brethren, that not many `are' wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

    YLT

  • For all of you see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

    ENG

  • For ye see your calling, brethren, that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called:

    WBT

  • Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.

    BSB

In context

24But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

25Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

26For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

27But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

28And 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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