1Cor 1:26-31 | KJV | STEP | For ye see your calling , brethren , how that not many wise men after the flesh , not many mighty , not many noble , are called :

1Cor 1: 26

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

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For ^{▼▼Lit see}consider your ^bcalling, brothers and sisters, that there were ^cnot many wise according to ^{▼▼I.e., human standards}the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

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Think about the circumstances of your call, ^{▼▼tn Grk “Think about your calling.” “Calling” in Paul’s writings usually refers to God’s work of drawing people to faith in Christ. The following verses show that “calling” here stands by metonymy for their circumstances when they became Christians, leading to the translation “the circumstances of your call.”} brothers and sisters. ^{▼▼tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.} Not many were wise by human standards, ^{▼▼tn Grk “according to the flesh.”} not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position. ^{▼▼tn The Greek word ευγενής (eugenēs) refers to the status of being born into nobility, wealth, or power with an emphasis on the privileges and benefits that come with that position.}

1Cor 1: 27

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But 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;

(NASB2020)

but ⁱGod has chosen the foolish things of ^jthe world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of ^kthe world to shame the things which are strong,

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But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.

1Cor 1: 28

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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:

(NASB2020)

and the ^{▼▼Or lowly}insignificant things of ^mthe world and the despised God has chosen, ⁿthe things that are not, so that He may ^onullify the things that are,

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God chose ^{▼▼tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.} what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,

1Cor 1: 29

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That no flesh should glory in his presence.

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so that ^qno ^{▼▼Lit flesh}human may boast before God.

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so that no one can boast in his presence.

1Cor 1: 30

(KJV)

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

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But it is ^{▼▼Lit from Him}due to Him that you are in ^tChrist Jesus, who became to us ^uwisdom from God, ^{▼▼Or both}and ^wrighteousness and ^xsanctification, and ^yredemption,

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He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, ^{▼▼tn Grk “of him you are in Christ Jesus.”} who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

1Cor 1: 31

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That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

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so that, just as it is written: “ ^aaLet the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

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so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” ^{▼▼sn A quotation from Jer 9:24. The themes of Jer 9 have influenced Paul’s presentation in vv. 26-31. Jeremiah calls upon the wise, the strong, and the wealthy not to trust in their resources but in their knowledge of the true God—and so to boast in the Lord. Paul addresses the same three areas of human pride.}