1 Corinthians 1:28

God chose ¹  what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,

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He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,

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and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are,

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God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important,

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chose these "nobodies" to expose the hollow pretensions of the "somebodies"?

SABDAweb 1Co 1:28

And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:

bibleoremus 1Co 1:28

God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are,

biblegateway 1Co 1:28

and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,

biblegateway 1Co 1:28

God chose ¹  what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.