1 Corinthians 1:26-31

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God’s Wisdom—Human Wisdom

²⁶Christian 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. ²⁷But God has chosen what the world calls foolish to shame the wise. He has chosen what the world calls weak to shame what is strong. ²⁸God has chosen what is weak and foolish of the world, what is hated and not known, to destroy the things the world trusts in. ²⁹In that way, no man can be proud as he stands before God. ³⁰God Himself made the way so you can have new life through Christ Jesus. God gave us Christ to be our wisdom. Christ made us right with God and set us apart for God and made us holy. Christ bought us with His blood and made us free from our sins. ³¹It is as the Holy Writings say, “If anyone is going to be proud of anything, he should be proud of the Lord.”

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1 Corinthians 1:26-31

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²⁶Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called.^(A) Not many of you were wise^(B) by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. ²⁷But God chose^(C) the foolish^(D) things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. ²⁸God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not^(E)—to nullify the things that are, ²⁹so that no one may boast before him.^(F) ³⁰It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus,^(G) who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness,^(H) holiness^(I) and redemption.^(J) ³¹Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”^[a]^(K)