1 Corinthians 1:28

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1 Corinthians 1:28 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)

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

1 Corinthians 1:26-31 The Message (MSG)

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.”

1 Corinthians 1:28 King James Version (KJV)

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

1 Corinthians 1:28 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

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

1 Corinthians 1:28 New Century Version (NCV)

He chose what the world thinks is unimportant and what the world looks down on and thinks is nothing in order to destroy what the world thinks is important.

1 Corinthians 1:28 American Standard Version (ASV)

and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are

1 Corinthians 1:28 New International Version (NIV)

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

1 Corinthians 1:28 New King James Version (NKJV)

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

1 Corinthians 1:28 Amplified Bible (AMP)

God has selected [for His purpose] the insignificant (base) things of the world, and the things that are despised and treated with contempt, [even] the things that are nothing, so that He might reduce to nothing the things that are

1 Corinthians 1:28 New Living Translation (NLT)

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.

1 Corinthians 1:28 The Passion Translation (TPT)

He chose the lowly, the laughable in the world’s eyes—nobodies—so that he would shame the somebodies. For he chose what is regarded as insignificant in order to supersede what is regarded as prominent