1 Corinthians 1:28 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769and 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: See the chapterMore versionsAmplified Bible - Classic EditionAnd God also selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is lowborn and insignificant and branded and treated with contempt, even the things that are nothing, that He might depose and bring to nothing the things that are, See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)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: See the chapterCommon English BibleAnd God chose what the world considers low-class and low-life—what is considered to be nothing—to reduce what is considered to be something to nothing. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain VersionAnd God has chosen the ignoble and contemptible of the world, those who are nothing, so that he may reduce to nothing those who are something. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionAnd the base things of the world, and the things that are contemptible, hath God chosen, and things that are not, that he might bring to nought things that are: See the chapter |