1 Corinthians 1:27

James Moffatt - New Testament

No, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame what is strong;

Cross References

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers; has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the realm which he has promised to those who love him?

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus spoke and said, "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding all this from the wise and learned and revealing it to the simpleminded;

1 Corinthians 1:20

Sage, scribe, critic of this world, where are they all? Has not God stultified the wisdom of the world?

Luke 21:15

for I will give you words and wisdom that not one of your opponents will be able to meet or refute.

2 Corinthians 4:7

But I possess this treasure in a frail vessel of earth, to show that the transcending power belongs to God, not to myself;

Matthew 21:16

they said to him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" "Yes," said Jesus, "have you never read Thou hast brought praise to perfection from the mouth of babes and sucklings?"

2 Corinthians 10:10

My opponent says, 'Paul's letters are weighty and telling, but his personality is weak and his delivery is beneath contempt.'

Matthew 9:9

As Jesus passed along from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-office; he said to him, "Follow me"; and he rose and followed him.

Acts 17:18

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also came across him. Some said, "Whatever does the fellow mean with his scraps of learning'?" Others said, "He looks like a herald of foreign deities" (this was because he preached 'Jesus' and 'the Resurrection').

Acts 7:54

When they heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him.

Acts 7:35

The Moses they refused, when they said, 'Who made you ruler and umpire?' — that was the very man whom God sent to rule and to redeem them, by aid of the angel who had appeared to him in the bush.

1 Corinthians 1:21

For when the world with all its wisdom failed to know God in his wisdom, God resolved to save believers by the 'sheer folly' of the Christian message.

1 Corinthians 2:12

Now we have received the Spirit — not the spirit of the world but the Spirit that comes from God, that we may understand what God bestows upon us.