1 Corinthians 1:28

New International Reader's Version

God chose the things of this world that are common and looked down on. God chose things considered unimportant to do away with things considered important.

Cross References

Job 34:24

He destroys the mighty without asking them questions in court. Then he sets others up in their places.

Psalm 32:10

Sinful people have all kinds of trouble. But the Lord’s faithful love is all around those who trust in him.

Isaiah 2:11

Anyone who brags will be brought low. Anyone who is proud will be made humble. The Lord alone will be honored at that time.

Isaiah 2:17

Anyone who brags will be brought low. Anyone who is proud will be made humble. The Lord alone will be honored at that time.

Isaiah 37:36

Then the angel of the Lord went into the camp of the Assyrians. He put to death 185,000 soldiers there. The people of Jerusalem got up the next morning. They looked out and saw all the dead bodies.

Isaiah 41:12

You might search for your enemies. But you will not find them. Those who go to war against you will completely disappear.

Romans 4:17

It is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” (Genesis 17:5) God considers Abraham to be our father. The God that Abraham believed in gives life to the dead. Abraham’s God also creates things that did not exist before.

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where are the great thinkers of our time? Hasn’t God made the wisdom of the world foolish?

1 Corinthians 2:6

The words we speak to those who have grown in the faith are wise. Our words are different from the wisdom of this world. Our words are different from those of the rulers of this world. These rulers are becoming less and less powerful.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have made a fool of myself. But you made me do it. You should have praised me. Even though I am nothing, I am in no way less important than the “super-apostles.”

Deuteronomy 28:63

It pleased the Lord to give you success and to cause there to be many of you. But it will please him just as much to wipe you out and destroy you. You will be removed from the land you are entering to take as your own.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

Then the man of sin will appear. The Lord Jesus will overthrow him with the breath of his mouth. The glorious brightness of Jesus’ coming will destroy the man of sin.

Hebrews 2:14

Those children have bodies made out of flesh and blood. So Jesus became human like them in order to die for them. By doing this, he could break the power of the devil. The devil is the one who rules over the kingdom of death.

Revelation 18:17

In just one hour your great wealth has been destroyed!’ “Every sea captain and all who travel by ship will stand far away. So will the sailors and all who earn their living from the sea.