1 Corinthians 1:27

The Text-Critical English New Testament

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

Cross References

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus said, “I praise yoʋ, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because yoʋ have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to infants.

Matthew 21:16

and said to him, “Do yoʋ hear what these children are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes, have you never read, ‘Out of the mouths of babies and nursing infants yoʋ have prepared praise’?”

Matthew 9:9

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. Jesus said to him, “Follow me,” so Matthew rose and followed him.

Luke 21:15

For I will give you a mouth to speak and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to refute or resist.

Acts 17:18

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. Some said, “What is this babbler trying to say?” But others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities.” (They said this because he was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

Acts 7:35

“This is the same Moses they had rejected, saying, ‘Who appointed yoʋ to be a ruler and judge?’ He is the one God sent as a ruler and redeemer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

Acts 7:54

When the members of the Sanhedrin heard these things, they were cut to the heart and began gnashing their teeth at him.

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of this world foolish?

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of our proclamation to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 2:12

Now we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we might understand what God has freely given us.

2 Corinthians 10:10

For, “His letters,” they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech amounts to nothing.”

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that this extraordinary power is from God and not from us.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?