So Naaman went in and told his lord, “Thus and so spoke the maiden from the land of Israel.”
1 Corinthians 1:26 - Revised Standard Version For consider your call, brethren; not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For [simply] consider your own call, brethren; not many [of you were considered to be] wise according to human estimates and standards, not many influential and powerful, not many of high and noble birth. American Standard Version (1901) For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: Common English Bible Look at your situation when you were called, brothers and sisters! By ordinary human standards not many were wise, not many were powerful, not many were from the upper class. Catholic Public Domain Version So take care of your vocation, brothers. For not many are wise according to the flesh, not many are powerful, not many are noble. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For see your vocation, brethren, that there are not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble: |
So Naaman went in and told his lord, “Thus and so spoke the maiden from the land of Israel.”
Therefore men fear him; he does not regard any who are wise in their own conceit.”
For I will leave in the midst of you a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord,
it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent The-ophilus,
In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes; yea, Father, for such was thy gracious will.
Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
But some men joined him and believed, among them Dionysius the Are-opagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who possess the Spirit.
None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Listen, my beloved brethren. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?
The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,