1 Corinthians 1:27 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁷ Instead, God has chosen  what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ [No] for God selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is foolish to put the wise to shame, and what the world calls weak to put the strong to shame.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

Common English Bible

²⁷ But God chose what the world considers foolish to shame the wise. God chose what the world considers weak to shame the strong.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ But God has chosen the foolish of the world, so that he may confound the wise. And God has chosen the weak of the world, so that he may confound the strong.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ But the foolish things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the wise; and the weak things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the strong.

1 Corinthians 1:27 Tagairtí Cros

Isaiah 29:14

Therefore, I will again confound these people with wonder after wonder. The wisdom of their wise will vanish, and the perception of their perceptive will be hidden.

Isaiah 29:19

The humble will have joy after joy in the  Lord, and the poor people will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 44:25

who destroys the omens of the false prophets and makes fools of diviners; who confounds the wise and makes their knowledge foolishness;

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and snared. They have rejected the word of the  Lord, so what wisdom do they really have?

Zephaniah 3:12

I will leave a meek and humble people  among you, and they will take refuge in the name of the  Lord.

Numbers 22:30

But the donkey said, ‘Am I not the donkey you’ve ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before? ’ ‘No,’ he replied.

Matthew 11:25

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

Matthew 21:16

and said to him, ‘Do you hear what these children are saying? ’ Jesus replied, ‘Yes, have you never read: You have prepared   praise from the mouths of infants and nursing babies? ’

Matthew 9:9

As Jesus went on from there,  he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, ‘Follow me,’ and he got up and followed him.

Luke 21:15

for I will give you such words   and a wisdom   that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

Acts 17:18

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said, ‘What is this ignorant show-off  trying to say? ’ Others replied, ‘He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities’ #– #because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

Acts 7:35

‘This Moses, whom they rejected when they said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?    #– #this one God sent as a ruler and a deliverer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

Acts 7:54

When they heard these things, they were enraged  and gnashed their teeth at him.

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the one who is wise? Where is the teacher of the law?  Where is the debater of this age?  Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish?

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since, in God’s wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of what is preached.

1 Corinthians 2:12

Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God.

2 Corinthians 10:10

For it is said, ‘His letters are weighty and powerful, but his physical presence is weak and his public speaking amounts to nothing.’

2 Corinthians 4:7

Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power  may be from God and not from us.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world  to be rich in faith  and heirs  of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?