1 Corinthians 1:28 “He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things th…”

1 Corinthians 1:28

He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

World English Bible

God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that don’t exist, that he might bring to nothing the things that exist,

American Standard Version

and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:

Geneva Bible 1599

And vile things of the worlde and thinges which are despised, hath God chosen, and thinges which are not, to bring to nought thinges that are,

Darby Translation

and the ignoble things of the world, and the despised, has God chosen, [and] things that are not, that he may annul the things that are;

Young's Literal Translation

and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless —

Bible in Basic English

And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:

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Cross references

“things which”

Romans 4:17 2 Corinthians 12:11

Romans 4:17 · BSB

As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.

2 Corinthians 12:11 · BSB

I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

“to bring”

Job 34:24 Isaiah 2:11 Isaiah 2:17 Isaiah 41:12 Deuteronomy 28:63 Isaiah 37:36

Job 34:24 · BSB

He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.

Isaiah 2:11 · BSB

The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 2:17 · BSB

So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,

Isaiah 41:12 · BSB

You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.

Deuteronomy 28:63 · BSB

Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

Isaiah 37:36 · BSB

Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

29so that no one may boast in His presence.

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