1 Corinthians 1:28,31
1 Corinthians 1:26-31 The Message (MSG)
Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don’t see many of “the brightest and the best” among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. Isn’t it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these “nobodies” to expose the hollow pretensions of the “somebodies”? That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That’s why we have the saying, “If you’re going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God.”
1 Corinthians 1:26-31 The Message (MSG)
Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don’t see many of “the brightest and the best” among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. Isn’t it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these “nobodies” to expose the hollow pretensions of the “somebodies”? That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That’s why we have the saying, “If you’re going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God.”
1 Corinthians 1:28 King James Version (KJV)
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
1 Corinthians 1:31 King James Version (KJV)
that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:28 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are
1 Corinthians 1:31 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
so that, just as it is written, “LET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD.”
1 Corinthians 1:28 New Century Version (NCV)
He chose what the world thinks is unimportant and what the world looks down on and thinks is nothing in order to destroy what the world thinks is important.
1 Corinthians 1:31 New Century Version (NCV)
So, as the Scripture says, “If people want to brag, they should brag only about the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 1:28 American Standard Version (ASV)
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
1 Corinthians 1:31 American Standard Version (ASV)
that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:28 New International Version (NIV)
God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are
1 Corinthians 1:31 New International Version (NIV)
Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 1:28 New King James Version (NKJV)
and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are
I Corinthians 1:31 New King James Version (NKJV)
that, as it is written, “He who glories, let him glory in the LORD.”
1 Corinthians 1:28 Amplified Bible (AMP)
God has selected [for His purpose] the insignificant (base) things of the world, and the things that are despised and treated with contempt, [even] the things that are nothing, so that He might reduce to nothing the things that are
1 Corinthians 1:31 Amplified Bible (AMP)
so then, as it is written [in Scripture], “HE WHO BOASTS and GLORIES, LET HIM BOAST and GLORY IN THE LORD.” [Jer 9:24]
1 Corinthians 1:28 New Living Translation (NLT)
God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important.
1 Corinthians 1:31 New Living Translation (NLT)
Therefore, as the Scriptures say, “If you want to boast, boast only about the LORD.”
1 Corinthians 1:28 The Passion Translation (TPT)
He chose the lowly, the laughable in the world’s eyes—nobodies—so that he would shame the somebodies. For he chose what is regarded as insignificant in order to supersede what is regarded as prominent
1 Corinthians 1:31 The Passion Translation (TPT)
And this fulfills what is written: If anyone boasts, let him only boast in all that the Lord has done!