1 Corinthians 1:24-30
New Catholic Bible
24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.
26 God Has Chosen Those Who Count for Nothing. Consider, brethren, your calling. Not many of you were wise by human standards,[a] not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 Rather, God chose those who were regarded as foolish by the world to shame the wise; God chose those in the world who were weak to shame the strong. 28 God chose those in the world who were lowly and despised, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who were regarded as worthy, 29 [b]so that no one could boast in the presence of God.
30 It is through him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom of God, as well as righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:26 Wise by human standards: literally, “wise according to the flesh,” that is, in the eyes of human beings.
- 1 Corinthians 1:29 “Boasting” refers to a person’s sin in thinking that one is saved by oneself. The truth is that we live only from God and for God. Hence, the only “boasting” possible is “boasting in the Lord.”
