26For ye see your calling, brethren, that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called:


In Context

23 But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness;

24 But to them who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

26 For ye see your calling, brethren, that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called:

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;

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

1 Corinthians 1:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:26For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called: ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:26Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:26For see your vocation, brethren, that there are not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:26For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called :

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:26For consider your calling, brethren, that there are not many wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many high-born.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:26For behold your calling, brethren, how that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:26For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:26for see your calling, brethren, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:26For you see your calling, brothers, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: