1 Corinthians 1:26

Bible in Basic English

For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble: 1 Corinthians 1:26 (BBE)

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ASV
For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]:
BSB
Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
DBY
For consider your calling, brethren, that [there are] not many wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many high-born.
DRA
For see your vocation, brethren, that there are not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble:
FBV
Brothers and sisters, remember your calling—and that this did not include many who are wise, humanly speaking; not many who are powerful; not many who are important.
GNV
For brethren, you see your calling, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called.
KJV
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]:
OJB
For you see your kri'ah [(call)], Achim b'Moshiach, what you were, that not many of you were chachamim [(wise ones)] by the standards of Bnei Adam, not many ba'alei hashpa'ah [(people of influence)], not many ba'alei zchus [(privileged)].