1st Corinthians 1:27
But God chose those things that be fond or foolish of the world, to confound wise men; and God chose the feeble, or frail, things of the world, to confound the strong things;This verse in the real world
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In what words
- καταισχύνωkataischýnōto shame down, i.e. disgrace or (by implication) put to the blush
- μωρόςmōrósdull or stupid (as if shut up), i.e. heedless, (morally) blockhead, (apparently) absurd
- ἐκλέγομαιeklégomaito select
- σοφόςsophóswise (in a most general application)
- ἀσθενήςasthenḗsstrengthless (in various applications, literal, figurative and moral)
- ἰσχυρόςischyrósforcible (literally or figuratively)
- κόσμοςkósmosorderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense
- ἵναhínacompare G3588 (ὁ)); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jas 2:5, Mat 11:25, 1Co 1:20, Psa 8:2, Luk 21:15, Isa 29:14, 2Co 10:4–5, Act 4:11–21