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1 Corinthians 1:26

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

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  1. 1 Corinthians 1:24

    But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

  2. 1 Corinthians 1:25

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

  3. 1 Corinthians 1:27

    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;

  4. 1 Corinthians 1:28

    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:

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