1st Corinthians Chapter 1 verse 28 Holy Bible

ASV 1stCorinthians 1:28

and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, `yea' and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:
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BBE 1stCorinthians 1:28

And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:
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DARBY 1stCorinthians 1:28

and the ignoble things of the world, and the despised, has God chosen, [and] things that are not, that he may annul the things that are;
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KJV 1stCorinthians 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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WBT 1stCorinthians 1:28


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WEB 1stCorinthians 1:28

and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are:
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YLT 1stCorinthians 1:28

and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless --
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 28. - And the base things; literally, low-born, unborn; "those who are sprung kern no one in particular" - nullo patre, nullis majoribus. Nothing could be more ignoble in the eyes of the world than a cross of wood upheld by feeble hands, and yet before it "kings and their armies did flee and were discomfited, and they of the household divided the spoil." And the things that are not. The not is the Greek subjective negative (μὴ); things of which men conceived as not existing - "nonentities." It is like the expression of Clement of Rome, "Things accounted as nothing." Christianity was "the little stone, cut without hands," which God called into existence. We find the same thought in St. John the Baptist's sermon (Matthew 3:9).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(28) And things which are not.--This climax loses somewhat of its force by the insertion of the word "and," which is not in some of the best MSS., and "yea," which is not in any MS. Omitting the word "and," the sentence is not an addition to the things already mentioned, but a general and emphatic summary of all the things which have been already contrasted with their opposites. After the words "hath God chosen" there is a slight pause, and then the Apostle describes all those things which he has declared to be God's choice, as things which "are not"--i.e., do not in men's estimation even exist (Romans 4:17; Romans 9:25; see also Job 34:19; Job 34:24).