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1 Corinthians 1:26The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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26 Βλέπετε γὰρ τὴν κλῆσιν ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι οὐ πολλοὶ σοφοὶ κατὰ σάρκα, οὐ πολλοὶ δυνατοί, οὐ πολλοὶ εὐγενεῖς·
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1 Corinthians 1:26King James Version
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26 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 Corinthians 1:26American Standard Version
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26 For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called :
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1 Corinthians 1:26The Bible in Living English
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26 For, brothers, look at your calling, that it is not a case of many who are wise in a mortal sense, many powerful, many aristocratic,
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1 Corinthians Study Notes—Chapter 1New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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in a fleshly way: Or “by human standards.” Lit., “according to the flesh.”
of noble birth: Or “from important families.” Some scholars believe that the Greek word referred to the descendants of the city’s more prominent older families. In the Greco-Roman world, those who had such a “noble birth” were part of the elite. The use of this term here indicates that a few Corinthian Christians may have been from the upper class of society and were socially privileged.
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