Berean Standard Bible
“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.”
After describing the cross as foolishness to the world but power to those being saved, Paul invites the Corinthians to consider their own calling. Many of them came from ordinary backgrounds in a busy Roman port city.
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Berean Standard Bible (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.
World English Bible (WEB)
For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;
King James Version (KJV)
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
American Standard Version (ASV)
For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]:
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
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:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
for see your calling, brethren, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;
Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Porque mirad, hermanos, vuestra vocación, que no sois muchos sabios según la carne, no muchos poderosos, no muchos nobles;
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Fíjense, hermanos, en los que Dios ha llamado entre ustedes: pocos son sabios, poderosos o nobles, según los criterios humanos.
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