That is, that he might put them to shame, by convincing them of the little value of the things on which they prided themselves, and by exalting over them those whom they despised. 1 Corinthians 1:27. τὰ) The article has this force: those things in particular and especially, which are foolish, etc.— ἐξελεξατο, hath chosen [viz., in great numbers]) Acts 18:10—V. The threefold repetition of the word emphasizes the deliberate and free action of God's gracious will. “But God elected out the foolish things of the world that he may confound the wise.” We see this Scripture verified in our Savior’s apostles, “unlearned and ignorant men” (Acts 4:13). [⇑ See verse text ⇑] The Corinthians are living in difficult times. g.] (“I have much people in this city,” i.e., Corinth). Thus God commanded them in Egypt, Exodus 12:22; : And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, etc. 1 Corinthians 11:27, ESV: "Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the … The foolish things of the world, ( פב ̀ לשסב ̀ פןץ ͂ ךן ́ ףלןץ) the foolish portion of mankind. God has ordained that lasting wisdom comes from the preaching of the cross - for the power and wisdom of God is from above and can only be found in Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Chosen ... chosen. 27. By thus overlooking them, and bestowing his favors on the humble and the poor; by choosing his people from the ranks which they despised, and bestowing on them the exalted privilege of being called the sons of God, he had poured dishonor on the rich and the great, and overwhelmed them, and their schemes of wisdom, with shame. 27. 1 Corinthians 11:27 draws the practical consequence of 1 Corinthians 11:20-26, stating the judgement upon Cor [1767] behaviour at the Supper that a right estimate of the covenant-cup and bread demands: “So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily, will be held guilty (; reus tenetur, Bz [1768]; rather, tene-bitur) of the body and blood of the Lord”; it is … Greek. Our boasting must only come from the Lord Jesus and Him crucified, for He is the personification of God's wisdom and strength. First aorist middle of εκλεγω — eklegō old verb to pick out, to choose, the middle for oneself. Those "foolish" Christians of Corinth triumphed over all the vaunted learning of the philosophers; those "weak" followers of Christ spread the truth over the world while Corinth and Athens crumbled. 1 Corinthians 12:27, KJV: "Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular." 1 Corinthians 1:27(NASB) Verse Thoughts. 3. The churches are apostatizing fearfully in the trend of human power and worldly influence, and equally rapidly forsaken by the Holy Ghost and given over to the delusions of the devil. Three times this solemn verb occurs here with the purpose stated each time. But although God's way of salvation is foolishness in the eyes of the world, it will be to the eternal loss of all who do not repent of their worldly ways and recognise that the one and only path to eternal salvation and everlasting life comes from faith in the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ - the eternal Son of God and perfect Son of Man. 1 Corinthians 1:27 but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; hath chosen = chose. chosen  …  chosen — The repetition indicates the gracious deliberateness of God‘s purpose (James 2:5). May I never seek to rely on my own human wisdom, physical strength and clever manipulation but on Jesus Christ and Him crucified, knowing that in HIM is found all wisdom, might, majesty dominion, power, strength, love... and life, in Jesus name I pray, AMEN. Découvrez l'étonnante réponse du Pasteur Dédé Kayemba. 1 Corinthiens 1:26 Considérez, frères, que parmi vous qui avez été appelés il n'y a ni beaucoup de sages selon la chair, ni beaucoup de puissants, ni beaucoup de nobles. 27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. In this and in the following clauses the neuter is used although persons are intended, because the reference is indefinite. The purpose in the third example is that he might bring to naught (ινα καταργησηι — hina katargēsēi make idle, αργος — argos rare in old Greek, but frequent in Paul). 1 Corinthians 12:27 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] 1 Corinthians 12:27, NIV: "Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it." q 28 Everyone ought to examine themselves r before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. The message of the cross cuts to the quick of human boasting, selfishness and pride. 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world, to confound the wise: and God hath chosen the weake things of the … & 65. (27) Foolish things.—The neuter is used probably for the purpose of generalising, and it expresses the qualities of the men whom God has chosen—“the wise” is masculine in the Greek, showing that it is still of “persons” the Apostle is speaking. He/she needs to take care that his/her conduct doesnt transgress those sensibilities unnecessarily, causing the other person to stumble in his/her faith journey. 1 Corinthiens 1:28 et Dieu a choisi les choses viles du monde et celles qu'on méprise, celles qui ne sont point, pour réduire à néant celles qui sont, Read verse in Louis Segond 1910 (French) Christ n’était pas divisé, les Corinthiens n’avaient pas été baptisés au nom de Paul; celui-ci avait bien dans l’occasion baptisé quelques-uns d’entre eux, mais sa mission était de prêcher, non de baptiser 1 et ce sont les chap. The poor are gospelized, Matthew 11:5. Consequently God the Holy Ghost is everywhere raising up an army of blood-washed and fire-baptized evangelists, male and female, from hovels of poverty, retreats of ignorance, slums and jungles of iniquity, and sending them out to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ “with the Holy Ghost sent down from Heaven,” thus rapidly laying in the shade the cultured clergy, who depend on their intellect and education, instead of the omnipotent Galilean. In this and the following verses the apostle asserts affirmatively what he had just stated negatively, "God does not choose the wise, but he chooses the foolish.'. Self-confidence in ones own acquired knowledge or self-assurance in ones own accumulated wealth or military might is a recipe for eternal disaster in God's economy.. for God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame those that are wise in their own eyes. (See Scofield "Matthew 4:8"). 1 Corinthians 1:27. but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame them that are wise. 1 Corinthians 1:27, CSB: "Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong." See Romans 5:5. But God hath chosen] In our Church assemblies the meaner usually, like little fishes, bite more than the greater. to confound — The Greek is stronger, “that He might confound (or put to shame).” God confounds the wise by effecting through His instruments, without human wisdom, that the worldly wise, with it, cannot effect, namely, to bring men to salvation. And concerning Solomon it is said, 1 Kings 4:33; : And he discoursed of trees, from the cedar on Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. 1 Corinthiens 1:27 La Bible du Semeur (BDS) 27 Non! 17, fol. KJV with Strong's. But God hath chosen the foolish things - God has chosen by means of men who are esteemed rude and illiterate to confound the greatest of the Greek philosophers, and overturn their systems; and, by means of men weak, without secular power or authority, to confound the scribes and Pharisees, and in spite of the exertions of the Jewish sanhedrin, to spread the doctrine of Christ crucified all over the land of Judea, and by such instruments as these to convert thousands of souls to the faith of the Gospel, who are ready to lay down their lives for the truth. but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong. Leviticus 10:1-3 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, …. 1 Corinthians 1:26-29. 4. ; the persons whom God made choice of from all eternity, as appears by his calling them in time, are such who with respect to the wisdom of the world are foolish; have not those natural parts and abilities, that sagacity and penetration in things natural and civil, that knowledge and learning which many others have; and are therefore esteemed foolish by the men of the world, in comparison of whom; who are the wise and prudent, they are but babes: and God's end in his choice of them, and calling them, is. 1 Corinthians 4:11,12 Even to this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, …. 27. 27 Mais Dieu a choisi les choses folles du monde pour confondre les sages; Dieu a choisi les choses faibles du monde pour confondre les fortes; Every one who is called, is elected from the first moment of his faith; and so long as he continues in his calling and faith, he continues to be elected; if at any time he loses calling and faith, he ceases to be elected; when he brings forth fruit in faith, he confirms that calling and election in his own case: if he returns to faith, and believing falls asleep, he returns to his state of election, and as one elected falls asleep. He could equally conveniently have put His hand on the champions of Rabbinical and Grecian lore. He did not choose us for any skill, ability, or social quality we had. God chose to use the weak things of the world to shame those that rely on their own physical strength.. whether it be man's military might.. the political mechanisms of human government, the social influences of the unregenerate mind or the unconsecrated ecclesiastical endeavours of carnal Christendom. It will be to the utter confusion of the rich and mighty, to see persons of the lowest class in life made kings and priests by Christ, set among princes, and upon the throne of glory; and they themselves fleeing, and calling to the mountains to fall upon them, and cover them from the sight of him that sits on the throne, and the Lamb. …. They have truth on their side; and truth, though dressed in a humble garb, is more mighty than error, though clothed with the brilliancy of imagination, the pomp of declamation, and the cunning of sophistry. The Holy Ghost retreats away and leaves her to enjoy her worldly power and glory. He wanted blank paper on which to write the message of salvation. In this revolution the foolish things and the weak overthrow the wise and the mighty. It is also true, that those who are regarded as fools by the wise men of the world are able often to confound those who boast of their wisdom; and that the arguments of plain people, though unlearned except in the school of Christ; of people of sound common sense under the influence of Christian principles, have a force which the learning and talent of the people of this world cannot gainsay or resist. 1 Corinthians 12:27(NASB) Verse Thoughts. Hath chosen. He chose the ignorant that he might confound the wise; and the weak, that he might confound the mighty. 25 Because the foolishnesse of God is wiser then men: and the weakenesse of God is stronger then men. To confound - To bring to shame; or that he might make them ashamed; that is, humble them by showing them how little he regarded their wisdom; and how little their wisdom contributed to the success of his cause. 1 Corinthiens 1:26-27 Segond 21 (SG21) 26 Considérez, frères et sœurs, votre propre appel: il n'y a parmi vous ni beaucoup de sages selon les critères humains, ni beaucoup de puissants, ni beaucoup de nobles. 63. 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; Ver. Paul offers himself and his personal conduct as an illustration of the principle that he established in chapter 8that the Christian needs to consider the sensibilities of other people. God chose (εχελεχατο ο τεος — exelexato ho theos). 28:19. Moreover, 1 Corinthians 11:27-29 is part of the ninth reading of Tenebrae on Maundy Thursday and the third reading of Matins on Corpus Christi. This seems to me the force of the change from neuter to masculine. but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world, and God hath chosen the weak things of the world, but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might. God confounds the wise by effecting through His instruments, without human wisdom, what the worldly wise, with it, cannot effect-namely, to save men. 1 Corinthians 12:27, ESV: "Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it." God chose whom he pleased. Election is the judgment of Divine grace exempting in Christ from the common destruction of men, those who accept their calling by faith. to confound the things which are mighty; as Haman was by the advancement of Mordecai. hina. This is the force of the change from neuter to masculine. The Jews have proverbs that express the same sense as these words of the apostle. 30 For this reason … [5] See General Introduction to the Lectionary 76; for commentary, see Anthony Cekada, Work of Human Hands: A Theological Critique of the Mass of Paul VI (West Chester, OH: Philothea Press, 2010), 265–72. God hath chosen the foolish, the weak, the insignificant, etc. 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; The foolish things - a general phrase for all persons and things foolish. Ephesians 1:23 Which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all in all. Heavenly Father, thank You for Jesus Christ and Him crucified. It is implied in this form of expression, which is repeated for the sake of emphasis, that as, on the one hand, the wise and the great were not chosen on account of their wisdom or greatness, so, on the other, the foolish and the weak were not chosen on account of their want of wisdom or greatness. To go with Christ is to go with the future! What an awful evacuation of the Protestant churches by the Holy Ghost in the last twenty years. 1 Corinthians 12:12,14-20 For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members … Romans 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. The, of the cultured and ruling classes of paganism was to be put to shame by the powers and blessings which Christianity gave to, —It is a divine revolution; and we have the divine honour of being its instruments, John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament, Johann Albrecht Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, William Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament, Schaff's Popular Commentary on the New Testament, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Hodge's Commentary on Romans, Ephesians and First Corintians, Missionaries, All Christians Should Be as, Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament. This word is put thrice; election [choosing] and calling, 1 Corinthians 1:26, are joined in one; Ezekiel 20:5. The election of some outside of the church is a Thing Reserved for God Himself, and must not be tried by the rule of the preaching of the Gospel. As one reads through this epistle to the Corinthian Christians, it is evident.. that although these saints were enriched in all the gifts of the Spirit, they were demonstrably deficient in the fruit of the Spirit. Considérez, frères, que parmi vous qui avez été appelés il n'y a ni beaucoup de sages selon la chair, ni beaucoup de puissants, ni beaucoup de nobles. Greek. The Greek philosophers were saying that the gospel was nonsense and weakness. God purposely chose. Paul has added that situation to his list of reasons that they should not seek to change their situation, married or not, circumcised or not, slave or free (1 Corinthians 7:17–24). The foolish things - The things esteemed foolish among people. 1 Corinthians 1:27. τὰ) The article has this force: those things in particular and especially, which are foolish, etc.— ἐξελεξατο, hath chosen [viz., in great numbers]) Acts 18:10 —V. Whence we may learn that great and small things are equal in the eyes of the Lord, and that even by small things He can work great miracles.". confound = put to shame. Numbers 9:10,13 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of …. But God hath chosen - The fact of their being in the church at all was the result of his choice. 1 Corinthians 6:12,13 All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient: all …. It brings to nothing the wisdom of the wise. 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. You must remember that the Holy Ghost is God in the Church. 1 Corinthians 1:27 Treasury of Scripture Knowing. Twice the same purpose is expressed, that he might put to shame (ινα καταισχυνηι — hina kataischunēi first aorist active subjunctive with ινα — hina of old verb καταισχυνω — kataischunō perfective use of κατα — kata). This verse means that Paul gained control over and did not indulge in fleshly desires so that he could go to heaven. “And the weak things of the world God elected out that he may confound the strong.” When a church becomes strong numerically, financially and influentially, God lets her slide away. Hence Divine wisdom has in all ages utilized the elements regarded as “foolish” in worldly estimation to bear the message of redeeming grace and dying love to earth’s perishing millions. Dieu a choisi ce que le monde considère comme une folie pour confondre les sages, et il a choisi ce … It silences the brilliance of the philosopher and dismantles the strength of brutish men.. who are mighty in their own inflated eyes. God hath even amongst you chosen persons that are in the account of the world as foolish things, to put the wise to shame; and persons of weak esteem, to confound those that are mighty in the repute of the world. The latter is a proof of the former. the foolish things — a general phrase for all persons and things foolish. eklegomai. The contrast is complete in each paradox: the foolish things (τα μωρα — ta mōra), the wild men (τους σοπους — tous sophous); the weak things (τα αστενη — ta asthenē), the strong things (τα ισχυρα — ta ischura); the things that are not (τα μη οντα — ta mē onta), and that are despised (τα εχουτενημενα — ta exouthenēmena considered nothing, perfect passive participle of εχουτενεω — exoutheneō), the things that are (τα οντα — ta onta). (14)— τοὺς σοφοὺς, the wise) In the masculine to express a very beautiful idea;(15) the rest are neuter, as all standing in opposition to τοὺς σοφοὺς, yea even foolish things.— καταισχύνῃ, might put to shame [confound]) This word is twice repeated; we have afterwards, might bring to nought [1 Corinthians 1:28]. The Greek is stronger-`in order that He might put to shame,' etc. Twice in verse 27 and once in verse 28 Paul says, "God has chosen." kataischuno. g.] (“I have much people in this city,” i.e., Corinth). 1 Corinthians 1:27 Greek Study Bible (Apostolic / Interlinear) ἀλλὰ τὰ μωρὰ τοῦ κόσμου ἐξελέξατο ὁ θεός, ἵνα καταισχύνῃ τοὺς σοφούς, καὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ … See Acts 1:2. to = in order to. 1 Corinthians 1:27 English Standard Version (ESV). It was owing entirely to his grace. So the Jews, in distinction from their wise Rabbins and doctors, call others, טפשין דעלמא, "the fools of the world"F16Zohar in Numb. 1 Corinthiens 1:27 - Mais Dieu a choisi les choses folles du monde pour confondre les sages; Dieu a choisi les choses faibles du monde pour confondre les … The Greek philosophers were saying that the gospel was, Paul imitates their language and turns it against them! Mais Dieu a choisi les choses folles du monde pour confondre les sages; Dieu a choisi les choses faibles du monde pour confondre les fortes; et Dieu a choisi les choses viles du monde et celles qu'on méprise, celles qui ne … When they reject the work, in so doing they reject the worker, and fall into the hands of Satan, who then delights to play off on them, robed as an angel of light, passing himself for God, inflating them with wonderful enthusiasm in church work, thus employing and comforting them in the absence of the Holy Ghost. We did not volunteer. 2 Chronicles 30:18-20 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, … It expands the idea in κλησιν — klēsin (1 Corinthians 1:26). 27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy way, shall be () guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. Thus hyssop in the sight of man is worth nothing, but in the sight of God its power is great; sometimes he equals it to the cedar, particularly in the ordinance concerning the lepers, and in the burning of the red heifer. fol. Election relates either to peoples or individuals. 26:18 et 13:3 et suivants des Actes qui formulaient cette mission, et non Matt. The mighty - The great; the noble; the learned. Paul imitates their language and turns it against them! En ce temps de la fin, peut-on parler de l'existence d'une vraie église? nes our brother, 2 to the congregation of God that is in Corinth, + to you who have been sanctified in union with Christ Jesus, + called to be holy ones, together with all those everywhere who are calling on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, + their Lord and ours: Even things (and those, too, foolish things) are chosen by God to confound persons, (and those too persons who are wise). Why did He select the heralds of salvation from the illiterate and uninfluential rabble? Art thou bound unto a wife seek not to be loosed Art thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife. the calling viewed in its comprehension of the whole people as such] may be equally preserved. The expression here refers to those who were destitute of learning, rank, wealth, and power, and who were esteemed as fools, and were despised by the rich and the great. 1 Corinthians 10:21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: you …. He has no more use for her. 1 Corinthians 9:27 “No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.” Explanation and Commentary on 1 Corinthians 9:27. 1 Corinthians 1:27 Context. Even things (and those, too, accounted by "the world" foolish things) are chosen by God to confound persons (and those, too, persons wise). In Shemoth Rabba, sec. λέλυσαι ἀπὸ γυναικός, μὴ ζήτει γυναῖκα. The learned clergy would have been under great temptation to mix their human dogmata with the pure message of gospel grace, and thus adulterate it. To confound. But God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong. whosoever. The plan of salvation for fallen man was determined in the council chambers of God before the world began, so that the wisdom, strength, pride and boastings of fallen mankind will be brought to nothing - for wisdom comes from God alone, and His sufficient strength is only to be found in the Person and Work of Jesus Christ - the incarnate Son of God. Un-sanctified common sense is of no consequences in the eternal plan of God. Read verse in Louis Segond 1910 (French) The pride of the cultured and ruling classes of paganism was to be put to shame by the powers and blessings which Christianity gave to its social outcasts. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. 28 But a person must () examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. —and God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong. 1 Corinthians 11:27–34 27 So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. This passage, a New Testament parallel of Deuteronomy 7:7, removes any doubt about the qualifications of those God has chosen to call. It brings to nothing the wisdom of the wise. There is here a significant transition from the neuter of the one class to the masculine of the other, to express a passage from the contemptible to the esteemed.—and God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong.