1 Corinthians 1:27

God deliberately chose the foolish and weak of the world to shame the wise and strong. His grace overturns human standards of worth.

Cross-references · 22

• Jas 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
• Matt 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
• 1 Cor 1:20Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
• Ps 8:2From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.
• Luke 21:15For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
• Isa 29:14Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
• 2 Cor 10:4–5The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
• Acts 4:11–21This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
• 2 Cor 4:7Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
• Matt 21:16“Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”
• Zeph 3:12But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD.
• Isa 26:5–6For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.
• Isa 29:19The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
• 2 Cor 10:10For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”
• Matt 4:18–22As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
• Matt 9:9As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.
• Acts 24:24–25After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.
• Acts 6:9–10But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They began to argue with Stephen,
• Acts 17:18Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
• Luke 19:39–40But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”
• Acts 7:54On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
• Acts 7:35This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

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