Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by worldly standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth — Paul's 'not many' (ou polloi) is devastating social commentary. The Corinthian church, though perhaps prosperous, was not filled with the intellectual elite, the politically powerful, or the aristocracy. This fact subverts their status anxiety. God's choice of the 'not many' wise/powerful/noble is deliberate.

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