1 CORINTHIANS 1:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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;”
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong — the divine choice (exelexato) is not random but purposeful: to shame (kataischynē) the wise and the strong. 'Things' (ta) depersonalizes—God uses not merely lowly people but lowly realities (the cross, the messiah's death, Paul's weakness). Shame in honor-shame culture is the deepest humiliation; God inflicts it on human pride.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 1:27
He has said that “the foolishness of God is wiser than men;” he has showed that human wisdom is cast out, both by the testimony of the Scriptures and by the issue of events; by the testimony, where he says, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;” by the event, putting his argument in the form of a question, and saying, “Where is the wise? Where the Scribe?” Again; he proved at the same time that the thing is not new, but ancient, as it was presignified and foretold from the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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