1 CORINTHIANS 1:28 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:”
God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things — and the things that are not — to nullify the things that are — the descent into ever-greater lowliness: lowly (tapeinoi), despised (exouthenemena), 'things that are not' (ta mē onta). The phrase 'things that are not' recalls the Greek philosophical worry about non-being; Paul says God chooses the non-existent to nullify existence. This is paradoxical to worldly logic.
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