1 Corinthians 1:27 But God has selected [for His purpose] the foolish things of the world to shame the wise [revealing their ignorance], and God has selected [for His purpose] ...

1:27 AMP

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Amplified Bible - But God has selected [for His purpose] the foolish things of the world to shame the wise [revealing their ignorance], and God has selected [for His purpose] the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong [revealing their frailty].
新标点和合本 - 神却拣选了世上愚拙的，叫有智慧的羞愧；又拣选了世上软弱的，叫那强壮的羞愧。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 但是，上帝拣选了世上愚拙的，为了使有智慧的羞愧；又拣选了世上软弱的，为了使强壮的羞愧。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 但是，　神拣选了世上愚拙的，为了使有智慧的羞愧；又拣选了世上软弱的，为了使强壮的羞愧。
当代译本 - 但上帝拣选了世上愚昧的，要使智者羞愧；上帝拣选了世上软弱的，要使强者羞愧；
圣经新译本 - 但是　神却拣选了世上愚笨的，使那些有智慧的羞愧。他也拣选了世上软弱的，使那些刚强的羞愧。
中文标准译本 - 然而神却拣选了世上愚拙的，为了使那些有智慧的羞愧；神又拣选了世上软弱的，为了使那些强壮的羞愧；
现代标点和合本 - 神却拣选了世上愚拙的，叫有智慧的羞愧；又拣选了世上软弱的，叫那强壮的羞愧。
和合本（拼音版） - 上帝却拣选了世上愚拙的，叫有智慧的羞愧；又拣选了世上软弱的，叫那强壮的羞愧。
New International Version - 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.
New International Reader's Version - 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.
English Standard Version - 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;
New Living Translation - Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful.
Christian Standard Bible - 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.
New American Standard Bible - 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,
New King James Version - But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;
American Standard Version - 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;
King James Version - 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;
New English Translation - But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.
World English Bible - but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong.
新標點和合本 - 神卻揀選了世上愚拙的，叫有智慧的羞愧；又揀選了世上軟弱的，叫那強壯的羞愧。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 但是，上帝揀選了世上愚拙的，為了使有智慧的羞愧；又揀選了世上軟弱的，為了使強壯的羞愧。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 但是，　神揀選了世上愚拙的，為了使有智慧的羞愧；又揀選了世上軟弱的，為了使強壯的羞愧。
當代譯本 - 但上帝揀選了世上愚昧的，要使智者羞愧；上帝揀選了世上軟弱的，要使強者羞愧；
聖經新譯本 - 但是　神卻揀選了世上愚笨的，使那些有智慧的羞愧。他也揀選了世上軟弱的，使那些剛強的羞愧。
呂振中譯本 - 但上帝卻揀選了世界上愚拙的，要使有智慧的慚愧；上帝又揀選了世界上軟弱的，要使強壯的慚愧；
中文標準譯本 - 然而神卻揀選了世上愚拙的，為了使那些有智慧的羞愧；神又揀選了世上軟弱的，為了使那些強壯的羞愧；
現代標點和合本 - 神卻揀選了世上愚拙的，叫有智慧的羞愧；又揀選了世上軟弱的，叫那強壯的羞愧。
文理和合譯本 - 乃上帝選世之愚者、以愧智者、選世之弱者、以愧強者、
文理委辦譯本 - 乃上帝選世之不智、以愧智者、選世之不能、以愧能者、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 乃天主選世之愚者、以愧智者、選世之弱者、以愧強者、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 雖然、世俗所視為愚者、天主則簡拔之、以愧眾哲；世俗所視為弱者、天主則簡拔之、以勝強有力者；
Nueva Versión Internacional - Pero Dios escogió lo insensato del mundo para avergonzar a los sabios, y escogió lo débil del mundo para avergonzar a los poderosos.
현대인의 성경 - 그러나 하나님은 세상의 지혜로운 사람과 강한 사람들을 부끄럽게 하시려고 어리석고 약한 사람들을 택하시고
Новый Русский Перевод - Но Бог избрал глупых мира, чтобы постыдить мудрых, и слабых – чтобы постыдить сильных.
Восточный перевод - Но Всевышний избрал то, что в мире считается глупым, чтобы посрамить мудрых, и то, что в мире считается слабым, чтобы посрамить сильное.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Но Аллах избрал то, что в мире считается глупым, чтобы посрамить мудрых, и то, что в мире считается слабым, чтобы посрамить сильное.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Но Всевышний избрал то, что в мире считается глупым, чтобы посрамить мудрых, и то, что в мире считается слабым, чтобы посрамить сильное.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Non ! Dieu a choisi ce que le monde considère comme une folie pour confondre les sages, et il a choisi ce qui est faible pour couvrir de honte les puissants.
リビングバイブル - それどころか、神様は、この世では愚かな者、弱い者と思われている人々をあえてお選びになりました。それは、この世で知恵ある者、りっぱな人とされている人々を辱しめるためです。
Nestle Aland 28 - ἀλλὰ τὰ μωρὰ τοῦ κόσμου ἐξελέξατο ὁ θεός, ἵνα καταισχύνῃ τοὺς σοφούς, καὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ τοῦ κόσμου ἐξελέξατο ὁ θεός, ἵνα καταισχύνῃ τὰ ἰσχυρά,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἀλλὰ τὰ μωρὰ τοῦ κόσμου ἐξελέξατο ὁ Θεός, ἵνα καταισχύνῃ τοὺς σοφούς; καὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ τοῦ κόσμου ἐξελέξατο ὁ Θεός, ἵνα καταισχύνῃ τὰ ἰσχυρά;
Nova Versão Internacional - Mas Deus escolheu o que para o mundo é loucura para envergonhar os sábios e escolheu o que para o mundo é fraqueza para envergonhar o que é forte.
Hoffnung für alle - Nein, denn Gott hat sich die aus menschlicher Sicht Törichten ausgesucht, um so die Klugen zu beschämen. Gott nahm sich der Schwachen dieser Welt an, um die Starken zu demütigen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - nhưng Đức Chúa Trời đã lựa chọn người bị coi như khờ dại để làm cho người khôn ngoan hổ thẹn. Đức Chúa Trời đã lựa chọn người yếu ớt để làm cho người mạnh mẽ phải hổ thẹn.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แต่พระเจ้าทรงเลือกสิ่งที่โลกเห็นว่าโง่เขลาเพื่อให้คนฉลาดอับอาย ทรงเลือกสิ่งที่โลกเห็นว่าอ่อนแอเพื่อให้คนแข็งแรงอับอาย
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Acts 7:54 - Now when they heard this [accusation and understood its implication], they were cut to the heart, and they began grinding their teeth [in rage] at him.
Acts 17:18 - And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to engage in conversation with him. And some said, “What could this idle babbler [with his eclectic, scrap-heap learning] have in mind to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities”—because he was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.
Acts 6:9 - However, some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (freed Jewish slaves), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and [the province of] Asia, rose up and questioned and argued with Stephen.
Acts 6:10 - But they were not able to successfully withstand and cope with the wisdom and the intelligence [and the power and inspiration] of the Spirit by whom he was speaking.
Acts 7:35 - “This Moses whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the very one whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer, with the [protecting and helping] hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the thorn bush.
Matthew 4:18 - As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He noticed two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
Matthew 4:19 - And He said to them, “ Follow Me [as My disciples, accepting Me as your Master and Teacher and walking the same path of life that I walk], and I will make you fishers of men.”
Matthew 4:20 - Immediately they left their nets and followed Him [becoming His disciples, believing and trusting in Him and following His example].
Matthew 4:21 - And going on [further] from there He noticed two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets; and He called them [to follow Him as His disciples].
Matthew 4:22 - Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him [becoming His disciples, believing and trusting in Him and following His example].
Matthew 9:9 - As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew (Levi) sitting in the tax collector’s booth; and He said to him, “Follow Me [as My disciple, accepting Me as your Master and Teacher and walking the same path of life that I walk].” And Matthew got up and followed Him.
Luke 19:39 - Some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples [for shouting these Messianic praises].”
Luke 19:40 - Jesus replied, “I tell you, if these [people] keep silent, the stones will cry out [in praise]!”
Acts 24:24 - Several days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him talk about faith in Christ Jesus.
Acts 24:25 - But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control [honorable behavior, personal integrity], and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, “Go away for now, and when I find [a convenient] time I will send for you.”
2 Corinthians 10:10 - for they say, “His letters are weighty and forceful and impressive, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible [of no account].”
Isaiah 29:19 - The afflicted also will increase their joy in the Lord, And the needy of mankind will rejoice and celebrate in the Holy One of Israel.
Zephaniah 3:12 - But I will leave among you A humble and lowly people, And they will take refuge and trust confidently in the name of the Lord.
Isaiah 26:5 - For He has thrown down the [arrogant] ones who dwell on high, the lofty and inaccessible city; He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He hurls it to the dust.
Isaiah 26:6 - The foot will trample it, Even the feet of the suffering, and the steps of the helpless.”
2 Corinthians 4:7 - But we have this precious treasure [the good news about salvation] in [unworthy] earthen vessels [of human frailty], so that the grandeur and surpassing greatness of the power will be [shown to be] from God [His sufficiency] and not from ourselves.
Matthew 21:16 - and they said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?” And Jesus replied to them, “Yes; have you never read [in the Scripture], ‘Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies You have prepared and provided praise for Yourself’?”
Luke 21:15 - for I will give you [skillful] words and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.
Isaiah 29:14 - Therefore, listen carefully, I will again do marvelous and amazing things with this people, wonderful and astonishing things; And the wisdom of their wise men will perish, And the understanding of their discerning men will be hidden.”
2 Corinthians 10:4 - The weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood]. Our weapons are divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.
2 Corinthians 10:5 - We are destroying sophisticated arguments and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought and purpose captive to the obedience of Christ,
Acts 4:11 - This Jesus is the stone which was despised and rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief Cornerstone.
Acts 4:12 - And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among people by which we must be saved [for God has provided the world no alternative for salvation].”
Acts 4:13 - Now when the men of the Sanhedrin (Jewish High Court) saw the confidence and boldness of Peter and John, and grasped the fact that they were uneducated and untrained [ordinary] men, they were astounded, and began to recognize that they had been with Jesus.
Acts 4:14 - And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in reply.
Acts 4:15 - But after ordering them to step out of the Council [chamber], they began to confer among themselves,
Acts 4:16 - saying, “What are we to do with these men? For the fact that an extraordinary miracle has taken place through them is public knowledge and clearly evident to all the residents of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
Acts 4:17 - But to keep it from spreading further among the people and the nation, let us [sternly] warn them not to speak again to anyone in this name.”
Acts 4:18 - So they sent for them, and commanded them not to speak [as His representatives] or teach at all in the name of Jesus [using Him as their authority].
Acts 4:19 - But Peter and John replied to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you and obey you rather than God, you must judge [for yourselves];
Acts 4:20 - for we, on our part, cannot stop telling [people] about what we have seen and heard.”
Acts 4:21 - When the rulers and Council members had threatened them further, they let them go, finding no way to punish them because [of their fear] of the people, for they were all praising and glorifying and honoring God for what had happened;
Matthew 11:25 - At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth [I openly and joyfully acknowledge Your great wisdom], that You have hidden these things [these spiritual truths] from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants [to new believers, to those seeking God’s will and purpose].
Psalms 8:2 - Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babes You have established strength Because of Your adversaries, That You might silence the enemy and make the revengeful cease.
1 Corinthians 1:20 - Where is the wise man (philosopher)? Where is the scribe (scholar)? Where is the debater (logician, orator) of this age? Has God not exposed the foolishness of this world’s wisdom?
James 2:5 - Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters: has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and [as believers to be] heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

逐节对照

交叉引用

Amplified Bible - But God has selected [for His purpose] the foolish things of the world to shame the wise [revealing their ignorance], and God has selected [for His purpose] the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong [revealing their frailty].
新标点和合本 - 神却拣选了世上愚拙的，叫有智慧的羞愧；又拣选了世上软弱的，叫那强壮的羞愧。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 但是，上帝拣选了世上愚拙的，为了使有智慧的羞愧；又拣选了世上软弱的，为了使强壮的羞愧。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 但是，　神拣选了世上愚拙的，为了使有智慧的羞愧；又拣选了世上软弱的，为了使强壮的羞愧。
当代译本 - 但上帝拣选了世上愚昧的，要使智者羞愧；上帝拣选了世上软弱的，要使强者羞愧；
圣经新译本 - 但是　神却拣选了世上愚笨的，使那些有智慧的羞愧。他也拣选了世上软弱的，使那些刚强的羞愧。
中文标准译本 - 然而神却拣选了世上愚拙的，为了使那些有智慧的羞愧；神又拣选了世上软弱的，为了使那些强壮的羞愧；
现代标点和合本 - 神却拣选了世上愚拙的，叫有智慧的羞愧；又拣选了世上软弱的，叫那强壮的羞愧。
和合本（拼音版） - 上帝却拣选了世上愚拙的，叫有智慧的羞愧；又拣选了世上软弱的，叫那强壮的羞愧。
New International Version - 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.
New International Reader's Version - 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.
English Standard Version - 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;
New Living Translation - Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful.
Christian Standard Bible - 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.
New American Standard Bible - 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,
New King James Version - But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;
American Standard Version - 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;
King James Version - 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;
New English Translation - But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.
World English Bible - but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong.
新標點和合本 - 神卻揀選了世上愚拙的，叫有智慧的羞愧；又揀選了世上軟弱的，叫那強壯的羞愧。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 但是，上帝揀選了世上愚拙的，為了使有智慧的羞愧；又揀選了世上軟弱的，為了使強壯的羞愧。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 但是，　神揀選了世上愚拙的，為了使有智慧的羞愧；又揀選了世上軟弱的，為了使強壯的羞愧。
當代譯本 - 但上帝揀選了世上愚昧的，要使智者羞愧；上帝揀選了世上軟弱的，要使強者羞愧；
聖經新譯本 - 但是　神卻揀選了世上愚笨的，使那些有智慧的羞愧。他也揀選了世上軟弱的，使那些剛強的羞愧。
呂振中譯本 - 但上帝卻揀選了世界上愚拙的，要使有智慧的慚愧；上帝又揀選了世界上軟弱的，要使強壯的慚愧；
中文標準譯本 - 然而神卻揀選了世上愚拙的，為了使那些有智慧的羞愧；神又揀選了世上軟弱的，為了使那些強壯的羞愧；
現代標點和合本 - 神卻揀選了世上愚拙的，叫有智慧的羞愧；又揀選了世上軟弱的，叫那強壯的羞愧。
文理和合譯本 - 乃上帝選世之愚者、以愧智者、選世之弱者、以愧強者、
文理委辦譯本 - 乃上帝選世之不智、以愧智者、選世之不能、以愧能者、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 乃天主選世之愚者、以愧智者、選世之弱者、以愧強者、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 雖然、世俗所視為愚者、天主則簡拔之、以愧眾哲；世俗所視為弱者、天主則簡拔之、以勝強有力者；
Nueva Versión Internacional - Pero Dios escogió lo insensato del mundo para avergonzar a los sabios, y escogió lo débil del mundo para avergonzar a los poderosos.
현대인의 성경 - 그러나 하나님은 세상의 지혜로운 사람과 강한 사람들을 부끄럽게 하시려고 어리석고 약한 사람들을 택하시고
Новый Русский Перевод - Но Бог избрал глупых мира, чтобы постыдить мудрых, и слабых – чтобы постыдить сильных.
Восточный перевод - Но Всевышний избрал то, что в мире считается глупым, чтобы посрамить мудрых, и то, что в мире считается слабым, чтобы посрамить сильное.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Но Аллах избрал то, что в мире считается глупым, чтобы посрамить мудрых, и то, что в мире считается слабым, чтобы посрамить сильное.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Но Всевышний избрал то, что в мире считается глупым, чтобы посрамить мудрых, и то, что в мире считается слабым, чтобы посрамить сильное.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Non ! Dieu a choisi ce que le monde considère comme une folie pour confondre les sages, et il a choisi ce qui est faible pour couvrir de honte les puissants.
リビングバイブル - それどころか、神様は、この世では愚かな者、弱い者と思われている人々をあえてお選びになりました。それは、この世で知恵ある者、りっぱな人とされている人々を辱しめるためです。
Nestle Aland 28 - ἀλλὰ τὰ μωρὰ τοῦ κόσμου ἐξελέξατο ὁ θεός, ἵνα καταισχύνῃ τοὺς σοφούς, καὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ τοῦ κόσμου ἐξελέξατο ὁ θεός, ἵνα καταισχύνῃ τὰ ἰσχυρά,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἀλλὰ τὰ μωρὰ τοῦ κόσμου ἐξελέξατο ὁ Θεός, ἵνα καταισχύνῃ τοὺς σοφούς; καὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ τοῦ κόσμου ἐξελέξατο ὁ Θεός, ἵνα καταισχύνῃ τὰ ἰσχυρά;
Nova Versão Internacional - Mas Deus escolheu o que para o mundo é loucura para envergonhar os sábios e escolheu o que para o mundo é fraqueza para envergonhar o que é forte.
Hoffnung für alle - Nein, denn Gott hat sich die aus menschlicher Sicht Törichten ausgesucht, um so die Klugen zu beschämen. Gott nahm sich der Schwachen dieser Welt an, um die Starken zu demütigen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - nhưng Đức Chúa Trời đã lựa chọn người bị coi như khờ dại để làm cho người khôn ngoan hổ thẹn. Đức Chúa Trời đã lựa chọn người yếu ớt để làm cho người mạnh mẽ phải hổ thẹn.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แต่พระเจ้าทรงเลือกสิ่งที่โลกเห็นว่าโง่เขลาเพื่อให้คนฉลาดอับอาย ทรงเลือกสิ่งที่โลกเห็นว่าอ่อนแอเพื่อให้คนแข็งแรงอับอาย
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่พระเจ้าเลือกสิ่งที่โลกถือว่าโง่เขลา เพื่อให้คนมีปัญญาต้องอับอาย และได้เลือกสิ่งที่โลกนับว่าอ่อนแอ เพื่อให้ผู้มีกำลังต้องอับอาย

Acts 7:54 - Now when they heard this [accusation and understood its implication], they were cut to the heart, and they began grinding their teeth [in rage] at him.
Acts 17:18 - And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to engage in conversation with him. And some said, “What could this idle babbler [with his eclectic, scrap-heap learning] have in mind to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities”—because he was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.
Acts 6:9 - However, some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (freed Jewish slaves), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and [the province of] Asia, rose up and questioned and argued with Stephen.
Acts 6:10 - But they were not able to successfully withstand and cope with the wisdom and the intelligence [and the power and inspiration] of the Spirit by whom he was speaking.
Acts 7:35 - “This Moses whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the very one whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer, with the [protecting and helping] hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the thorn bush.
Matthew 4:18 - As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He noticed two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
Matthew 4:19 - And He said to them, “ Follow Me [as My disciples, accepting Me as your Master and Teacher and walking the same path of life that I walk], and I will make you fishers of men.”
Matthew 4:20 - Immediately they left their nets and followed Him [becoming His disciples, believing and trusting in Him and following His example].
Matthew 4:21 - And going on [further] from there He noticed two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets; and He called them [to follow Him as His disciples].
Matthew 4:22 - Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him [becoming His disciples, believing and trusting in Him and following His example].
Matthew 9:9 - As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew (Levi) sitting in the tax collector’s booth; and He said to him, “Follow Me [as My disciple, accepting Me as your Master and Teacher and walking the same path of life that I walk].” And Matthew got up and followed Him.
Luke 19:39 - Some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples [for shouting these Messianic praises].”
Luke 19:40 - Jesus replied, “I tell you, if these [people] keep silent, the stones will cry out [in praise]!”
Acts 24:24 - Several days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him talk about faith in Christ Jesus.
Acts 24:25 - But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control [honorable behavior, personal integrity], and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, “Go away for now, and when I find [a convenient] time I will send for you.”
2 Corinthians 10:10 - for they say, “His letters are weighty and forceful and impressive, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible [of no account].”
Isaiah 29:19 - The afflicted also will increase their joy in the Lord, And the needy of mankind will rejoice and celebrate in the Holy One of Israel.
Zephaniah 3:12 - But I will leave among you A humble and lowly people, And they will take refuge and trust confidently in the name of the Lord.
Isaiah 26:5 - For He has thrown down the [arrogant] ones who dwell on high, the lofty and inaccessible city; He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He hurls it to the dust.
Isaiah 26:6 - The foot will trample it, Even the feet of the suffering, and the steps of the helpless.”
2 Corinthians 4:7 - But we have this precious treasure [the good news about salvation] in [unworthy] earthen vessels [of human frailty], so that the grandeur and surpassing greatness of the power will be [shown to be] from God [His sufficiency] and not from ourselves.
Matthew 21:16 - and they said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?” And Jesus replied to them, “Yes; have you never read [in the Scripture], ‘Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies You have prepared and provided praise for Yourself’?”
Luke 21:15 - for I will give you [skillful] words and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.
Isaiah 29:14 - Therefore, listen carefully, I will again do marvelous and amazing things with this people, wonderful and astonishing things; And the wisdom of their wise men will perish, And the understanding of their discerning men will be hidden.”
2 Corinthians 10:4 - The weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood]. Our weapons are divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.
2 Corinthians 10:5 - We are destroying sophisticated arguments and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought and purpose captive to the obedience of Christ,
Acts 4:11 - This Jesus is the stone which was despised and rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief Cornerstone.
Acts 4:12 - And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among people by which we must be saved [for God has provided the world no alternative for salvation].”
Acts 4:13 - Now when the men of the Sanhedrin (Jewish High Court) saw the confidence and boldness of Peter and John, and grasped the fact that they were uneducated and untrained [ordinary] men, they were astounded, and began to recognize that they had been with Jesus.
Acts 4:14 - And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in reply.
Acts 4:15 - But after ordering them to step out of the Council [chamber], they began to confer among themselves,
Acts 4:16 - saying, “What are we to do with these men? For the fact that an extraordinary miracle has taken place through them is public knowledge and clearly evident to all the residents of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
Acts 4:17 - But to keep it from spreading further among the people and the nation, let us [sternly] warn them not to speak again to anyone in this name.”
Acts 4:18 - So they sent for them, and commanded them not to speak [as His representatives] or teach at all in the name of Jesus [using Him as their authority].
Acts 4:19 - But Peter and John replied to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you and obey you rather than God, you must judge [for yourselves];
Acts 4:20 - for we, on our part, cannot stop telling [people] about what we have seen and heard.”
Acts 4:21 - When the rulers and Council members had threatened them further, they let them go, finding no way to punish them because [of their fear] of the people, for they were all praising and glorifying and honoring God for what had happened;
Matthew 11:25 - At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth [I openly and joyfully acknowledge Your great wisdom], that You have hidden these things [these spiritual truths] from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants [to new believers, to those seeking God’s will and purpose].
Psalms 8:2 - Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babes You have established strength Because of Your adversaries, That You might silence the enemy and make the revengeful cease.
1 Corinthians 1:20 - Where is the wise man (philosopher)? Where is the scribe (scholar)? Where is the debater (logician, orator) of this age? Has God not exposed the foolishness of this world’s wisdom?
James 2:5 - Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters: has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and [as believers to be] heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?