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Source language
Original Greek   
Βλέπετε γὰρ τὴν κλῆσιν ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι οὐ πολλοὶ σοφοὶ κατὰ σάρκα, οὐ πολλοὶ δυνατοί, οὐ πολλοὶ εὐγενεῖς·
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
Blepete gar ten klesin umon, adelphoi, oti ou polloi sophoi kata sarka, ou polloi dunatoi, ou polloi eugeneis*

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
videte enim vocationem vestram fratres quia non multi sapientes secundum carnem non multi potentes non multi nobiles

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For you see your calling, brothers, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For you see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called :
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
For you see also your calling my brethren, that not many among you are wise in the flesh, neither are many among you mighty, neither are many among you children of a great family line.
Darby Bible Translation   
For consider your calling, brethren, that there are not many wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many high-born.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For see your vocation, brethren, that there are not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For behold your calling, brethren, how that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
God's Word   
Brothers and sisters, consider what you were when God called you to be Christians. Not many of you were wise from a human point of view. You were not in powerful positions or in the upper social classes.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Brothers, consider your calling: Not many are wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.
International Standard Version   
Brothers, think about your own calling. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
NET Bible   
Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.
New American Standard Bible   
For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;
New International Version   
Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.
New Living Translation   
Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world's eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For ye see your calling, brethren, that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called:
Weymouth New Testament   
For consider, brethren, God's call to you. Not many who are wise with merely human wisdom, not many of position and influence, not many of noble birth have been called.
The World English Bible   
For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;