καὶ τὰ ἀγενῆ τοῦ κόσμου καὶ τὰ ἐξουθενημένα ἐξελέξατο ὁ θεός, ⸀τὰ μὴ ὄντα, ἵνα τὰ ὄντα καταργήσῃ,

kai ta agene tou kosmou kai ta exouthenemena exelexato o theos, rta me onta, ina ta onta katargese,

et ignobilia mundi et contemptibilia elegit Deus et quae non sunt ut ea quae sunt destrueret

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, has God chosen, yes, and things which are not, to bring to nothing things that are:

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, has God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nothing things that are:

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:

and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:

And he has chosen those of low descent in the world and the rejects and those who are nothing, to nullify those who are,

and the ignoble things of the world, and the despised, has God chosen, and things that are not, that he may annul the things that are;

And the base things of the world, and the things that are contemptible, hath God chosen, and things that are not, that he might bring to nought things that are:

and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:

God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,

God chose what the world considers ordinary and what it despises-what it considers to be nothing-in order to destroy what it considers to be something.

God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world--what is viewed as nothing--to bring to nothing what is viewed as something,

And God chose what is insignificant in the world, what is despised, what is nothing, in order to destroy what is something,

God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,

and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the 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,

God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important.

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, and things which are not, to bring to naught things that are:

and the things which the world regards as base, and those which it sets utterly at nought--things that have no existence--God has chosen in order to reduce to nothing things that do exist;

and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are: