1 Corinthians 1:26 - Good News Bible (Catholic edition in Septuagint order)

Now remember what you were, my brothers and sisters, when God called you. From the human point of view few of you were wise or powerful or of high social standing.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For [simply] consider your own call, brethren; not many [of you were considered to be] wise according to human estimates and standards, not many influential and powerful, not many of high and noble birth.

American Standard Version (1901)

For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

Common English Bible

Look at your situation when you were called, brothers and sisters! By ordinary human standards not many were wise, not many were powerful, not many were from the upper class.

Catholic Public Domain Version

So take care of your vocation, brothers. For not many are wise according to the flesh, not many are powerful, not many are noble.