26. Brothers, look at what you were when God called you. Not many of you were wise in the way the world judges wisdom. Not many of you had great influence. Not many of you came from important families.
27. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. He chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
28. And he chose what the world thinks is not important. He chose what the world hates and thinks is nothing. He chose these to destroy what the world thinks is important.
29. God did this so that no man can brag before him.
30. It is God who has made you part of Christ Jesus. Christ has become wisdom for us from God. Christ is the reason we are right with God and have freedom from sin; Christ is the reason we are holy.
31. So, as the Scripture says, “If a person brags, he should brag only about the Lord.”