Βλέπετε γὰρ τὴν κλῆσιν ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι οὐ πολλοὶ σοφοὶ κατὰ σάρκα, οὐ πολλοὶ δυνατοί, οὐ πολλοὶ εὐγενεῖς·

Blepete gar ten klesin umon, adelphoi, oti ou polloi sophoi kata sarka, ou polloi dunatoi, ou polloi eugeneis*

videte enim vocationem vestram fratres quia non multi sapientes secundum carnem non multi potentes non multi nobiles

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

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

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

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

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.

For consider your calling, brethren, that there are not many wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many high-born.

For see your vocation, brethren, that there are not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble:

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

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.

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.

Brothers, consider your calling: Not many are wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.

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.

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.

For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

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.

Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world's eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you.

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

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.

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;