Consider your own calling, brothers. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 Rather, God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong, 28 and God chose the lowly and despised of the world, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who are something, 29 so that no human being might boast before God. 30 It is due to him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, as well as righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, 31 so that, as it is written, “Whoever boasts, should boast in the Lord.”
Paul told the Corinthians that by ordinary human standards, not many of them were wise, powerful, or of noble birth. God chose the foolish, the weak, the lowly and the despised, all outcasts, to shame the wise and the strong, and to execute His plan of salvation; “Did not God choose those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him (Jas. 2:5)?” By doing so no one can boast that they were saved by their own resources or actions. It is only because of God’s mercy that they have been redeemed in Christ Jesus who became the wisdom of God for us. He is the source of righteousness and sanctification. We must acknowledge that we live by the grace of God and for God; “Whoever boasts, should boast in the Lord (2 Cor 10:17; Jer. 9:22-23).”
Almighty God, you have
given us life and through your Son, you have given us the grace of redemption. Grant
us the wisdom to listen to the words of Jesus so that we may be brought into
the light of the risen Christ. This we
pray through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Chiu, José Enrique Aguilar, et al. The Paulist Biblical Commentary. Paulist Press, 2018.
Brown, Raymond Edward, et al. The New Jerome Biblical Commentary. Upper Saddle River, NJ, United States, Prentice Hall, 1990.
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