1 Corinthians 1:27 - Exposition

God chose; not, hath chosen out. We may remark, once for all, that there was no reason why the translators of 1611 should thus have turned the Greek aorists of the New Testament into perfects. In this and in many instances the change of tense is unimportant, but sometimes it materially and injuriously affects the sense. The foolish things… the weak things. So, too, the psalmist, "Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength" ( Psalms 8:2 ); and St. James, "Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith?" ( James 2:5 ).