The Clear Proof of the True Church of God

removing all prejudice, and looking not so much at the person who has composed it, as at the truth of the matters presented therein, so that what happened to the Jews might not occur here; for they stumbled so greatly at the lowliness and insignificance of the person of Christ and his Apostles The author warns against judging a spiritual message by the social status or "unpolished" nature of its messenger, drawing a parallel to how Jesus and his followers were dismissed in their own time for their humble origins. that they hindered themselves from accepting the truth and being saved. Always remember the words of the Apostle where he says: Behold your calling, etc. But God has chosen the foolish things of this world, that he might shame the wise: and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he might shame the strong. Quoting 1 Corinthians 1:26-27.

And the ignoble things of the world, and the despised, God has chosen, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are (something). The author uses the word "something" (yet) to refer to those who think highly of themselves or possess worldly status.

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