He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
KJV
And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, [yea], and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
ASV
and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are: