1 Corinthians 1:26

Ye see your calling] RV 'Behold your calling.' Calling] Not 'worldly station,' but God's invitation given through Christ. Not many wise, etc.] The Corinthian Church was composed chiefly of people who from the worldly standpoint were of little account. There were probably many freedmen and slaves in the Church, the former being chiefly engaged in trade. Prof. Ramsay says that the names Fortunatus, Achaicus (1 Corinthians 16:17), Gaius (1 Corinthians 1:14; Romans 16:23), Tertius (Romans 16:22), and Quartus (Romans 16:23), were those of freedmen, i.e. former slaves, who had been set free or redeemed. 'Gaius was probably a rich freedman to whom the honourable duty of entertaining the guests of the Church was assigned.' Noble] i.e. of noble birth.