Archibald T. Robertson
Robertson's New Testament Word Pictures
1Kor 1,26Kommentar zu 1. Korinther 1,26
Behold (βλεπετε). Same form for imperative present
active plural and indicative. Either makes sense as in John 5:39 εραυνατε and
Calling (κλησιν). The act of calling by God, based
not on the external condition of those called (κλητο, verse
How that (οτ). Explanatory apposition to κλησιν.
After the flesh (κατα σαρκα). According to the standards of the flesh and to be used not only with σοφο (wise, philosophers), but also δυνατο (men of dignity and power), ευγενεις (noble, high birth), the three claims to aristocracy (culture, power, birth).
Are called . Not in the Greek, but probably to be supplied from the idea in κλησιν.