1 Corinthians 2
1 And I, brothers, when I came to you, came not in eminence of speech or of wisdom proclaiming the testimony of God to you.
When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ, even this crucified man.
For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
4 And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
5 so that your faith would not be in wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
that your faith would not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
7 But we speak a wisdom of God in a hidden mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory, (aiōn g165)
But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the ages (aiōn g165) for our glory,
8 which none of the rulers of this age have known. For if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (aiōn g165)
which none of the rulers of this age (aiōn g165) has known. For had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9 But as it is written, What an eye has not seen, and an ear has not heard, and have not arisen in a heart of a man, are things that God prepared for those who love him.
But as it is written, “Things which an eye did not see, and an ear did not hear, which did not enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”
10 But God disclosed it to us through his Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knows the things of the man, except the spirit of the man in him? And so nobody knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
For who among men knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God except God’s Spirit.
12 But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit from God, so that we might know the things graciously given to us by God.
But we received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in things learned from mankind, in words of wisdom, but in things learned from the Holy Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.
We also speak these things, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.
14 Now the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is unable to understand because they are evaluated spiritually.
Now the natural man does not receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But truly the spiritual man evaluates all things, but he himself is evaluated by none.
But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is to be judged by no one.
16 For who has known the mind of the Lord that he will stand with him? But we have the mind of Christ.
“For who has known the mind of the Lord that he should instruct him?” But we have Christ’s mind.
