1 Corinthians 2

1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellence of speech or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.

When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence of speech or wisdom as I proclaimed hidden truths about God.

2 For I determined not to know any thing among you but Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

For I decided to know nothing when I was among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling:

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

4 and my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

And my message and my proclamation were not with persuasive words of wisdom. Instead, they were with the demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

5 that your faith might not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

so that your faith might not be in the wisdom of humans, but in the power of God.

6 Yet we speak wisdom among the perfect; but not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are brought to nought: (aiōn g165)

Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this world, or of the rulers of this age, who are passing away. (aiōn g165)

7 but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, even that which had been hidden, which God predestined before the ages, for our glory, (aiōn g165)

Instead, we speak God's wisdom in hidden truth, the hidden wisdom that God predestined before the ages for our glory. (aiōn g165)

8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for, had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory. (aiōn g165)

None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (aiōn g165)

9 But, as it is written: Eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and into the heart of man have not entered the things which God has prepared for them that love him.

But as it is written, “Things that no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has imagined, the things that God has prepared for those who love him.”

10 But God has revealed them to us through his Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

These are the things that God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the deep things of God.

11 For what man knows the things of man, but the spirit of man which is in him? Even so, the things of God no one knows, but the Spirit of God.

For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of the person in him? So also, no one knows the deep things of God except the Spirit of God.

12 And we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we may know the things that are freely given to us by God:

But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we might know the things freely given to us by God.

13 which things also we speak, not in words taught by man’s wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.

We speak about these things in words that man's wisdom cannot teach, but which the Spirit teaches us. The Spirit interprets spiritual words with spiritual wisdom.

14 But an animal man receives not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he can not know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

The unspiritual person does not receive the things that belong to the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. He cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned.

15 But the spiritual man discerns all things; yet he himself is discerned by no one.

The one who is spiritual judges all things, but he is not subject to the judgment of others.

16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

“For who can know the mind of the Lord, that he can instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.