1 Corinthians 2

1 When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.

Now, when I cam to you, brethren, I came not with excellency of speech, and of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.

2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

For I determined to make known nothing among you but Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

3 I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.

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

4 My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,

My discourse, also, and my proclamation, were not with persuasive words of human wisdom; but with the demonstration of the Spirit, and of power.

5 so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.

That your faith might not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

6 Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. (aiōn g165)

However, we speak wisdom among the perfect: but not the wisdom of this world; neither of the rulers of this world, who are to be brought to nothing. (aiōn g165)

7 No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began. (aiōn g165)

But we speak the mysterious wisdom of God, which has been till now concealed; which God declared before the time of the ages, should be spoken to our glory. (aiōn g165)

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

Which none of the rulers of this world knew: for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (aiōn g165)

9 Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”

For, as it is written, "Those things eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and into the heart of man have not entered, which God has prepared for them who love him."

10 But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

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

11 For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

For who, of men, knows the thoughts of a man, except the spirit of man which is in him: so, also, the thoughts of God no man knows, but the Spirit of God.

12 We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

Now, we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes from God, that we might know the things which are gifted to us by God.

13 And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

Which things, also, we speak, not in words, taught by human wisdom; but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things in spiritual words.

14 The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Now, an animal man receives not the thing of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually examined.

15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.

But the spiritual man examines, indeed, all things, yet he is examined by no one.

16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

For what animal man has known the mind of the Lord, who will instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.