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.
When I came to you, brothers, I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom.
2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
For I resolved to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
3 I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.
I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.
4 My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
And my word and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
5 so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.
so that your faith would not be based on the wisdom of men, but on 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)
Now we speak wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are being 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)
On the contrary, we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a mystery, which God foreordained for our glory before time began. (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)
None of the rulers of this age understood this wisdom, for if they had understood 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.”
But, as it is written, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no heart has imagined what God has prepared for those 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.
Now God has revealed these things to us through his Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths 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 among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way, no one knows the thoughts of God except 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 did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we might understand what God has freely given us.
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.
We speak about this, not with words taught by human wisdom but with words taught by the Holy Spirit, interpreting spiritual things to spiritual people.
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.
The natural man does not accept what comes from the Spirit of God, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it because it is spiritually discerned.
15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.
But he who is spiritual makes judgments about all things, and yet he himself is not subject to any man's judgment.
16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
“For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to advise him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
