1 Corinthians 2

1 And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of 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 had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.

For I resolved to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

3 And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt.

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

4 And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:

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 might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.

so that your faith would not be based on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

6 But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, 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 But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory; (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 Of which not one of the rulers of this world had knowledge: for if they had, they would not have put the Lord of glory on the cross: (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 But as it says in the holy Writings, Things which the eye saw not, and which had not come to the ears or into the heart of man, such things as God has made ready for those who have love for 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 given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into 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 has knowledge of the things of a man but the spirit of the man which is in him? in the same way, no one has knowledge of the things of God but 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 But we have not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes from God, so that we may have knowledge of the things which are freely given to us by God.

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 these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.

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 For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

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 But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.

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 knowledge of the mind of the Lord, so as to be his teacher? 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.