1 Corinthians 2

1 So when I came to you, brothers, I did not come proclaiming God's testimony to you with a ‘superior’ speech or wisdom.

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 determined to ‘know’ nothing while among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

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

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

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

4 Yes, my message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of 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 not be in men's wisdom, but in God's power.

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

6 However, we do speak wisdom among the mature, albeit not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are being set aside; (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 but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom that God ordained before the ages for our glory, (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 that none of the rulers of this age have understood (because if they had understood, they would not have crucified the Lord of the 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 However, as it is written: “Things no eye has seen and no ear has heard, and no heart of man has imagined, such things has God 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 to us God has revealed them by His Spirit; because the Spirit searches all things, yes, 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 Now who among men knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man that is in him? So also no one knows the things 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, so that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God;

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 which things we also expound, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, interpreting spiritual things to spiritual people.

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 Now a soulish man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; indeed, 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 But he who is spiritual evaluates everything, while not being himself 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, that he may 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.