1 Corinthians 2
1 AND I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with superiority of speech or wisdom, proclaiming to you the mystery of God.
2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
For I determined not to know anything among you, except Yeshua the Messiah, and him crucified.
3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
When I was with you, I was weak and afraid and I shook.
4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Ruach and of power,
5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
that your faith would not rest on human wisdom, but on the power of God.
6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: (aiōn g165)
We speak wisdom, however, among those who are mature, but a wisdom not of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are passing away. (aiōn g165)
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: (aiōn g165)
But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God determined in advance before the ages for our glory, (aiōn g165)
8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (aiōn g165)
which none of the rulers of this age has understood. For had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (aiōn g165)
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
But as it is written, No eye has seen, and no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things which God has prepared for those who love him.
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
But to us God revealed it through the Ruach. For the Ruach searches all things, even the deep things of God.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
For what person knows the things of a person except the spirit of the person that is in him? So also, no one knows the things of God except the Ruach of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Ruach which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
And we speak of these things, not with words taught by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Ruach, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Now the natural person does not receive the things of the Ruach of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.
16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
For, "Who has known the mind of the Lord? Who will instruct him?" But we have the mind of Messiah.
