1 Corinthians 2

1 And I, having come to you, brothers, came—not in superiority of discourse or wisdom—declaring to 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 decided not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified;

For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

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

When I was with you, I was weak and afraid and I shook.

4 and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of 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 Spirit and of power,

5 that your faith may not be 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 And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age—of those becoming useless, (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 hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to 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 no one of the rulers of this age knew, for if they had known, 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 according as it has been written: “What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and on the heart of man did not come up, what God prepared for those loving 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 revealed [them] to us through His Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God,

But to us God revealed it through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

11 for who of men has known the things of the man, except the spirit of the man that [is] in him? So also the things of God no one has known, except 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 Spirit of God.

12 And we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that [is] of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us,

But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.

13 which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things,

And we speak of these things, not with words taught by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.

14 and the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is not able to know [them], because they are discerned spiritually;

Now the natural person does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

15 and he who is spiritual, indeed discerns all things, and he himself is discerned by no one;

But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.

16 for who knew the mind of the LORD that he will instruct Him? And 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 Christ.