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,

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellence of speech, or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.

2 for I decided not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified;

For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

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

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

4 and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power—

And my speech and my preaching [was] not with enticing words of man's 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 should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in 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)

However, 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 naught: (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 the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom] which God ordained before the world to 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 princes of this world knew: 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, 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.

10 but God revealed [them] to us through His Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God,

But God hath revealed [them] to us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth 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 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.

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,

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we may know the things that are 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,

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Spirit teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

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;

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him: neither can he know [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 that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged by no man.

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

For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.