1 Corinthians 2
1 When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with superiority of speech or wisdom, proclaiming to you the mystery of God.
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 not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
For I determined to make known nothing among you but Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
3 When I was with you, I was weak and afraid and I shook.
And I, in weakness and in fear, and in much trembling, was with you.
4 My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in 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 that your faith would not rest on human wisdom, but on the power of God.
That your faith might not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
6 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)
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 wisdom that has been hidden, which God determined in advance 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 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)
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 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.
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 revealed it through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even 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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.
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? Who will 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.
