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.
And I, my Brethren, when I came to you, did not preach to you the mystery of God in magnificent speech, nor in wisdom.
2 For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
And I did not govern myself among you, as if I knew any thing, except only Jesus Messiah; and him also as crucified.
3 When I was with you, I was weak and afraid and I shook.
And in much fear and much trembling, was I with you.
4 My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
And my speech and my preaching were not with the persuasiveness of the discourses of wisdom; but with the demonstration of the Spirit, and with power:
5 that your faith would not rest on human wisdom, but on the power of God.
that your faith might not arise from the wisdom of men, but from 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)
Yet we do speak wisdom, among the perfect; the wisdom not of this world, nor of the potentates of this world, who will come to naught. (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 wisdom of God, in a mystery; the wisdom which was hidden, and which God predetermined before the world was, for 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 no one of the potentates of this world knew; for had they 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.
But, as it is written: The eye hath not seen, nor hath the ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man, that which God hath prepared for those 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 hath revealed it to us, by his Spirit; for the Spirit exploreth all things, even the profound 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 what man is there, who knoweth that which is in a man, except it be the spirit of the man, which is in him? So also, that which is in God, no one knoweth, except 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 is from God; that we might know the free gifts, which are given 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 we also speak; not in the teaching of the words of man's wisdom, but in the teaching of the spirit; and we compare spirituals with spirituals.
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.
For a man in his natural self, receiveth not spirituals; for they are foolishness to him. Neither can he know them; for they are discerned by the Spirit.
15 But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.
But he that is spiritual, judgeth of all things: and he is judged of 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 who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Messiah.
