1 Corinthians 2
1 When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming 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 determined not to know anything amongst you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
For I determined not to know anything among you, except Yeshua the Messiah, and him crucified.
3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
When I was with you, I was weak and afraid and I shook.
4 My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human 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 wouldn’t 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 We speak wisdom, however, amongst those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing. (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 God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for 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 rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t 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, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who 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 to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, 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 who amongst men knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God except God’s Spirit.
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 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.
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 We also speak these things, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, 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 Ruach, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.
14 Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him; and he can’t 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 who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is to be judged by no one.
But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.
16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord that he should instruct him?” But we have Christ’s mind.
For, "Who has known the mind of the Lord? Who will instruct him?" But we have the mind of Messiah.
