1 Corinthians 2

1 And Y, britheren, whanne Y cam to you, cam not in the heiynesse of word, ethir of wisdom, tellynge to you the witnessyng of Crist.

And I, brethren, having come unto you, came not in the excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming unto you the testimony of God.

2 For Y demede not me to kunne ony thing among you, but Crist Jhesu, and hym crucified.

For I determine to know nothing among you, except Jesus Christ, and Him having been crucified.

3 And Y in sikenesse, and drede, and myche trembling, was among you;

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

4 and my word and my preching was not in suteli sturyng wordis of mannus wisdom, but in schewyng of spirit and of vertu;

And my speech and my preaching were not in the persuasive words of wisdom, but in the demonstration of the Spirit and the power:

5 that youre feith be not in the wisdom of men, but in the vertu of God.

in order that your faith may not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

6 For we speken wisdom among perfit men, but not wisdom of this world, nether of princes of this world, that ben distried; (aiōn g165)

But we speak wisdom among the perfect: not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nought: (aiōn g165)

7 but we speken the wisdom of God in mysterie, `which wisdom is hid; which wisdom God bifor ordeynede bifor worldis in to oure glorie, (aiōn g165)

but we speak the wisdom of God having been hidden in a mystery, which God predestinated before the ages unto our glory: (aiōn g165)

8 which noon of the princes of this world knew; for if thei hadden knowe, thei schulden neuere haue crucified the Lord of glorie. (aiōn g165)

which no one of the princes of this age knew; for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (aiōn g165)

9 But as it is writun, That iye say not, ne eere herde, nether it stiede in to herte of man, what thingis God arayede to hem that louen hym;

But, as has been written, the things which eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and has not entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.

10 but God schewide to vs bi his spirit. For whi the spirit serchith alle thingis, yhe, the depe thingis of God.

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

11 And who of men woot, what thingis ben of man, but the spirit of man that is in hym? So what thingis ben of God, no man knowith, but the spirit of God.

For who of men knows the things of man, except the spirit of the man which is in him? so indeed no one knows the things of God, except the Spirit of God.

12 And we han not resseiued the spirit of this world, but the spirit that is of God, that we wite what thingis ben youun to vs of God.

But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God; in order that we may know the things which have been graciously given unto us from God.

13 Whiche thingis we speken also, not in wise wordis of mannus wisdom, but in the doctryn of the spirit, and maken a liknesse of spiritual thingis to goostli men.

Which things indeed we speak, not in the teachable words of human wisdom, but in the teachable words of the Spirit, expounding spiritual things to spiritual people.

14 For a beestli man perseyueth not tho thingis that ben of the spirit of God; for it is foli to hym, and he may not vndurstonde, for it is examyned goostli.

But the intellectual man receives not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him; and he is not able to know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

15 But a spiritual man demeth alle thingis, and he is demed of no man.

But the spiritual man discerns all things, and is himself discerned by no one.

16 As it is writun, And who knew the wit of the Lord, or who tauyte hym? And we han the wit of Crist.

For who knows the mind of the Lord, who shall give him counsel? But we have the mind of Christ.