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, having come unto you, brethren, came — not in superiority of discourse or wisdom — declaring to 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 decided not to know any thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified;

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

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 hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to 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 rulers of this age did know, for if they had known, the Lord of the glory they would not have crucified; (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, according as it hath been written, 'What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him — '

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

but to us did God reveal [them] through His Spirit, for the Spirit all things doth search, even the depths 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 hath known the things of the man, except the spirit of the man that [is] in him? so also the things of God no one hath known, 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.

And we the spirit of the world did not receive, but the Spirit that [is] of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us,

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 also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, with spiritual things spiritual things comparing,

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.

and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know [them], because spiritually they are discerned;

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

and he who is spiritual, doth discern indeed all things, and he himself is by no one discerned;

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 did know the mind of the Lord that he shall instruct Him? and we — we have the mind of Christ.