1 Corinthians 2

1 When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.

2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

3 I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.

4 My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,

5 so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.

6 Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

7 No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.

8 None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

9 Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”

10 But God has revealed it to us by His Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

11 For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

12 We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

13 And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Holy Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

14 The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.

16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

1 ¶ And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

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

4 And my speech and my preaching [was] not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

6 ¶ Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom], which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known [it], they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

10 But God hath revealed [them] unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.

15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

1 And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with high words or wisdom to preach unto you the divine preaching.

2 For I thought not that I knew any thing among you, save Jesus Christ crucified.

3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in great trembling.

4 And my word and my preaching was not in reasoning discourses of human wisdom, but in moving of the Spirit and of power,

5 That your faith may not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

6 But what we speak of is wisdom in the perfect; not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, which perish;

7 but We speak of the secret, hidden wisdom of God, which God ordained before the world for our glory,

8 Which none of the rulers of this world knew: for if they had known them, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;

9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, which God hath prepared for them that love him.

10 But unto us God hath revealed it by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, even the depths of the Godhead.

11 For what man knoweth that which is in man, without the spirit of man which is in him? So also no one knows what is in God without the Spirit of God.

12 Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit from God, that we might know the things which are given us of God.

13 Which also we speak, not with words which man's wisdom can teach, but with words which the Holy Ghost teacheth, judging spiritual things spiritually.

14 But the natural man heareth not of the Spirit of God: it is foolishness unto him, and he cannot know it: for it must be spiritually directed.

15 But the minister judgeth all things, and is judged of none.

16 For who hath known the mind of the LORD, or who will instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.