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.
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech, or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.
2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
For I determined not to know anything while with you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling;
4 My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
and my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit, and of power;
5 that your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
that your faith might not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.
6 We speak wisdom, however, among 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)
But we do speak wisdom among the perfect; not, however, the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought; (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 hidden wisdom, which God determined on before the world was, 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 world comprehended; for had they comprehended 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: “The things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and which have not entered into the heart of man, the great things which God hath prepared for those that love him.”
10 But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
For God hath revealed them to us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, even the depths of God.
11 For who among 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 who among men knoweth the things of a man, but the spirit of the man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no one but 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.
But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that have been given to us by the grace of 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.
which things we also speak, not in words taught by man's wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, connecting what is spiritual l with what is spiritual.
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.
But the unspiritual man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot know 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 that is spiritual judgeth of all things, yet 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 hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
