I Corinthians 2

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

²For I determined not to know anything while with you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

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

⁴and my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit, and of power;

⁵that your faith might not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

⁶But 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;

⁷but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God determined on before the world was, for our glory;

⁸which none of the rulers of this world comprehended; for had they comprehended it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;

⁹but, 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."

¹⁰For God hath revealed them to us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, even the depths of God.

¹¹For 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.

¹²But 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;

¹³which 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.

¹⁴But 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.

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

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

I Corinthians 2

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

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

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

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

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

⁶Howbeit 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:

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

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

⁹But 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.

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

¹¹For 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.

¹²Now 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.

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

¹⁴But 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.

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

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