1When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.stylus1 Corinthians 1:17, 1 Corinthians 1:17, 1 Corinthians 2:13, 1 Corinthians 2:4, 1 Corinthians 2:132For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.stylusGalatians 6:14, Galatians 6:14, Philippians 3:8, Philippians 3:10, Philippians 3:83I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.stylus2 Corinthians 13:4, 2 Corinthians 13:4, 1 Corinthians 4:10, 1 Corinthians 4:13, 1 Corinthians 4:104My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,stylus1 Corinthians 4:20, 1 Corinthians 4:20, 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 1 Corinthians 1:175so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.stylus2 Corinthians 4:7, 2 Corinthians 4:7, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 6:76Among 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.stylusHebrews 5:14, Hebrews 5:14, James 3:15, James 3:15, 2 Corinthians 4:47No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.stylusColossians 1:26, Colossians 1:27, Colossians 1:26, Colossians 1:27, 2 Peter 1:38None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.stylusActs 13:27, Acts 13:27, James 2:1, James 2:1, Acts 7:29Rather, 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.”stylusIsaiah 64:4, Isaiah 64:4, Psalms 31:19, Psalms 31:19, James 1:1210But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.stylusJohn 14:26, John 14:26, Ephesians 3:5, Ephesians 3:5, Luke 10:2111For 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.stylusProverbs 20:27, Proverbs 20:27, Romans 11:33, Romans 11:34, Romans 11:3312We 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.stylus1 John 2:27, 1 John 2:27, Romans 8:5, Romans 8:6, Romans 8:513And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.stylus1 Corinthians 2:4, 1 Corinthians 2:4, 1 Corinthians 2:14, 1 Corinthians 1:17, 1 Corinthians 2:1414The 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.stylus1 Corinthians 1:18, 1 Corinthians 1:18, Romans 8:5, Romans 8:8, Romans 8:515The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.stylus1 Thessalonians 5:21, Proverbs 28:5, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, Proverbs 28:5, Hebrews 5:1416“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.stylusIsaiah 40:13, Isaiah 40:14, Romans 11:34, Isaiah 40:13, Isaiah 40:14