1 Corinthians 2

1. And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. 2. For I determined not to know anything 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 were not in persuasive words of 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. We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought: 7. but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory: 8. which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory: 9. but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, And which entered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him. 10. But unto us God revealed them through the Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11. For who among men knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? even so the things of God none knoweth, save 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 of God. 13. Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual words. 14. Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged. 15. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, and he himself is judged of no man. 16. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:1-16, ASV)

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. 2. For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3. I was with you in weakness, 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, 5. that your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in 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. 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, 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. 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.” 10. But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things 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. 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. 13. Which things also we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things. 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. 15. But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and 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. (1 Corinthians 2:1-16, WEB)

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: ^{enticing: or, persuasible} 5. That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. ^{stand: Gr. be} 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. ^{judgeth: or, discerneth judged: or, discerned} 16. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. ^{may: Gr. shall} (1 Corinthians 2:1-16, KJV)

1. And I, having come unto you, brethren, came, not in superiority of discourse or wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God, 2. for I decided not to know any thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified; 3. and I, in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling, was with you; 4. 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 your faith may not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 6. And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, of those becoming useless, 7. but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory, 8. 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; 9. 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 to us did God reveal [them] through His Spirit, for the Spirit all things doth search, even the depths of God, 11. 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 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. 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. 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. and he who is spiritual, doth discern indeed all things, and he himself is by no one discerned; 16. for who did know the mind of the Lord that he shall instruct Him? and we, we have the mind of Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:1-16, YLT)