1 Corinthians 2
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.