1Cor 2 | ABEn | STEP | And I having come to you, brethren, I came not according to superiority of word or wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of God.

1 Corinthians 2

CHAPTER 2 The Wisdom of God Revealed

1 And I having come to you, brethren, I came not according to superiority of word or wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of God. 2 [³not ¹For ²I decided] to know anything among you except Jesus Christ, and this one being crucified. 3 And I in weakness, and in fear, and in [²trembling ¹much] was with you; 4 and my word, and my proclaiming was not in persuasive human [²of wisdom ¹words], but in a demonstration of spirit and power; 5 that the belief of yours should not be in wisdom of men, but in power of God. 6 [³wisdom ¹But ²we speak] among the ones completed; but wisdom not of this eon, nor of the rulers of this eon of the ones being rendered useless. 7 But we speak wisdom of God in a mystery, the one being concealed, which God predefined before the eons for our glory; 8 which not one of the rulers of this eon has known. For if they knew, [³not ²would ⁵the ⁶Lord ⁷of glory ¹they ⁴have crucified]. 9 But as it has been written, That which eye saw not, and ear heard not, and into the heart of man ascended not, which God prepared to the ones loving him. 10 But to us God revealed by his spirit. For the spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For who [²knows ¹of men] the things of man, except the spirit of the man, the one in him? So also the things of God no one knows, except the spirit of God. 12 But we [²not ³the ⁴spirit ⁵of the ⁶world ¹received], but the spirit, the one from God, that we should know the things [³by ⁴God ¹being granted ²to us]. 13 Which also we speak not in [²instructed ³by human ⁴wisdom ¹words], but by words instructed [²spirit ¹of holy]; [³in spiritual ways ¹spiritual things ²being interpreted]. 14 But the physical man does not receive the things of the spirit of God; [³moronishness ¹for ⁴to him ²they are], and he is not able to know them, for [²spiritually ¹they are examined]. 15 But the spiritual examines indeed all things, but he [²by ³no one ¹is examined]. 16 For who knew the mind of the Lord? Who instructs him? But we [²the mind ³of Christ ¹have].