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1 Corinthians 2

Paul's Reliance upon the Spirit

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And when I came to you, brethren, I  adid not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you  bthe  1testimony of God.

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For I determined to know nothing among you except  aJesus Christ, and Him crucified.

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I was with you in  aweakness and in  bfear and in much trembling,

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and my  1message and my preaching were  anot in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of  bthe Spirit and of power,

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so that your faith would not  1rest on the wisdom of men, but on  athe power of God.

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Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are  amature; a wisdom, however, not of  bthis age nor of the rulers of  bthis age, who are  cpassing away;

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but we speak God's wisdom in a  amystery, the hidden wisdom which God  bpredestined before the  cages to our glory;

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the wisdom  awhich none of the rulers of  bthis age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified  cthe Lord of glory;

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but just as it is written, " aTHINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM."

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 1 aFor to us God revealed them  bthrough the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the  cdepths of God.

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For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the  aspirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.

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Now we  ahave received, not the spirit of  bthe world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God,

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which things we also speak,  anot in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit,  1combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.

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But  1a  anatural man  bdoes not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are  cfoolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually  2appraised.

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But he who is  aspiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one.

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For  aWHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But  bwe have the mind of Christ.



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