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
.
For I determined to know
nothing
among
you except
aJesus
Christ
, and Him crucified
.
I was with you in aweakness and in bfear
and in much
trembling
,
and my 1message and my preaching
were anot in persuasive
words
of wisdom
, but in demonstration
of bthe Spirit
and of power
,
so that your faith
would not 1rest
on the wisdom
of men
, but on athe power
of God
.
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
;
but we speak God's
wisdom
in a amystery
, the hidden
wisdom which
God
bpredestined
before
the cages
to our glory
;
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
;
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."
1 aFor to us God revealed
them bthrough
the Spirit
; for the Spirit
searches
all
things
, even
the cdepths
of God
.
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
.
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
,
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.
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
.
But he who is aspiritual appraises
all
things
, yet
he himself
is appraised
by no
one
.
For aWHO HAS KNOWN
THE MIND
OF THE LORD
, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT
HIM? But bwe have
the mind
of Christ
.