1 Corinthians 2

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1 When I came to you, brothers, proclaiming the mystery of God, I did not come with sublimity of words or of wisdom.	1 And so, brothers, when I came to you, announcing to you the testimony of Christ, I did not bring exalted words or lofty wisdom.
2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.	2 For I did not judge myself to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
3 I came to you in weakness and fear and much trembling,	3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and with much trembling.
4 and my message and my proclamation were not with persuasive (words of) wisdom, but with a demonstration of spirit and power,	4 And my words and preaching were not the persuasive words of human wisdom, but were a manifestation of the Spirit and of virtue,
5 so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.	5 so that your faith would not be based on the wisdom of men, but on the virtue of God.
6 Yet we do speak a wisdom to those who are mature, but not a wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age who are passing away.	6 Now, we do speak wisdom among the perfect, yet truly, this is not the wisdom of this age, nor that of the leaders of this age, which shall be reduced to nothing.
7 Rather, we speak God's wisdom, mysterious, hidden, which God predetermined before the ages for our glory,	7 Instead, we speak of the wisdom of God in a mystery which has been hidden, which God predestined before this age for our glory,
8 and which none of the rulers of this age knew; for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.	8 something that none of the leaders of this world have known. For if they had known it, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory.
9 But as it is written: "What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and what has not entered the human heart, what God has prepared for those who love him,"	9 But this is just as it has been written: “The eye has not seen, and the ear has not heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man, what things God has prepared for those who love him.”
10 this God has revealed to us through the Spirit.For the Spirit scrutinizes everything, even the depths of God.	10 But God has revealed these things to us through his Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.
11 Among human beings, who knows what pertains to a person except the spirit of the person that is within? Similarly, no one knows what pertains to God except the Spirit of God.	11 And who can know the things that are of a man, except the spirit which is within that man? So also, no one knows the things which are of God, except the Spirit of God.
12 We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the things freely given us by God.	12 But we have not received the spirit of this world, but the Spirit who is of God, so that we may understand the things that have been given to us by God.
13 And we speak about them not with words taught by human wisdom, but with words taught by the Spirit, describing spiritual realities in spiritual terms.	13 And we are also speaking of these things, not in the learned words of human wisdom, but in the doctrine of the Spirit, bringing spiritual things together with spiritual things.
14 Now the natural person does not accept what pertains to the Spirit of God, for to him it is foolishness, and he cannot understand it, because it is judged spiritually.	14 But the animal nature of man does not perceive these things that are of the Spirit of God. For it is foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand it, because it must be examined spiritually.
15 The spiritual person, however, can judge everything but is not subject to judgment by anyone.	15 But the spiritual nature of man judges all things, and he himself may be judged by no man.
16 For "who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to counsel him?" But we have the mind of Christ.	16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, so that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.