{"book":"1 Corinthians","slug":"1-corinthians","ch":2,"genre":"poetry","sub":"1 Corinthians","prev":"1-corinthians/1","next":"1-corinthians/3","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[When] I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom [as] I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.","f":[],"h":"Paul’s Message by the Spirit’s Power","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"For I resolved to know nothing [while I was] with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"My message and my preaching [were] not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of [the] Spirit’s power,","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom — but not [the] wisdom of this age [or] of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.","f":[],"h":"Spiritual Wisdom","style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"No, we speak of [the] mysterious [and] hidden wisdom of God, which [He] destined for our glory before time [began].","f":["Or we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery"]},{"v":8,"t":"None of the rulers of this age understood [it]. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"Rather, as it is written:“ No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”","f":["Isaiah 64:4"],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"Rather, as it is written:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ No eye has seen,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no ear has heard,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no heart has imagined,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"what God has prepared for those who love Him.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"But God has revealed [it] to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep [ things ] of God.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"But God has revealed [it] to us by the Spirit."},{"style":"reg","t":"The Spirit searches all things, even the deep [ things ] of God."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"For who among men knows the [thoughts] of man except [his own] spirit within him? So too, no one knows the [thoughts] of God except the Spirit of God.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who [is] from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"And [this is] [what] we speak, not in words taught [us] by human wisdom, but in [words] taught by [the] Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual [words].","f":["Or to spiritual people"]},{"v":14,"t":"[The] natural man {does} not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand [them], because {they are} spiritually discerned.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"The spiritual [man] judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"“ For who has known [the] mind of [the] Lord, [so as] to instruct Him?” But we have [the] mind of Christ.","f":["Isaiah 40:13 (see also LXX)"]}]}