1 Corinthians 2 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Paul’s Reliance upon the Spirit

And when I came^G2064 to you, brothers^G80, I did not come^G2064 with superiority^G5247 of word^G3056 or^G2228 of wisdom^G4678, proclaiming^G2605 to you the [fn]witness^G3142 of God^G2316.

1Co 2:2

1Co 2:2For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.

1Co 2:3

1Co 2:3And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,

1Co 2:4

1Co 2:4and my word and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

1Co 2:5

1Co 2:5so that your faith would not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

1Co 2:6

Yet^G1161 we do speak^G2980 wisdom^G4678 among^G1722 those^G3588 who are mature^G5046, a wisdom^G4678, however^G1161, not of this^G3778 age^G165 nor^G3761 of the rulers^G758 of this^G3778 age^G165, who are being abolished^G2673.

1Co 2:7

1Co 2:7But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom which has been hidden, which God predestined before the ages to our glory,

1Co 2:8

1Co 2:8which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

1Co 2:9

1Co 2:9But just as it is written,

“THINGS WHICH^G3739 EYE^G3788 HAS NOT SEEN^G3708 AND EAR^G3775 HAS NOT HEARD^G191,

AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED^G305 THE HEART^G2588 OF MAN^G444,

ALL^G3745 THAT GOD^G2316 HAS PREPARED^G2090 FOR THOSE^G3588 WHO LOVE^G25 HIM.”

1Co 2:10

[fn]But to us God^G2316 revealed^G601 them through^G1223 the Spirit^G4151, for the Spirit^G4151 searches^G2045 all^G3956 things^G3956, even^G2532 the depths^G899 of God^G2316.

1Co 2:11

1Co 2:11For who among men knows the depths of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the depths of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.

1Co 2:12

1Co 2:12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the depths graciously given to us by God,

1Co 2:13

1Co 2:13of which depths we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, [fn]combining spiritual depths with spiritual words.

1Co 2:14

But [fn]a natural^G5591 man^G444 does not accept^G1209 the depths of the Spirit^G4151 of God^G2316, for they are foolishness^G3472 to him, and he cannot^G1410^G3756 understand^G1097 them, because^G3754 they are spiritually^G4153 examined^G350.