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1 Corinthians 2

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1And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

2For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

3And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

4And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

5that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

6We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought:

7but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:

8which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:

9but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, Andwhichentered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.

10But unto us God revealed them through the Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

11For who among men knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? even so the things of God none knoweth, save the Spirit of God.

12But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God.

13Which things also we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual words.

14Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

15But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, and he himself is judged of no man.

16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

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Parallel translations · 1 Corinthians 2:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

KJV · King James Version (1611)

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

And I, having come unto you, brethren, came--not in superiority of discourse or wisdom--declaring to you the testimony of God,

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not in loftiness of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of Christ.

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

And I, when I came to you, brethren, came not in excellency of word, or wisdom, announcing to you the testimony ofGod.

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate 1 Corinthians 2:1.

  • 1 Corinthians 1:6

    even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

  • 1 Corinthians 2:4

    And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

  • 1 Corinthians 2:13

    Which things also we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual words.

  • 1 John 4:14

    And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:10

    when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day.

  • 1 Timothy 1:11

    according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

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