1 Corinthians 2
2
Proclaiming Christ Crucified
1#1Co 1:17; 2:4Brothers, when I came to you, I did not come with superiority of speech or wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God. 2#Gal 6:14For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 3#2Co 13:4I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. 4#Ro 15:19; 1Co 4:20My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5#2Co 4:7; 6:7so that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
The Revelation by God’s Spirit
6#1Co 1:28; Heb 5:14Yet we speak wisdom among those who are mature, although not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7#Ro 16:25–26; 2Ti 1:9But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the ages for our glory. 8#Ac 7:2; Jas 2:1None of the rulers of this age knew it. For had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9#Isa 64:4; Mt 25:34But as it is written,
“Eye has not seen,
nor ear heard,
nor has it entered into the heart of man
the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”#Isa 64:4.
10#Jn 14:26; Eph 3:3But God has revealed them to us by His Spirit.
For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11#Pr 20:27; Jer 17:9For what man knows the things of a man, except the spirit of man which is in him? Likewise, no one knows the things of God, except the Spirit of God. 12Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God, so that we might know the things that are freely given to us by God. 13#1Co 1:17; 2:4These things also we proclaim, not in the words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14#1Co 1:18; Jude 1:19But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15#1Co 3:1; 14:37But he who is spiritual judges all things. Yet he himself is not judged by anyone. 16#Jn 15:15; Ro 11:34 For
“who has known the mind of the Lord
that he may instruct Him?”#Isa 40:13.
But we have the mind of Christ.
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1 Corinthians 2
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The Message of Christ’s Death
1Dear brothers, when I came to you, I did not come as a proud man. I preached God’s truth, but not with fancy words or a show of great learning. 2I decided that while I was with you I would forget about everything except Jesus Christ and his death on the cross. 3When I came to you, I was weak and shook with fear. 4My teaching and my speaking were not with wise words that persuade people. But the proof of my teaching was the power that the Spirit gives. 5I did this so that your faith would be in God’s power, not in the wisdom of a man.
God’s Wisdom
6Yet I speak wisdom to those who are mature. But this wisdom is not from this world or of the rulers of this world. (These rulers are losing their power.) 7But I speak God’s secret wisdom, which he has kept hidden. God planned this wisdom for our glory, before the world began. 8None of the rulers of this world understood it. If they had, they would not have killed the Lord of glory on a cross. 9But as it is written in the Scriptures:
“No one has ever seen this.
No one has ever heard about it.
No one has ever imagined
what God has prepared for those
who love him.” Isaiah 64:4
10But God has shown us these things through the Spirit.
The Spirit knows all things, even the deep secrets of God. 11It is like this: No one knows the thoughts that another person has. Only a person’s spirit that lives in him knows his thoughts. It is the same with God. No one knows the thoughts of God. Only the Spirit of God knows God’s thoughts. 12We did not receive the spirit of the world, but we received the Spirit that is from God. We received this Spirit so that we can know all that God has given us. 13When we speak, we do not use words taught to us by the wisdom that men have. We use words taught to us by the Spirit. We use spiritual words to explain spiritual things. 14A person who is not spiritual does not accept the gifts that come from the Spirit of God. That person thinks they are foolish. He cannot understand the Spirit’s gifts, because they can only be judged spiritually. 15But the spiritual person is able to judge all things. Yet no one can judge him. The Scripture says:
16“Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Who has been able to teach him?” Isaiah 40:13
But we have the mind of Christ.
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