1 Corinthians 2:6-13

English Standard Version

Wisdom from the Spirit

⁶Yet among ^(A)the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not ^(B)a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, ^(C)who are doomed to pass away. ⁷But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, ^(D)which God decreed before the ages for our glory. ⁸None of ^(E)the rulers of this age understood this, for ^(F)if they had, they would not have crucified ^(G)the Lord of glory. ⁹But, as it is written,

^(H)“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has ^(I)prepared ^(J)for those who love him”—

¹⁰these things ^(K)God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even ^(L)the depths of God. ¹¹For who knows a person's thoughts ^(M)except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. ¹²Now ^(N)we have received not ^(O)the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. ¹³And we impart this ^(P)in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, ^(Q)interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.^[a]