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1 Corinthians 2:4-10
New American Standard Bible
1 Corinthians 2:4-10
New American Standard Bible
4 and my [a]message and my preaching were (A)not in persuasive words of [b]wisdom, but in demonstration of (B)the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith would not [c]rest on the [d]wisdom of mankind, but on (C)the power of God.
6 Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are (D)mature; a wisdom, however, not of (E)this age nor of the rulers of (F)this age, who are (G)passing away; 7 but we speak God’s wisdom in a (H)mystery, the hidden wisdom which God (I)predestined before the (J)ages to our glory; 8 the wisdom (K)which none of the rulers of (L)this age has understood; for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified (M)the Lord of glory; 9 but just as it is written:
“(N)Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard,
And which have not entered the human heart,
All that God has prepared for those who love Him.”
10 [e](O)For to us God revealed them (P)through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the (Q)depths of God.
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- 1 Corinthians 2:4 Lit word
- 1 Corinthians 2:4 Or cleverness
- 1 Corinthians 2:5 Lit be
- 1 Corinthians 2:5 Or cleverness
- 1 Corinthians 2:10 One early ms But
1 Corinthians 2:4-10
New International Version
1 Corinthians 2:4-10
New International Version
4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,(A) but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,(B) 5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.(C)
God’s Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit
6 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature,(D) but not the wisdom of this age(E) or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.(F) 7 No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery(G) that has been hidden(H) and that God destined for our glory before time began. 8 None of the rulers of this age(I) understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.(J) 9 However, as it is written:
“What no eye has seen,
what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”[a]—
the things God has prepared for those who love him—(K)
10 these are the things God has revealed(L) to us by his Spirit.(M)
The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 2:9 Isaiah 64:4
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