1 Corinthians 2:6-12

New American Standard Bible

⁶Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are ^(A)mature; a wisdom, however, not of ^(B)this age nor of the rulers of ^(C)this age, who are ^(D)passing away; ⁷but we speak God’s wisdom in a ^(E)mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ^(F)predestined before the ^(G)ages to our glory; ⁸the wisdom ^(H)which none of the rulers of ^(I)this age has understood; for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified ^(J)the Lord of glory; ⁹but just as it is written:

“^(K)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^[a]^(L)For to us God revealed them ^(M)through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the ^(N)depths of God. ¹¹For who among people knows the thoughts of a person except the ^(O)spirit of the person that is in him? So also the thoughts of God no one knows, except the Spirit of God. ¹²Now we ^(P)have not received the spirit of ^(Q)the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God.

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1 Corinthians 2:6-12

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God’s Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit

⁶We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature,^(A) but not the wisdom of this age^(B) or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.^(C) ⁷No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery^(D) that has been hidden^(E) and that God destined for our glory before time began. ⁸None of the rulers of this age^(F) understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.^(G) ⁹However, 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—^(H)

¹⁰these are the things God has revealed^(I) to us by his Spirit.^(J)

The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. ¹¹For who knows a person’s thoughts^(K) except their own spirit^(L) within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. ¹²What we have received is not the spirit^(M) of the world,^(N) but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.