1 Corinthians 2  New American Standard Bible 1995

Paul’s Reliance upon the Spirit

2 And when I came to you, brethren, I ^(A)did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you ^(B)the ^[a]testimony of God. ² For I determined to know nothing among you except ^(C)Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. ³ I was with you in ^(D)weakness and in ^(E)fear and in much trembling, ⁴ and my ^[b]message and my preaching were ^(F)not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of ^(G)the Spirit and of power, ⁵ so that your faith would not ^[c]rest on the wisdom of men, but on ^(H)the power of God.

⁶ Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are ^(I)mature; a wisdom, however, not of ^(J)this age nor of the rulers of ^(K)this age, who are ^(L)passing away; ⁷ but we speak God’s wisdom in a ^(M)mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ^(N)predestined before the ^(O)ages to our glory; ⁸ the wisdom ^(P)which none of the rulers of ^(Q)this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified ^(R)the Lord of glory; ⁹ but just as it is written,

^10 [d](T)For to us God revealed them ^(U)through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the ^(V)depths of God. ¹¹ For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the ^(W)spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. ¹² Now we ^(X)have received, not the spirit of ^(Y)the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, ¹³ which things we also speak, ^(Z)not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, ^[e]combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.

¹⁴ But ^[f]a ^(AA)natural man ^(AB)does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are ^(AC)foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually ^[g]appraised. ¹⁵ But he who is ^(AD)spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one. ¹⁶ For ^(AE)who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But ^(AF)we have the mind of Christ.