Dual Panel1When <2064> I <2504> came <2064> to <4314> you <5209>, brothers and sisters <80>, I did <2064> not <3756> come <2064> with <2596> superior <5247> eloquence <3056> or <2228> wisdom <4678> as <2605> I proclaimed <2605> the testimony <3466> of God <2316>.
2For <1063> I decided <2919> to be concerned <1492> about nothing <3756> among <1722> you <5213> except <1487> <3361> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, and <2532> him <5126> crucified <4717>.
3And I <2504> was <1096> with <4314> you <5209> in <1722> weakness <769> and <2532> in <1722> fear <5401> and <2532> with <1722> much <4183> trembling <5156>.
4My <3450> conversation <3056> and <2532> my <3450> preaching <2782> were not <3756> with <1722> persuasive <3981> words <3056> of wisdom <4678>, but <235> with <1722> a demonstration <585> of the Spirit <4151> and <2532> of power <1411>,
5so <2443> that your <5216> faith <4102> would <1722> not <3361> be based on <1722> human <444> wisdom <4678> but <235> on <1722> the power <1411> of God <2316>.
6Now <1161> we do speak <2980> wisdom <4678> among <1722> the mature <5046>, but <1161> not <3756> a wisdom <4678> of this <5127> age <165> or <3761> of the rulers <758> of this <5127> age <165>, who are perishing <2673>.
7Instead <235> we speak <2980> the wisdom <4678> of God <2316>, hidden <613> in <1722> a mystery <3466>, that <3739> God <2316> determined <4309> before <4253> the ages <165> for <1519> our <2257> glory <1391>.
8None <3762> of the rulers <758> of this <5127> age <165> understood <1097> it. If <1487> they had known <1097> it, they would <4717> not <3756> have crucified <4717> the Lord <2962> of glory <1391>.
9But <235> just as <2531> it is written <1125>, “Things that <3739> no <3756> eye <3788> has seen <1492>, or <2532> ear <3775> heard <191>, or <2532> mind <2588> <444> imagined, are the things God <2316> has prepared <2090> for those who love <25> him <846>.”
10God <2316> has revealed <601> these to us <2254> by <1223> the Spirit <4151>. For <1063> the Spirit <4151> searches <2045> all things <3956>, even <2532> the deep <899> things of God <2316>.
11For <1063> who <5101> among men <444> knows <1492> the things of a man <444> except <1487> <3361> the man’s <444> spirit <4151> within <1722> him <846>? So <3779> too <2532>, no one <3762> knows <1097> the things of God <2316> except <1487> <3361> the Spirit <4151> of God <2316>.
12Now <1161> we <2249> have <2983> not <3756> received <2983> the spirit <4151> of the world <2889>, but <235> the Spirit <4151> who is from <1537> God <2316>, so that <2443> we may know <1492> the things that are freely given <5483> to us <2254> by <5259> God <2316>.
13And <2532> we speak <2980> about these things <3739>, not <3756> with <1722> words <3056> taught <1318> us by human <442> wisdom <4678>, but <235> with <1722> those taught <1318> by the Spirit <4151>, explaining <4793> spiritual <4152> things to spiritual <4152> people.
14The unbeliever <5591> <444> does <1209> not <3756> receive <1209> the things of the Spirit <4151> of God <2316>, for <1063> they are foolishness <3472> to him <846>. And <2532> he cannot <1410> understand <1097> them, because <3754> they are <350> spiritually <4153> discerned <350>.
15The one who is spiritual <4152> discerns <350> all things <3956>, yet <1161> he <350> himself <846> is understood <350> by <5259> no one <3762>.
16For <1063> who <5101> has known <1097> the mind <3563> of the Lord <2962>, so as to advise <4822> him <846>? But <1161> we <2249> have <2192> the mind <3563> of Christ <5547>.