CHAPTER 2
1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with
excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. 2
For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him
crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in
much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching was not
with enticinga words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the
Spirit and of power: 5 That your faith should not standb
in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet
not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to
nought: 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even
the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 8
Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it,
they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But as it is
written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart
of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 10
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit
searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11 For what man
knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so
the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12 Now we
have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God;
that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13
Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but
which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they
are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spiritual judgethc
all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath
known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of
Christ.
The
Holy Bible : King James Version. 1995. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems,
Inc.
a
enticing: or, persuasible
b
stand: Gr. be
c
judgeth: or, discerneth
COMMENTARIES:
A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Bible
Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible
The People’s New Testament
A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
