1 A nd I, when I came to you, brethren, came not in excellency of word, or wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of God.

And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

2 F or I did not judge to know anything among you save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.

3 A nd I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling;

I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,

4 a nd my word and my preaching, not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of Spirit and of power;

and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

5 t hat your faith might not stand in men's wisdom, but in God's power.

so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

6 B ut we speak wisdom among the perfect; but wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who come to nought.

Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;

7 B ut we speak God's wisdom in mystery, that hidden which God had predetermined before the ages for our glory:

but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory;

8 w hich none of the princes of this age knew, (for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;)

the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;

9 b ut according as it is written, Things which eye has not seen, and ear not heard, and which have not come into man's heart, which God has prepared for them that love him,

but just as it is written, “ Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, And which have not entered the heart of man, All that God has prepared for those who love Him.”

10 b ut God has revealed to us by Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

11 F or who of men hath known the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? thus also the things of God knows no one except the Spirit of God.

For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.

12 B ut we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which of God, that we may know the things which have been freely given to us of God:

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God,

13 w hich also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, communicating spiritual by spiritual.

which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.

14 B ut natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him; and he cannot know because they are spiritually discerned;

But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.

15 b ut the spiritual discerns all things, and he is discerned of no one.

But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one.

16 F or who has known the mind of Lord, who shall instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him ? But we have the mind of Christ.