1 ¶ And I, brothers, when I came to you, came not with puffed up speech or wisdom to declare unto you the testimony of God.

And I, having come unto you, brethren, came -- not in superiority of discourse or wisdom -- declaring to you the testimony of God,

2 F or I judged not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

for I decided not to know any thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified;

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

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

4 A nd my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power --

5 t hat your faith should not be founded in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

that your faith may not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

6 ¶ For we speak perfect wisdom of God, and not the wisdom of this age nor of the princes of this age, that come to nought,

And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age -- of those becoming useless,

7 b ut we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God predestined before the ages unto our glory,

but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,

8 w hich none of the princes of this age knew (for had they known it, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory).

which no one of the rulers of this age did know, for if they had known, the Lord of the glory they would not have crucified;

9 B ut as it is written, That which eye has not seen nor ear heard neither has entered into the heart of man is that which God has prepared for those that love him.

but, according as it hath been written, `What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him --'

10 B ut God has revealed this unto us by his Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

but to us did God reveal through His Spirit, for the Spirit all things doth search, even the depths of God,

11 F or who among men knows the things of man, except the spirit of man which is in him? Even so no one has known the things of God, but the Spirit of God.

for who of men hath known the things of the man, except the spirit of the man that in him? so also the things of God no one hath known, except the Spirit of God.

12 N ow we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God, that we might know the things that God has given us.

And we the spirit of the world did not receive, but the Spirit that of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us,

13 W hich things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teaches, but with doctrine of the Holy Spirit, jointly fitting spiritual things by spiritual means.

which things also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, with spiritual things spiritual things comparing,

14 B ut the natural man does not perceive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know, because spiritually they are discerned;

15 B ut he that is spiritual discerns all things, yet he is discerned by no one.

and he who is spiritual, doth discern indeed all things, and he himself is by no one discerned;

16 F or who has known the understanding of the Lord? Who has instructed him? But we have the understanding of Christ.

for who did know the mind of the Lord that he shall instruct Him? and we -- we have the mind of Christ.