1 A nd I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

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

2 F or I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

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

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

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

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

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

5 T hat your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

that your faith might not stand in men's wisdom, but in God's power.

6 H owbeit 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:

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

7 B ut we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

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

8 W hich none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

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

9 B ut 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.

but 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,

10 B ut God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

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

11 F or 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.

For 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.

12 N ow 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.

But 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:

13 W hich things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

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

14 B ut 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.

But 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;

15 B ut he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

but the spiritual discerns all things, and he is discerned of no one.

16 F or who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.

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