1 Corinthians 2
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1 Corinthians 2:4-8

4and my 1message and my preaching were 2not in persuasive words of 3wisdom, but in demonstration of 4the Spirit and of power, 5so that your faith would not 5rest on the 6wisdom of mankind, but on 7the power of God.

6Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are 8mature; a wisdom, however, not of 9this age nor of the rulers of 10this age, who are 11passing away; 7but we speak God’s wisdom in a 12mystery, the hidden wisdom which God 13predestined before the 14ages to our glory; 8the wisdom 15which none of the rulers of 16this age has understood; for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified 17the Lord of glory;

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Corinthians 2:4 Lit word ↩
  2. 2. 1 Corinthians 2:4 1 Cor 1:17; 2:1, 13 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Corinthians 2:4 Or cleverness ↩
  4. 4. 1 Corinthians 2:4 Rom 15:19; 1 Cor 4:20 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Corinthians 2:5 Lit be ↩
  6. 6. 1 Corinthians 2:5 Or cleverness ↩
  7. 7. 1 Corinthians 2:5 2 Cor 4:7; 6:7; 12:9 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Corinthians 2:6 Eph 4:13; Phil 3:15; Heb 5:14; 6:1 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Corinthians 2:6 Matt 13:22; 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Corinthians 2:6 Matt 13:22; 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Corinthians 2:6 1 Cor 1:28 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Corinthians 2:7 Rom 11:25; 16:25f; 1 Cor 2:1 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Corinthians 2:7 Rom 8:29f ↩
  14. 14. 1 Corinthians 2:7 Heb 1:2; 11:3 ↩
  15. 15. 1 Corinthians 2:8 1 Cor 1:26; 2:6 ↩
  16. 16. 1 Corinthians 2:8 Matt 13:22; 1 Cor 1:20 ↩
  17. 17. 1 Corinthians 2:8 Acts 7:2; James 2:1 ↩

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