4Andmyspeechandmypreaching was notwithenticingwords of man's wisdom, butindemonstration of the Spiritand of power:
5Thatyourfaithshouldnotstandin the wisdom of men, butin the power of God.
6Howbeit we speakwisdomamong them that are perfect: yetnot the wisdom of thisworld, nor of the princes of thisworld, that come to nought:
7But we speak the wisdom of Godin a mystery, even the hiddenwisdom, whichGodordainedbefore the worlduntoourglory:
8Whichnone of the princes of thisworldknew: for had theyknown it, theywouldnot have crucified the Lord of glory.
9Butas it is written, Eyehathnotseen, norearheard, neither have enteredinto the heart of man, the things whichGodhathprepared for them that lovehim.
10ButGod hath revealed them unto usbyhisSpirit: for the Spiritsearcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11Forwhatmanknoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of manwhich is inhim?evenso the things of Godknoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12Nowwe have received, not the spiritof the world, but the spiritwhich is ofGod; thatwe might know the things that are freely given to usofGod.
13
Which thingsalso we speak, notin the words which man's wisdomteacheth, but which the HolyGhostteacheth; comparingspiritualthings with spiritual.
14But the naturalmanreceivethnot the things of the Spirit of God: for they arefoolishness unto him: neithercan he know them, because they arespirituallydiscerned.
15But he that is spiritualjudgeth all things, yet he himself is judgedof no man.
16Forwho hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instructhim?Butwehave the mind of Christ.