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And I[G2504], brethren[G80], when I[G2504]came[G2064]to[G4314]you[G5209], came[G2064]not[G3756]with[G2596]excellency[G5247] of speech[G3056]or[G2228] of wisdom[G4678], declaring[G2605] unto you[G5213] the testimony[G3142] of God[G2316].
2For[G1063] I determined[G2919]not[G3756] to know[G1492] any thing[G5100]among[G1722]you[G5213], save[G1508]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547], and[G2532]him[G5126]crucified[G4717].
4And[G2532]my[G3450]speech[G3056]and[G2532]my[G3450]preaching[G2782] was not[G3756]with[G1722]enticing[G3981]words[G3056] of man's wisdom[G4678], but[G235]in[G1722]demonstration[G585] of the Spirit[G4151]and[G2532] of power[G1411]:
5That[G2443]your[G5216]faith[G4102]should[G5600]not[G3361]stand[G5600]in[G1722] the wisdom[G4678] of men[G444], but[G235]in[G1722] the power[G1411] of God[G2316].
6Howbeit[G1161] we speak[G2980]wisdom[G4678]among[G1722] them that are perfect[G5046]: yet[G1161]not[G3756] the wisdom[G4678] of this[G5127]world[G165], nor[G3761] of the princes[G758] of this[G5127]world[G165], that come to nought[G2673]:
7But[G235] we speak[G2980] the wisdom[G4678] of God[G2316]in[G1722] a mystery[G3466], even the hidden[G613]wisdom[G4678], which[G3739]God[G2316]ordained[G4309]before[G4253] the world[G165]unto[G1519]our[G2257]glory[G1391]:
8Which[G3739]none[G3762] of the princes[G758] of this[G5127]world[G165]knew[G1097]: for[G1487] had they[G302]known[G1097] it, they[G302]would[G4717]not[G3756] have crucified[G4717] the Lord[G2962] of glory[G1391].
9But[G235]as[G2531] it is written[G1125], Eye[G3788]hath[G1492]not[G3756]seen[G1492], nor[G2532]ear[G3775]heard[G191], neither[G2532] have entered[G305]into[G1909] the heart[G2588] of man[G444], the things which[G3739]God[G2316]hath[G1492]prepared[G2090] for them that love[G25]him[G846].
10But[G1161]God[G2316] hath revealed[G601] them unto us[G2254]by[G1223]his[G846]Spirit[G4151]: for[G1063] the Spirit[G4151]searcheth[G2045] all things[G3956], yea[G2532], the deep things[G899] of God[G2316].
11For[G1063]what[G5101]man[G444]knoweth[G1492] the things[G3588] of a man[G3762], save[G1508] the spirit[G4151] of man[G3762]which[G3588] is in[G1722]him?[G846]even[G2532]so[G3779] the things[G3588] of God[G2316]knoweth[G1492] no man[G3762], but[G1508] the Spirit[G4151] of God[G2316].
12Now[G1161]we[G2249] have received[G2983], not[G3756] the spirit[G4151]of[G1537] the world[G2889], but[G235] the spirit[G4151]which[G3588] is of[G5259]God[G2316]; that[G2443]we[G2249] might know[G1492] the things that[G2443] are freely given[G5483] to us[G2254]of[G5259]God[G2316].
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Which things[G3739]also[G2532] we speak[G2980], not[G3756]in[G1722] the words[G3056] which man's wisdom[G4678]teacheth[G1318], but[G235] which the Holy[G40]Ghost[G4151]teacheth[G1722]; comparing[G4793]spiritual[G4152]things[G4152] with spiritual[G4152].
14But[G1161] the natural[G5591]man[G444]receiveth[G1209]not[G3756] the things[G3588] of the Spirit[G4151] of God[G2316]: for[G1063] they are[G2076]foolishness[G3472] unto him[G846]: neither[G2532]can[G1410] he know[G1097] them, because[G3754] they are[G2076]spiritually[G4153]discerned[G350].
15But[G1161] he that is spiritual[G4152]judgeth[G350] all things[G3956], yet[G1161] he himself[G846] is judged[G350]of[G5259] no man[G3762].
16For[G1063]who[G5101] hath known[G1097] the mind[G3563] of the Lord[G2962], that[G3739] he may instruct[G4822]him?[G846]But[G1161]we[G2249]have[G2192] the mind[G3563] of Christ[G5547].