1 Corinthians 2:1-8 ▼

1 When I came to you, brothers, announcing the testimony of God to you, I did not come with brilliance of speech or wisdom.

2 For I didn’t think it was a good idea to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

3 I came to you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

4 My speech and my proclamation were not with persuasive words of wisdom but with a powerful demonstration by the Spirit,

5 so that your faith might not be based on men’s wisdom but on God’s power.

6 However, we do speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

7 On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined before the ages for our glory.

8 None of the rulers of this age knew this wisdom, for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.