1 Corinthians 2:1-8 ▼

1 When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come and tell you about God's secret with rhetorical language or wisdom.

2 For while I was with you I resolved to know nothing except Jesus the Messiah, and him crucified.

3 It was in weakness, fear, and great trembling that I came to you.

4 My message and my preaching were not accompanied by clever, wise words, but by a display of the Spirit's power,

5 so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on God's power.

6 However, when we are among mature people, we do speak a message of wisdom, but not the wisdom of this world or of the rulers of this world, who are passing off the scene.

7 Instead, we speak about God's wisdom in a hidden secret, which God destined before the world began for our glory.

8 None of the rulers of this world understood it, because if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.