1 Corinthians 2:1-8 ▼

1 When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come with superior eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed the testimony of God.

2 For I decided to be concerned about nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and with much trembling.

4 My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

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

6 Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing.

7 Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.

8 None of the rulers of this age understood it. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.