1 Corinthians 2:1-8 ▼

1 And I, having come unto you, brethren, came -- not in superiority of discourse or wisdom -- declaring to you the testimony of God,

2 for I decided not to know any thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified;

3 and I, in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling, was with you;

4 and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power --

5 that your faith may not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

6 And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age -- of those becoming useless,

7 but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,

8 which no one of the rulers of this age did know, for if they had known, the Lord of the glory they would not have crucified;