And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
when.
Acts 18:1-4 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth…
with.
1 Corinthians 2:4,13 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's …
1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not …
Exodus 4:10 And Moses said to the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither …
Jeremiah 1:6,7 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child…
Romans 16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly…
2 Corinthians 10:10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily …
2 Corinthians 11:6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have …
the testimony.
1 Corinthians 1:6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this …
Acts 20:21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward …
Acts 22:18 And saw him saying to me, Make haste, and get you quickly out of …
2 Thessalonians 1:10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints…
1 Timothy 1:11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed …
2 Timothy 1:8 Be not you therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of …
1 John 4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be …
1 John 5:11-13 And this is the record, that God has given to us eternal life, and …
Revelation 1:2,9 Who bore record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus …
Revelation 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said to me, See you …
For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
1 Corinthians 4:10-13 We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are …
Acts 17:1,6-12 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came …
Acts 20:18,19 And when they were come to him, he said to them, You know, from the …
2 Corinthians 4:1,7-12,16 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, …
2 Corinthians 6:4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in …
2 Corinthians 7:5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but …
2 Corinthians 10:1,10 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, …
2 Corinthians 11:29,30 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not…
2 Corinthians 12:5-10 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but …
2 Corinthians 13:4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives by the …
Galatians 4:13,14 You know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel …
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
my speech.
Acts 20:27 For I have not shunned to declare to you all the counsel of God.
not.
1 Corinthians 2:1,13 And I, brothers, when I came to you, came not with excellency of …
1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not …
Judges 14:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's …
Judges 16:5 And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, …
2 Samuel 14:17-20 Then your handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be …
2 Samuel 15:2-6 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: …
1 Kings 22:13,14 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, …
2 Chronicles 18:19-21 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he …
Proverbs 7:21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering …
Proverbs 20:19 He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets: therefore meddle …
Jeremiah 20:10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say …
Ezekiel 13:6,10,11 They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD said: …
Romans 16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly…
Colossians 2:4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
2 Peter 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known …
2 Peter 2:18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through …
enticing. or, persuasible.
Acts 26:28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, Almost you persuade me to be a Christian.
Galatians 1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for …
but.
1 Corinthians 4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
John 16:8-15 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, …
Romans 15:19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; …
1 Thessalonians 1:5 For our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and …
1 Peter 1:12 To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they did …
That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
them.
1 Corinthians 14:20 Brothers, be not children in understanding: however, in malice be …
Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man …
Psalm 37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
Matthew 5:48 Be you therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 19:21 Jesus said to him, If you will be perfect, go and sell that you have, …
2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of …
Ephesians 4:11-13 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; …
Philippians 3:12-15 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: …
Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always …
Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongs to them that are of full age…
James 3:2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, …
1 Peter 5:10 But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory …
not.
1 Corinthians 2:1,13 And I, brothers, when I came to you, came not with excellency of …
1 Corinthians 1:18,19 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; …
Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely…
2 Corinthians 1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that …
2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which …
Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, …
James 3:15 This wisdom descends not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
of the.
1 Corinthians 2:8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known …
Job 12:19,21 He leads princes away spoiled, and overthrows the mighty…
Psalm 2:1-6 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing…
Isaiah 19:11-13 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors …
Isaiah 40:23 That brings the princes to nothing; he makes the judges of the earth as vanity.
Acts 4:25-28 Who by the mouth of your servant David have said, Why did the heathen …
come. See on
1 Corinthians 1:28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, has …
Psalm 33:10 The LORD brings the counsel of the heathen to nothing: he makes the …
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
even.
Psalm 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Isaiah 48:6,7 You have heard, see all this; and will not you declare it? I have …
Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord …
Matthew 13:35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, …
Romans 16:25,26 Now to him that is of power to establish you according to my gospel, …
Ephesians 1:4 According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the …
Ephesians 3:4-9 Whereby, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery …
Colossians 1:26,27 Even the mystery which has been hid from ages and from generations, …
2 Timothy 1:9 Who has saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according …
1 Peter 1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which …
Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him…
unto.
1 Peter 5:1,10 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and …
2 Peter 1:3 According as his divine power has given to us all things that pertain …
Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
none.
1 Corinthians 2:6 However, we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the …
1 Corinthians 1:26-28 For you see your calling, brothers, how that not many wise men after …
Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord …
John 7:48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
for.
Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they …
John 3:19-21 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, …
John 8:19 Then said they to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You …
John 9:39-41 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they …
John 12:40-43 He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should …
John 15:22-25 If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin: but now …
John 16:3 And these things will they do to you, because they have not known …
Acts 3:17 And now, brothers, I know that through ignorance you did it, as did …
Acts 13:27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not…
2 Corinthians 3:14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remains the same …
1 Timothy 1:13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but …
the Lord.
Psalm 24:7-10 Lift up your heads, O you gates; and be you lift up, you everlasting …
Acts 3:16,17 And his name through faith in his name has made this man strong, …
Acts 7:2 And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, listen; The God of glory …
James 2:1 My brothers, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord …
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
eye. This passage is not taken from the LXX., nor is an exact translation of the Hebrew; but it gives the general sense.
Isaiah 64:4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived …
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that …
1 Peter 1:12 To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they did …
the things.
Psalm 31:19 Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for them that fear you…
Matthew 20:23 And he said to them, You shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized …
Matthew 25:34 Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, Come, you blessed …
Hebrews 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: why God …
them.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love …
James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, …
James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers, Has not God chosen the poor of this …
1 John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
God.
1 Corinthians 14:30 If any thing be revealed to another that sits by, let the first hold his peace.
Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he reveals his secret to …
Matthew 11:25-27 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord …
Matthew 13:11 He answered and said to them, Because it is given to you to know …
Matthew 16:17 And Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon Barjona: …
Luke 2:26 And it was revealed to him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not …
Luke 10:21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank you, O Father, …
Ephesians 3:3,5 How that by revelation he made known to me the mystery; (as I wrote …
1 Peter 1:12 To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they did …
Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show to …
by.
Isaiah 48:16 Come you near to me, hear you this; I have not spoken in secret from …
Isaiah 59:21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, said the LORD; My spirit …
John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will …
John 16:13 However, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you …
1 John 2:20,27 But you have an unction from the Holy One, and you know all things…
the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:11 For what man knows the things of a man, save the spirit of man which …
1 Corinthians 12:8-11 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another …
Romans 8:26,27 Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities: for we know not what …
the deep.
Job 12:22 He discovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light …
Psalm 92:5,6 O LORD, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep…
Daniel 2:22 He reveals the deep and secret things: he knows what is in the darkness, …
Romans 11:33-36 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! …
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
not.
1 Corinthians 2:6 However, we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the …
Romans 8:1,5,6 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ …
2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which …
Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, …
James 4:5 Do you think that the scripture said in vain, The spirit that dwells …
1 John 4:4,5 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because …
1 John 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness.
Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, …
but.
Romans 8:15,16 For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but …
that.
1 Corinthians 3:22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, …
John 16:14,15 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it to you…
Romans 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, …
1 John 2:20,27 But you have an unction from the Holy One, and you know all things…
1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and has given us an understanding, …
Revelation 22:6 And he said to me, These sayings are faithful and true…
Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
not.
1 Corinthians 2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's …
1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not …
2 Peter 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known …
but.
1 Corinthians 12:1-3 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I would not have you ignorant…
1 Corinthians 14:2 For he that speaks in an unknown tongue speaks not to men, but to …
Luke 12:12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what you ought to say.
Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak …
1 Peter 1:12 To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they did …
comparing. Or, as Bishop Pearce renders, 'explaining [sugkrino] spiritual things to spiritual men,' [pneumatikos.]
spirtual things.
1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: …
1 Corinthians 9:11 If we have sown to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we …
1 Corinthians 10:3-5 And did all eat the same spiritual meat…
Ephesians 5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing …
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching …
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
the natural man. [Psuchikos,] the animal man, one who lives in a natural state, and under the influence of his animal passions; for [psuche] means the inferior and sensual part of man, in opposition to the [nous] understanding, or [pneuma,] the spirit.
1 Corinthians 15:44,46 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is …
James 3:15 This wisdom descends not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
Jude 1:19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
receiveth.
Matthew 13:11 He answered and said to them, Because it is given to you to know …
Matthew 16:23 But he turned, and said to Peter, Get you behind me, Satan: you are …
John 3:3-6 Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except …
John 8:43 Why do you not understand my speech? even because you cannot hear my word.
John 10:26,27 But you believe not, because you are not of my sheep, as I said to you…
John 12:37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed …
Romans 8:5-8 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; …
the things.
1 Corinthians 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit …
John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will …
John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the …
John 16:8-15 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, …
they.
1 Corinthians 1:18,23 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; …
John 8:51,52 Truly, truly, I say to you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death…
John 10:20 And many of them said, He has a devil, and is mad; why hear you him?
Acts 17:18,32 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, …
Acts 18:15 But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look …
Acts 25:19 But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, …
Acts 26:24,25 And as he thus spoke for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, …
neither.
Proverbs 14:6 A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy to …
John 5:44 How can you believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek …
John 6:44,45 No man can come to me, except the Father which has sent me draw him: …
Acts 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city …
2 Corinthians 4:4-6 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which …
1 John 2:20,27 But you have an unction from the Holy One, and you know all things…
1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and has given us an understanding, …
Jude 1:19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
he that.
1 Corinthians 3:1 And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to …
1 Corinthians 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual…
Galatians 6:1 Brothers, if a man be overtaken in a fault, you which are spiritual, …
Colossians 1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease …
judgeth. or, discerneth.
2 Samuel 14:17 Then your handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be …
1 Kings 3:9-11 Give therefore your servant an understanding heart to judge your …
Psalm 25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show …
Proverbs 28:5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand …
Ecclesiastes 8:5 Whoever keeps the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise …
John 7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether …
Ephesians 4:13,14 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge …
Philippians 1:10 That you may approve things that are excellent; that you may be sincere …
1 Thessalonians 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongs to them that are of full age…
1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they …
yet.
1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who …
2 Samuel 12:16-23 David therefore sought God for the child; and David fasted, and went …
Acts 15:1-5 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brothers, …
Acts 16:3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised …
Galatians 2:3-5 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled …
judged. or, discerned.
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
who.
Job 15:8 Have you heard the secret of God? and do you restrain wisdom to yourself?
Job 22:2 Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?
Job 40:2 Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproves …
Isaiah 40:13,14 Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counselor has …
Jeremiah 23:18 For who has stood in the counsel of the LORD, and has perceived and …
Romans 11:34 For who has known the mind of the Lord? or who has been his counselor?
may. Gr. shall. But.
John 15:15 From now on I call you not servants; for the servant knows not what …
John 16:13-16 However, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you …
John 17:6-8 I have manifested your name to the men which you gave me out of the …
Genesis 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his …
Ephesians 3:3,4 How that by revelation he made known to me the mystery; (as I wrote …
