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2 : 1 And I, when I came to you, brothers,did not come proclaiming to youthe testimonyof God with lofty speech or wisdom.
2 : 2 For I decided to know nothing among you exceptJesus Christ and him crucified.
2 : 3 AndI was with youin weakness and in fear and much trembling,
2 : 4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration ofthe Spirit and of power,
2 : 5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of menbutin the power of God.
2 : 6 Yet amongthe mature we do impart wisdom, although it is nota wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age,who are doomed to pass away.
2 : 7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God,which God decreed before the ages for our glory.
2 : 8 None ofthe rulers of this age understood this, forif they had, they would not have crucifiedthe Lord of glory.
2 : 9 But, as it is written,What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,nor the heart of man imagined,what God haspreparedfor those who love him&emdash;
2 : 10 these thingsGod has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, eventhe depths of God.
2 : 11 For who knows a person's thoughtsexcept the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
2 : 12 Nowwe have received notthe spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
2 : 13 And we impart thisin words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit,interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
2 : 14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they arefolly to him, andhe is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
2 : 15 Thespiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.
2 : 16 For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?Butwe have the mind of Christ.