1 Corinthians 2:1-5
THE PREACHING OF THE CROSS. Paul's preaching not in man's wisdom:... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PREACHING OF THE CROSS. Paul's preaching not in man's wisdom:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I, BRETHREN, WHEN I CAME TO YOU, CAME NOT WITH EXCELLENCY OF SPEECH OR OF WISDOM, DECLARING UNTO YOU THE TESTIMONY OF GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR I DETERMINED NOT TO KNOW ANYTHING AMONG YOU SAVE JESUS CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I WAS WITH YOU IN WEAKNESS AND IN FEAR AND IN MUCH TREMBLING.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND MY SPEECH AND MY PREACHING WAS NOT WITH ENTICING WORDS OF MAN'S WISDOM, BUT IN DEMONSTRATION OF THE SPIRIT AND OF POWER,... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT YOUR FAITH SHOULD NOT STAND IN THE WISDOM OF MEN, BUT IN THE POWER OF GOD. Paul has praised the preaching of the wisdom of the Cross. He now shows what interest he, in his own person and in his office, has in this message: And I also, brethren, when I came to you, came not according to excellen... [ Continue Reading ]
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 NAUGHT;... [ Continue Reading ]
The Gospel itself true wisdom:... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WE SPEAK THE WISDOM OF GOD IN A MYSTERY, EVEN THE HIDDEN WISDOM, WHICH GOD ORDAINED BEFORE THE WORLD UNTO OUR GLORY,... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH NONE OF THE PRINCES OF THIS WORLD KNEW; FOR HAD THEY KNOWN IT, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE CRUCIFIED THE LORD OF GLORY.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. The apostle had said that his Gospel is foolishness according to the standard of this world, but all the while he makes it felt that it is wis... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT GOD HATH REVEALED THEM UNTO US BY HIS SPIRIT; FOR THE SPIRIT SEARCHETH ALL THINGS, YEA, THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
The revelation of the Spirit:... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. While the attitude of the rulers of this world, both intellectual and secular, is characterized by an utter lack of understanding of the great things o... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Word and spiritual discernment:... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT HE THAT IS SPIRITUAL JUDGETH ALL THINGS, YET HE HIMSELF IS JUDGED OF NO MAN.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WHO HATH KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD THAT HE MAY INSTRUCT HIM? BUT WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST. The apostle now refers more particularly to his office, including the other apostles in a category with himself. They know the great things of God, and therefore they tell them, proclaim them. And this... [ Continue Reading ]