1 Corinthians 2:5-16

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁵ so that your faith would not ^[a]rest on the wisdom of men, but on ^(A)the power of God.

⁶ Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are ^(B)mature; a wisdom, however, not of ^(C)this age nor of the rulers of ^(D)this age, who are ^(E)passing away; ⁷ but we speak God’s wisdom in a ^(F)mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ^(G)predestined before the ^(H)ages to our glory; ⁸ the wisdom ^(I)which none of the rulers of ^(J)this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified ^(K)the Lord of glory; ⁹ but just as it is written,

^10 [b](M)For to us God revealed them ^(N)through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the ^(O)depths of God. ¹¹ For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the ^(P)spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. ¹² Now we ^(Q)have received, not the spirit of ^(R)the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, ¹³ which things we also speak, ^(S)not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, ^[c]combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.

¹⁴ But ^[d]a ^(T)natural man ^(U)does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are ^(V)foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually ^[e]appraised. ¹⁵ But he who is ^(W)spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one. ¹⁶ For ^(X)who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But ^(Y)we have the mind of Christ.