so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men[a] but (A)in the power of God.

Wisdom from the Spirit

Yet among (B)the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not (C)a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, (D)who are doomed to pass away. But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, (E)which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of (F)the rulers of this age understood this, for (G)if they had, they would not have crucified (H)the Lord of glory. But, as it is written,

(I)“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
    nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has (J)prepared (K)for those who love him”—

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 2:5 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women

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