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¹ And I, my Brethren, when I came to you, did not preach to you the mystery of God in magnificent speech, nor in wisdom.² And I did not govern myself among you, as if I knew any thing, except only Jesus Messiah; and him also as crucified.³ And in much fear and much trembling, was I with you.⁴ And my speech and my preaching were not with the persuasiveness of the discourses of wisdom; but with the demonstration of the Spirit, and with power:⁵ that your faith might not arise from the wisdom of men, but from the power of God.

⁶ Yet we do speak wisdom, among the perfect; the wisdom not of this world, nor of the potentates of this world, who will come to naught.⁷ But we speak the wisdom of God, in a mystery; the wisdom which was hidden, and which God predetermined before the world was, for our glory:⁸ which no one of the potentates of this world knew; for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.⁹ But, as it is written: The eye hath not seen, nor hath the ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man, that which God hath prepared for those who love him.¹⁰ But God hath revealed it to us, by his Spirit; for the Spirit exploreth all things, even the profound things of God.¹¹ For what man is there, who knoweth that which is in a man, except it be the spirit of the man, which is in him? So also, that which is in God, no one knoweth, except the Spirit of God.¹² Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God; that we might know the free gifts, which are given to us by God.¹³ Which things we also speak; not in the teaching of the words of man's wisdom, but in the teaching of the spirit; and we compare spirituals with spirituals.¹⁴ For a man in his natural self, receiveth not spirituals; for they are foolishness to him. Neither can he know them; for they are discerned by the Spirit.¹⁵ But he that is spiritual, judgeth of all things: and he is judged of by no one.¹⁶ For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Messiah.