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Paul's Reliance upon the Spirit

¹ And when I came to you, brothers, I ^(C1)did not come with superiority of word or of wisdom, proclaiming to you ^(C2)the ^(F1)witness of God.² For I determined to know nothing among you except ^(C1)Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.³ And I was with you in ^(C1)weakness and in ^(C2)fear and in much trembling,⁴ and my word and my preaching were ^(C1)not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of ^(C2)the Spirit and of power,⁵ so that your faith would not be in the wisdom of men, but in ^(C1)the power of God.

⁶ Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are ^(C1)mature, a wisdom, however, not of ^(C2)this age nor of the rulers of ^(C2)this age, who are ^(C3)being abolished.⁷ But we speak God's wisdom in a ^(C1)mystery, the wisdom which has been hidden, which God ^(C2)predestined before the ^(C3)ages to our glory,^8 (C1)which none of the rulers of ^(C2)this age has understood; for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified ^(C3)the Lord of glory.⁹ But just as it is written,

"^(C1)THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD,
AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN,
ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM."

¹⁴ But ^(F1)a ^(C1)natural man ^(C2)does not accept the depths of the Spirit of God, for they are ^(C3)foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because ^(C4)they are spiritually examined.¹⁵ But he who is ^(C1)spiritual examines all things, yet he himself is examined by no one.¹⁶ For ^(C1)WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE ^(F1)LORD, THAT HE WILL DIRECT HIM? But ^(C2)we have the mind of Christ.