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¹ As for me, my brethren, when I appear'd among you, it was not to represent to you the divine mystery in sublime language, and with human literature. ² for I did not think I was to have any other knowledge among you, than that of Christ, a crucified saviour. ³ I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in great agony: ⁴ my discourse, and my preaching did not consist in the persuasive reasonings of human wisdom, but in demonstrating the spiritual meaning of the scriptures: ⁵ that your faith might not be owing to human wisdom, but to the divine influence.

⁶ However, what we preach is wisdom, to those who are thoroughly instructed: yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who will soon come to nothing. ⁷ but we explain that mysterious plan of divine wisdom, which God had contriv'd before the ages, for our glory: ⁸ which none of the rulers of this age understood: for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. ⁹ but, as it is written , "eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entred into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." ¹⁰ this is what God has revealed to us by his spirit: for the spirit penetrates into all things, even the profound counsels of God. ¹¹ for who knows the thoughts of a man, but the spirit of man which is in him? even so the thoughts of God no one can know, but the spirit of God. ¹² now the spirit which we have received, is not the spirit of this world, but that which comes from God; that we might know what he has graciously bestowed upon us. ¹³ this is what we declare, not in the words which human wisdom, but which the holy spirit dictates; explaining spiritual things in a spiritual language. ¹⁴ but the animal man does not receive the effusions of the spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him; neither can he understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. ¹⁵ but they are all expos'd to the judgment of the spiritual, whilst he himself is not subject to the judgment of any man. ¹⁶ for how can he, that does not know the mind of the Lord, instruct another? but as for us, we are acquainted with the mind of the Lord.