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Paul's Reliance upon the Spirit

¹ And when I came to you, brothers and sisters, I ^(C1)did not come as someone superior in ^(F1)speaking ability or ^(F2)wisdom, as I proclaimed to you ^(C2)the ^(F3)testimony of God.² For I determined to know nothing among you except ^(C1)Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.³ I also was with you in ^(C1)weakness and ^(C2)fear, and in great trembling,⁴ and my ^(F1)message and my preaching were ^(C1)not in persuasive words of ^(F2)wisdom, but in demonstration of ^(C2)the Spirit and of power,⁵ so that your faith would not ^(F1)rest on the ^(F2)wisdom of mankind, but on ^(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)passing away;⁷ but we speak God's wisdom in a ^(C1)mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ^(C2)predestined before the ^(C3)ages to our glory;⁸ the wisdom ^(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 HUMAN HEART,
ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM."

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