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1 Corinthians 2

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  1. 1And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.38 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 1:17, 1 Corinthians 2:13, 1 Corinthians 2:4, Exodus 4:10, Romans 16:18
  2. 2For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.23 cross-references: Galatians 6:14, Philippians 3:8–10, John 17:3, 1 Corinthians 1:22–25, Galatians 3:1
  3. 3And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.31 cross-references: 2 Corinthians 13:4, 1 Corinthians 4:10–13, 2 Corinthians 12:5–10, 2 Corinthians 13:9, Acts 18:12
  4. 4And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:49 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 4:20, 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 1 Corinthians 1:17, 1 Corinthians 2:1, Romans 15:19
  5. 5That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.8 cross-references: 2 Corinthians 4:7, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 6:7, 1 Corinthians 1:17, Acts 16:14
  6. 6Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:60 cross-references: Hebrews 5:14, James 3:15, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 1 Corinthians 1:18–20, 1 Peter 5:10
  7. 7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:34 cross-references: Colossians 1:26–27, 2 Peter 1:3, Psalms 78:2, Matthew 13:35, Matthew 11:25
  8. 8Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.33 cross-references: Acts 13:27, James 2:1, Acts 7:2, 1 Corinthians 2:6, John 15:22–25
  9. 9But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.49 cross-references: Isaiah 64:4, Psalms 31:19, James 1:12, Romans 8:28, Isaiah 65:17
  10. 10But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.43 cross-references: John 14:26, Ephesians 3:5, Luke 10:21, Ephesians 3:3, Galatians 1:12
  11. 11For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.12 cross-references: Proverbs 20:27, Romans 11:33–34, Proverbs 14:10, 1 Corinthians 2:10, Jeremiah 17:9
  12. 12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.34 cross-references: 1 John 2:27, Romans 8:5–6, 1 John 2:20, 1 John 5:19–20, 1 John 4:4–5
  13. 13Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.28 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 2:4, 1 Corinthians 2:14, 1 Corinthians 1:17, 1 Corinthians 2:1, 1 Corinthians 12:1–3
  14. 14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.79 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 1:18, Romans 8:5–8, Matthew 13:11–17, 2 Corinthians 4:4–6, 1 John 2:27
  15. 15But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.35 cross-references: 1 Thessalonians 5:21, Proverbs 28:5, Hebrews 5:14, 1 John 4:1, 1 Corinthians 14:37
  16. 16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.23 cross-references: Isaiah 40:13–14, Romans 11:34, John 16:13–16, John 15:15, Job 15:8

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