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    1 Corinthians · 16 verses

    1 Corinthians 2

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    The rulers of this age are coming to nothing, but their failure to understand God’s hidden wisdom leads them to crucify the Lord of glory.

    A trembling arrivalvv. 1–5

    The speaker arrives without eloquence, wisdom, or composure, having resolved to know only Jesus Christ and Him crucified. The message does not lean on persuasive words of wisdom; it arrives instead with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that faith rests on God’s power rather than human wisdom.

    The wisdom the rulers missedvv. 6–9

    Among the mature, a different wisdom is spoken: mysterious, hidden, and destined by God before time began. It is not the wisdom of this age or its rulers, whose grand authority is already on its way to nothing. None understood it; had they done so, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. The sentence has an almost unbearably large hinge in it.

    The mind made knownvv. 10–16

    God reveals these things by the Spirit, who searches even the deep things of God. Human inwardness supplies the comparison: a person’s own spirit knows that person’s thoughts, and the Spirit of God knows God’s thoughts. The Spirit teaches words for spiritual truths, though the natural man calls such things foolishness. Then comes the chapter’s arresting reversal: the Lord’s mind cannot be instructed, yet the speakers have the mind of Christ.

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    1. 1 Cor 2:1When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.

    2. 1 Cor 2:2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

    3. 1 Cor 2:3I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.

    4. 1 Cor 2:4My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,

    5. 1 Cor 2:5so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.

    6. 1 Cor 2:6Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

    7. 1 Cor 2:7No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.

    8. 1 Cor 2:8None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

    9. 1 Cor 2:9Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”

    10. 1 Cor 2:10But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

    11. 1 Cor 2:11For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

    12. 1 Cor 2:12We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

    13. 1 Cor 2:13And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

    14. 1 Cor 2:14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

    15. 1 Cor 2:15The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.

    16. 1 Cor 2:16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

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    Where this is echoed

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    • 9Isaiah 64:4From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.
    • 9Psalms 31:19How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
    • 9James 1:12Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
    • 9Romans 8:28And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
    • 9Isaiah 65:17For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
    • 9James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
    • 9Hebrews 11:16Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
    • 141 Corinthians 1:18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
    • 9Matthew 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
    • 14Romans 8:5–8Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
    • 91 John 4:19We love because He first loved us.
    • 9John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
    • 91 Peter 1:12It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
    • 9Matthew 20:23“You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.”
    • 14Matthew 13:11–17He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
    • 16Isaiah 40:13–14Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?

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