1 Corinthians 2:6
But we speak wisdom among the fully developed, but not a wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age who come to nothing.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5so that your faith would not be in wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Cross References
Job 12:19He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate vain things (LXX/NT)?
Psalms 37:37Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for there is a [happy] end to the man of peace.
Isaiah 40:23who brings rulers to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth as vanity.
Matthew 13:22And that which was sown in the thorns, this is he who hears the word, and the care of this age, and the deceitfulness of wealth, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Luke 16:8And his lord commended the unrighteous manager because he did shrewdly. Because the sons of this age are shrewder in their own generation than the sons of the light.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 2:2-6
The Apostle's Ministry. ( a. d. 57.) 1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. 2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in… Read the whole commentary →