1 Corinthians 2:6
But we speak wisdom among the perfect; but wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who come to nought.
Darby Translation
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In Context
5that your faith might not stand in men's wisdom, but in God's power.
Cross References
Job 12:19He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty;
Psalms 2:1Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and [why] do the peoples meditate a vain thing?
Psalms 37:37Mark the perfect, and behold the upright, for the end of [that] man is peace;
Isaiah 40:23that bringeth the princes to nothing, that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Matthew 13:22And he that is sown among the thorns this is he who hears the word, and the anxious care of this life, and the deceit of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Luke 16:8And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of 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 →