1 Corinthians 2:6
Howbeit we speak wisdom among the perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, neither of the princes of this world that come to nought;
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
5That your faith might not stand on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.
Cross References
Job 12:19He leadeth away priests without glory, and overthroweth nobles.
Psalms 2:1Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things?
Psalms 37:37Keep innocence, and behold justice : for there are remnants for the peaceable man.
Isaiah 40:23He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to nothing, that hath made the judges of the earth as vanity.
Matthew 13:22And he that received the seed among thorns, is he that heareth the word, and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choketh up the word, and he becometh fruitless.
Luke 16:8And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children 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 →