1 Corinthians 2:6
We speak wisdom, however, among them that are full-grown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought:
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5that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Cross References
Job 12:19He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty.
Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?
Psalms 37:37Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; For there is a happy end to the man of peace.
Isaiah 40:23that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Matthew 13:22And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
Luke 16:8And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser 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 →