1 Corinthians 2:6
We speak wisdom, however, amongst those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing.
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5that your faith wouldn’t stand in the 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 plot a vain thing?
Psalms 37:37Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.
Isaiah 40:23who brings princes to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
Matthew 13:22What was sown amongst the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Luke 16:8“His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children 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 →