1 Corinthians 2:6
However, we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to naught:
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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 princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
Psalms 2:1Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Psalms 37:37Mark the perfect man , and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
Isaiah 40:23That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Matthew 13:22He also that received seed among the thorns 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 the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser 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 →