1 Corinthians 2:6
And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age — of those becoming useless,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
5that your faith may not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Cross References
Job 12:19Causing ministers to go away a spoil And strong ones He overthroweth.
Psalms 2:1Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?
Psalms 37:37Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each [is] peace.
Isaiah 40:23He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made;
Matthew 13:22'And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
Luke 16:8'And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.
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 →