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1 Corinthians 2:1-9

1 Corinthians 2:1-9 CSB

When I came to you, brothers and sisters, announcing the mystery  of God to you, I did not come with brilliance  of speech  or wisdom. I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.  I came to you in weakness,  in fear,  and in much trembling.  My speech  and my preaching were not with persuasive  words of wisdom  but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not be based on human wisdom but on God’s power.  We do, however, speak a wisdom among the mature,  but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers  of this age, who are coming to nothing.  On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined  before the ages for our glory.  None of the rulers of this age knew this wisdom, because if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.  But as it is written, What no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has conceived — God has prepared these things for those who love him.