that your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Corinthians 2:5 in context
1 Corinthians 2:2–8
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For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
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I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
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My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
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that your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
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We speak wisdom, however, among 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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But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,
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which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.
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