Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 2

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1 Corinthians 2 . 1 , He declares that his preaching , though it bring not excellency of speech , or of human wisdom , yet consists in the power of God; 1 Corinthians 2 . 6 , and so far excels the wisdom of this world , and human sense , that the natural man cannot understand it.

1 Corinthians 2:1

When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.

1 Corinthians 2:1 · BSB

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1 Corinthians 2:2

For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

1 Corinthians 2:2 · BSB

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1 Corinthians 2:3

I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.

1 Corinthians 2:3 · BSB

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1 Corinthians 2:4

My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,

1 Corinthians 2:4 · BSB

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1 Corinthians 2:5

so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.

1 Corinthians 2:5 · BSB

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1 Corinthians 2:6

Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

1 Corinthians 2:6 · BSB

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1 Corinthians 2:7

No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.

1 Corinthians 2:7 · BSB

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1 Corinthians 2:8

None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

1 Corinthians 2:8 · BSB

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1 Corinthians 2:9

Rather, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him."

1 Corinthians 2:9 · BSB

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This passage is not taken from the LXX , nor is an exact translation of the Hebrew; but it gives the general sense

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1 Corinthians 2:10

But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

1 Corinthians 2:10 · BSB

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1 Corinthians 2:11

For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

1 Corinthians 2:11 · BSB

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1 Corinthians 2:12

We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

1 Corinthians 2:12 · BSB

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1 Corinthians 2:13

And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

1 Corinthians 2:13 · BSB

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comparing Or , as Bishop Pearce renders , explaining ףץדךסיםןםפוע [Strong's G4793] spiritual things to spiritual men ," נםוץלבפיךןיע [Strong's G4152].

1 Corinthians 2:14

The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 2:14 · BSB

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רץקיךןע [Strong's G5591] , the animal man , one who lives in a natural state , and under the influence of his animal passions; for רץקח [Strong's G5590] means the inferior and sensual part of man , in opposition to the םןץע [Strong's G3563] understanding , or נםוץלב [Strong's G4151] , the spirit

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1 Corinthians 2:15

The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.

1 Corinthians 2:15 · BSB

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judged or , discerned

1 Corinthians 2:16

“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

1 Corinthians 2:16 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web9 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations 1 Corinthians 2:16 → Isaiah 40:13
Allusions 1 Corinthians 2:9 → Isaiah 64:4
Trajectories
Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary), New Exodus (Second Exodus Pattern), Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope), Solomon (The King of Peace and Wisdom), Wisdom and Foolishness of the Cross
Chiasms
Shaped 1 Corinthians 01:17–02:2, 1 Corinthians 02:1–03:1
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