1 Corinthians 2:6

American Standard Version (1901)

We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought:

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  • 1 Cor 1:28 : 28 and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, [yea] and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for fullgrown men, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
  • Jas 3:15 : 15 This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
  • 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.
  • Eph 4:11-13 : 11 And he gave some [to be] apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ: 13 till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
  • Phil 3:12-15 : 12 Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing [I do], forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, 14 I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal unto you:
  • 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn [upon them] .
  • 1 Cor 1:18-20 : 18 For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
  • Eph 2:2 : 2 wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;
  • Job 1:1 : 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil.
  • Job 12:19 : 19 He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty.
  • Job 12:21 : 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.
  • Ps 2:1-6 : 1 Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, [saying] , 3 Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision. 5 Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure: 6 Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
  • Ps 33:10 : 10 Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
  • Ps 37:37 : 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; For there is a [happy] end to the man of peace.
  • Isa 19:11-13 : 11 The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? 12 Where then are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now; and let them know what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt. 13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Memphis are deceived; they have caused Egypt to go astray, that are the corner-stone of her tribes.
  • Isa 40:23 : 23 that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
  • Matt 5:48 : 48 Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
  • Matt 13:22 : 22 And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
  • Matt 19:21 : 21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.
  • Acts 4:25-28 : 25 who by the Holy Spirit, [by] the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things? 26 The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed: 27 for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together, 28 to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.
  • 2 Cor 13:11 : 11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfected; be comforted; be of the same mind; live in peace: and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
  • 1 Cor 2:1 : 1 And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
  • 1 Cor 2:8 : 8 which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:
  • 1 Cor 2:13 : 13 Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual [words] .
  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

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    7but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, [even] the [wisdom] that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:

    8which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:

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    4And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

    5that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

  • 1 Cor 3:18-21
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    18Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

    19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:

    20and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.

    21Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

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    17For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.

    18For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God.

    19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

    20Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

    21For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.

    22Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom:

    23but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness;

    24but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

    25Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

    26For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called] :

    27but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

    28and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, [yea] and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:

    29that no flesh should glory before God.

    30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

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    12But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God.

    13Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual [words] .

    14Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

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    10to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly [places] might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

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    3in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.

    4This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

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    15Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal unto you:

  • Eph 1:8
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    8which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

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    20Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.

  • Col 1:28
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    28whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

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    15This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

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    7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;

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    16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

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    10We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor.

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    6nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

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    1And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

  • Eph 4:13-14
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    13till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

    14that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

  • Eph 6:12
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    12For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [hosts] of wickedness in the heavenly [places] .

  • 2 Cor 2:17
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    17For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.

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    6But though [I be] rude in speech, yet [am I] not in knowledge; nay, in every way have we made [this] manifest unto you in all things.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not [to go] beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.

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    10but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.

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    5They are of the world: therefore speak they [as] of the world, and the world heareth them.

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    8Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

  • 2 Cor 10:12
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    12For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves: but they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

  • Jas 3:13
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    13Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.

  • Eccl 7:19
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    19Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.