1 Corinthians 2:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age -- of those becoming useless,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Σοφίαν δὲ λαλοῦμεν ἐν τοῖς τελείοις: σοφίαν δὲ οὐ τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου, οὐδὲ τῶν ἀρχόντων τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου, τῶν καταργουμένων:

Transliteration

Sophian but (de) we laloumen among the teleiois: sophian but not of the aiōnos this (toutou), nor of the archontōn of the aiōnos this (toutou), the ones katargoumenōn:

Grammar Details

• *Sophian*: accusative feminine singular - wisdom
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
• *laloumen*: present active indicative, 1st person plural - we speak
• *teleiois*: dative masculine plural adjective - mature/perfect/complete
• *aiōnos*: genitive masculine singular - age/era/world
• *toutou*: genitive masculine singular demonstrative pronoun - this
• *archontōn*: genitive masculine plural - rulers/authorities
• *katargoumenōn*: present passive participle, genitive masculine plural - being brought to nothing/nullified

Word Meanings

• *Sophian*: wisdom/skill/intelligence
• *laloumen*: speak/say/tell
• *teleiois*: mature/perfect/complete/initiated
• *aiōnos*: age/era/world/eternity
• *archontōn*: rulers/authorities/officials/princes
• *katargoumenōn*: being brought to nothing/nullified/rendered ineffective/passing away

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 1:28 : 28 and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless --
• Heb 5:14 : 14 and of perfect men is the strong food, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, unto the discernment both of good and of evil.
• Jas 3:15 : 15 this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle `you';
• Eph 4:11-13 : 11 and He gave some `as' apostles, and some `as' prophets, and some `as' proclaimers of good news, and some `as' shepherds and teachers, 12 unto the perfecting of the saints, for a work of ministration, for a building up of the body of the Christ, 13 till we may all come to the unity of the faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fulness of the Christ,
• Phil 3:12-15 : 12 Not that I did already obtain, or have been already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by the Christ Jesus; 13 brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing -- the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth -- 14 to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 As many, therefore, as `are' perfect -- let us think this, and if `in' anything ye think otherwise, this also shall God reveal to you,
• 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;
• 1 Cor 1:18-20 : 18 for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us -- those being saved -- it is the power of God, 19 for it hath been written, `I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nought;' 20 where `is' the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?
• Eph 2:2 : 2 in which once ye did walk according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience,
• Job 1:1 : 1 A man there hath been in the land of Uz -- Job his name -- and that man hath been perfect and upright -- both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.
• Job 12:19 : 19 Causing ministers to go away a spoil And strong ones He overthroweth.
• Job 12:21 : 21 Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble.
• Ps 2:1-6 : 1 Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity? 2 Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah: 3 `Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.' 4 He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them. 5 Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them: 6 `And I -- I have anointed My King, Upon Zion -- My holy hill.'
• Ps 33:10 : 10 Jehovah made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples.
• Col 4:12 : 12 Salute you doth Epaphras, who `is' of you, a servant of Christ, always striving for you in the prayers, that ye may stand perfect and made full in all the will of God,
• Jas 3:2 : 2 for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one `is' a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;
• Ps 37:37 : 37 Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each `is' peace.
• Isa 19:11-13 : 11 Only, fools `are' the princes of Zoan, The counsel of the wise ones of the counsellors of Pharaoh hath become brutish. How say ye unto Pharaoh, `A son of the wise am I, a son of kings of antiquity?' 12 Where `are' they now, thy wise ones? Yea, let them tell to thee, I pray thee, And they know what Jehovah of Hosts hath counselled against Egypt! 13 Foolish have been princes of Zoan, Lifted up have been princes of Noph, And they have caused Egypt to err, The chief of her tribes.
• Isa 40:23 : 23 He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made;
• Matt 5:48 : 48 ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who `is' in the heavens is perfect.
• Matt 13:22 : 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.
• Matt 19:21 : 21 Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'
• Luke 16:8 : 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.
• Acts 4:25-28 : 25 who, through the mouth of David thy servant, did say, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate vain things? 26 the kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ; 27 for gathered together of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel, 28 to do whatever Thy hand and Thy counsel did determine before to come to pass.
• 2 Cor 13:11 : 11 Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you;
• 1 Cor 2:1 : 1 And I, having come unto you, brethren, came -- not in superiority of discourse or wisdom -- declaring to you the testimony of God,
• 1 Cor 2:8 : 8 which no one of the rulers of this age did know, for if they had known, the Lord of the glory they would not have crucified;
• 1 Cor 2:13 : 13 which things also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, with spiritual things spiritual things comparing,
• 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;
• 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we did conduct ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you;