⁶Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are ^hperfect: yet ^anot the wisdom ⁱof this world, nor of the ^pprinces of this world, ^kthat come to nought: ⁷But we speak the wisdom of God ^lin a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, ^mwhich God ordained ⁿbefore the world unto our glory: ⁸^oWhich none of the ^pprinces ⁱof this world knew: for ^qhad they known it, they would not have crucified ^rthe Lord of glory. ⁹But as it is written, ^sEye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have ^tentered into the heart of man, the things which God hath ^uprepared for them that love him. ¹⁰But ^xGod hath revealed them unto us ^yby his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. ¹¹^zFor what man knoweth the things of a man, ^asave the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but ^bthe Spirit of God. ¹²Now ^cwe have received, not the spirit of the world, but ^cthe spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

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1 Corinthians 2:12: Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.

Footnotes

hch. 14:20 marg. Comp. ch. 3:1. See Matt. 5:48.
aver. 4, 6, 13. So 2 Cor. 1:12. See ch. 1:17.
ich. 1:20. ver. 8. & 3:18, (19). 2 Cor. 4:4. Ephes. 1:21. & 6:12. Comp. James 3:15.
pver. 6. John 7:48 (Gk.).
kch. 1:28. See ch. 13:8. Comp. Ps. 146:4.
lSee Rom. 16:25.
m Acts 4:28 (Gk.).
nSo 2 Tim. 1:9.
oSee Matt. 11:25.
pver. 6. John 7:48 (Gk.).
ich. 1:20. ver. 8. & 3:18, (19). 2 Cor. 4:4. Ephes. 1:21. & 6:12. Comp. James 3:15.
qSee Acts 3:17. Comp. Luke 23:34.
sCited generally from Isai. 64:4.
t Acts 7:23 (Gk.).
uSee Matt. 25:34.
xSee Matt. 13:11. So Gal. 1:12, 16. Eph. 3:3, 5.
ySee John 14:26.
z Judith 8:14. Comp. ver. 16.
bSee Rom. 8:9. Comp. John 3:8.
cSo Rom. 8:15.
cSo Rom. 8:15.

Cross references

r Ps. 24:7–10.
a Prov. 20:27.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But, as it is written,

“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,

nor the heart of man imagined,

what God has prepared for those who love him”—

these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. However, as it is written:

“What no eye has seen,

what no ear has heard,

and what no human mind has conceived”—

the things God has prepared for those who love him—

these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.

The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

Now God has revealed these things to us by the Spirit, since the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except his spirit within him? In the same way, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God.

NLTNew Living Translation

Yet when I am among mature believers, I do speak with words of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that belongs to this world or to the rulers of this world, who are soon forgotten. No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God—his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began. But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would not have crucified our glorious Lord. That is what the Scriptures mean when they say,

“No eye has seen, no ear has heard,

and no mind has imagined

what God has prepared

for those who love him.”

But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets. No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit. And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but wisdom not of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing, but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory, which none of the rulers of this age knew. For if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But just as it is written,

“Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard,

and have not entered into the heart of man,

all that God has prepared for those who love him.”

For to us God has revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man that is in him? Thus also no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, in order that we may know the things freely given to us by God,