B.
Christ crucified, the center of the apostle's ministry
2:1-16
1.
The way of the apostle's ministry
vv. 1-5
1 Cor. 2
:1
2:1
And I, when I
acame to you, brothers, came not according to
1excellence of
bspeech or of wisdom, announcing to you the
2cmystery of God.
1 Cor. 2
:2
2:2
For I did
1not determine to know anything among you except Jesus
aChrist, and
2this One
bcrucified.
1 Cor. 2
:3
2:3
And I was with you in
1aweakness and in
2bfear and in much trembling;
1 Cor. 2
:4
2:4
And my
aspeech and my proclamation were not in
1persuasive words of wisdom but in demonstration of the
bSpirit and of
cpower,
1 Cor. 2
:5
2:5
In order that your faith would not
1stand in the
2wisdom of men but in the
apower of God.
2.
God's wisdom in a mystery — Christ as the deep things of God
vv. 6-10
1 Cor. 2
:6
2:6
But we do speak wisdom among those who are
afull-grown, yet a
bwisdom not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are being
1cbrought to nought;
1 Cor. 2
:7
2:7
But we speak
1God's wisdom in a
amystery, the
wisdom which has been hidden, which God
bpredestined 2before the
cages for our
3dglory,
1 Cor. 2
:8
2:8
Which none of the
arulers of this age have known; for if they had known, they would not have
bcrucified the
cLord of glory;
1 Cor. 2
:9
2:9
But as it is written,
a"Things which
1eye has not seen and ear has not heard and
which have not
bcome up
2in man's heart; things which God has
cprepared for those who
3dlove Him.''
1 Cor. 2
:10
2:10
But to us God has
1arevealed them through the
bSpirit, for the Spirit
2searches all things, even the
3cdepths of God.
3.
Interpreting spiritual things with spiritual words to spiritual men
vv. 11-16
1 Cor. 2
:11
2:11
For who among men knows the things of man, except the
1aspirit of man which is in him? In the same way, the things of God also no one has known except the Spirit of God.
1 Cor. 2
:12
2:12
But we have
1areceived not the spirit of the
bworld but the
cSpirit which is from God, that we may
dknow the
ethings which have been graciously given to us by God;
1 Cor. 2
:13
2:13
Which things also we speak, not in
awords taught by human wisdom but in words
btaught by the Spirit,
1interpreting spiritual things
2with spiritual
words.
1 Cor. 2
:14
2:14
1But a
2asoulish man does
bnot receive the
3cthings of the Spirit of God, for they are
dfoolishness to him and he is
4not able to know
them because they are
5ediscerned 6spiritually.
1 Cor. 2
:15
2:15
But the
1aspiritual man discerns all things, but he himself is discerned by no one.
1 Cor. 2
:16
2:16
For who has known the
amind of the Lord and will
binstruct Him? But we
1have the
cmind of Christ.
