and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of (A)the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men[a] but (B)in the power of God.

Wisdom from the Spirit

Yet among (C)the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not (D)a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, (E)who are doomed to pass away.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 2:5 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women

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