1 Corinthians 2 - Compare Translations
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1 Corinthians 2:1
KJVAnd I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
WEBWhen I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
YLTAnd I, having come unto you, brethren, came -- not in superiority of discourse or wisdom -- declaring to you the testimony of God,
1 Corinthians 2:2
KJVFor I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
WEBFor I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
YLTfor I decided not to know any thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified;
1 Corinthians 2:3
KJVAnd I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
WEBI was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
YLTand I, in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling, was with you;
1 Corinthians 2:4
KJVAnd my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
WEBMy speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
YLTand my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power --
1 Corinthians 2:5
KJVThat your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
WEBthat your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
YLTthat your faith may not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
1 Corinthians 2:6
KJVHowbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
WEBWe speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.
YLTAnd wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age -- of those becoming useless,
1 Corinthians 2:7
KJVBut we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
WEBBut we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,
YLTbut we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,
1 Corinthians 2:8
KJVWhich none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
WEBwhich none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.
YLTwhich 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 Corinthians 2:9
KJVBut as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
WEBBut as it is written,
YLTbut, according as it hath been written, `What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him --'
1 Corinthians 2:10
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1 Corinthians 2:11
KJVFor what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
WEBFor who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God’s Spirit.
YLTfor who of men hath known the things of the man, except the spirit of the man that [is] in him? so also the things of God no one hath known, except the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 2:12
KJVNow we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
WEBBut 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 by God.
YLTAnd we the spirit of the world did not receive, but the Spirit that [is] of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us,
1 Corinthians 2:13
KJVWhich things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
WEBWhich things also we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.
YLTwhich 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 Corinthians 2:14
KJVBut the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
WEBNow the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
YLTand the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know [them], because spiritually they are discerned;
1 Corinthians 2:15
KJVBut he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
WEBBut he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.
YLTand he who is spiritual, doth discern indeed all things, and he himself is by no one discerned;
1 Corinthians 2:16
KJVFor who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.
WEB“For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?” But we have Christ’s mind.
YLTfor who did know the mind of the Lord that he shall instruct Him? and we -- we have the mind of Christ.
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