Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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The Message about the Crucified Christ
1 When I came to you, my brothers,
to preach God's secret
truth, note I did not use big words and
great learning.
2 For while I was with
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you, I made up my mind to forget
everything except Jesus Christ and
especially his death on the cross.
3 So when I came to you, I was weak
and trembled all over with fear, note
4 and my teaching and message were
not delivered with skillful words of
human wisdom, but with convincing
proof of the power of God's Spirit.
5 Your faith, then, does not rest on
human wisdom but on God's power.
God's Wisdom
6 Yet I do proclaim a message of
wisdom to those who are spiritually
mature. But it is not the wisdom that
belongs to this world or to the powers
that rule this world—powers
that are losing their power.
7 The
wisdom I proclaim is God's secret
wisdom, which is hidden from mankind,
but which he had already chosen
for our glory even before the
world was made.
8 None of the rulers
of this world knew this wisdom. If
they had known it, they would not
have crucified the Lord of glory. note
9 However, as the scripture says,
“What no one ever saw or heard,
what no one ever thought could happen,
is the very thing God prepared for those who love him.” note
10 But note it was to us that God made
known his secret by means of his
Spirit. The Spirit searches everything,
even the hidden depths of
God's purposes.
11 It is only a person's
own spirit within him that
knows all about him; in the same
way, only God's Spirit knows all
about God.
12 We have not received
this world's spirit; instead, we have
received the Spirit sent by God, so
that we may know all that God has
given us.
13 So then, we do not speak in
words taught by human wisdom, but
in words taught by the Spirit, as we
explain spiritual truths to those who
have the Spirit. note
14 Whoever does not
have the Spirit cannot receive the
gifts that come from God's Spirit.
Such a person really does not understand
them; they are nonsense to
him, because their value can be
judged only on a spiritual basis.
15 Whoever has the Spirit, however,
is able to judge the value of everything,
but no one is able to judge
him.
16 As the scripture says,
“Who knows the mind of the Lord?
Who is able to give him advice?”
We, however, have the mind of
Christ. note
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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