1 Corinthians 1:19

1:19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.” ¹ 

1 Corinthians 1:24

1:24 But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

1 Corinthians 1:30

1:30 He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, ²  who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

1 Corinthians 2:1

2:1 When I came ³  to you, brothers and sisters, ⁴  I did not come with superior eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed the testimony ⁵  of God.

1 Corinthians 2:4

2:4 My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

1 Corinthians 2:13

2:13 And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people. ⁶ 

1 Corinthians 3:19

3:19 For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness.” ⁷ 

1 Corinthians 12:8

12:8 For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

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¹ sn A quotation from Isa 29:14.

² tn Grk “of him you are in Christ Jesus.”

³ tn Grk “and I, when I came.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, κἀγώ (kagw) has not been translated here.

⁴ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.

⁵ tc ‡ A few important mss (Ì^46vid א* A C pc as well as some versions and fathers) read μυστήριον (musthrion, “mystery”) instead of μαρτύριον (marturion, “testimony”). But the latter has wider ms support (א² B D F G Ψ 33 1739 1881 Ï and some versions), though not quite as impressive. μαρτύριον may have been changed by scribes in anticipation of Paul’s words in 2:7, or conversely, μυστήριον may have been changed to conform to 1:6. Transcriptionally, since “the mystery of God/Christ” is a well-worn expression in the corpus Paulinum (1 Cor 2:7; 4:1; Eph 3:4; Col 2:2; 4:3), while “testimony of Christ” occurs in Paul only once (1 Cor 1:6, though “testimony of the Lord” appears in 2 Tim 1:8), and “testimony of God” never, it is likely that scribes changed the text to the more usual expression. A decision is difficult in this instance, but a slight preference should be given to μαρτύριον.

⁶ tn Or “combining spiritual things with spiritual words” (i.e., words the Spirit gives, as just described).

⁷ sn A quotation from Job 5:13.