1 Corinthians 2:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ Yet we speak wisdom among those who are perfect, and not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age that are being brought to naught.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Howbeit 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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Yet when we are among the full-grown (spiritually mature Christians who are ripe in understanding), we do impart a [higher] wisdom (the knowledge of the divine plan previously hidden); but it is indeed not a wisdom of this present age or of this world nor of the leaders and rulers of this age, who are being brought to nothing and are doomed to pass away.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought:

Common English Bible

⁶ What we say is wisdom to people who are mature. It isn’t a wisdom that comes from the present day or from today’s leaders who are being reduced to nothing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Now, we do speak wisdom among the perfect, yet truly, this is not the wisdom of this age, nor that of the leaders of this age, which shall be reduced to nothing.

1 Corinthians 2:6 Cross References

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uts, whose name was Iyoḇ

Job 12:19

who leads away priests as a spoil, and overthrows the mighty;

Job 12:21

pouring scorn on nobles, and loosens the girdle of the strong;

Psalm 146:4

His spirit goes out, he returns to his earth; In that day his plans perish.

Psalm 33:10

יהוה  brings the counsel of the nations to naught; He thwarts the plans of the peoples.

Psalm 37:37

Watch the perfect, and observe the straight; For the latter end of each is peace.

Isaiah 40:23

who brings princes to naught, shall make the rulers of the earth as emptiness.

Matthew 13:22

“And that sown among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the worry of this age and the deceit of riches choke the word, and it becomes fruitless.

Matthew 19:21

יהושע  said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven. And come, follow Me.”

Matthew 5:48

“Therefore, be perfect, as your Father in the heavens is perfect.

Luke 16:8

“And the master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly, because the sons of this age are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.

1 Corinthians 1:28

And Elohim has chosen the low-born of the world and the despised, and the ones that are not, that He might bring to naught the ones that are,

1 Corinthians 12:8

for to one is given a word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another a word of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers, do not be children in your thinking, but in evil be babes, and in your thinking be perfect.

1 Corinthians 2:1

And, when I came to you, brothers, I did not come with excellence of speech or wisdom, proclaiming to you the witness of Elohim.

1 Corinthians 2:13

which we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Set-apart Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual matters with spiritual matters.

1 Corinthians 2:8

which no one of the rulers of this age knew, for if they had known, they would not have impaled the Master of esteem.

1 Corinthians 3:1

And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual ones but as to fleshly, as to babes in Messiah.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boasting is this: the witness of our conscience that we behaved ourselves in the world in simplicity and sincerity of Elohim, not in fleshly wisdom but in the favour of Elohim, and much more toward you.

2 Corinthians 13:11

For the rest, brothers, rejoice. Be made perfect, be encouraged, be of one mind, live in peace. And the Elohim of love and peace shall be with you.

2 Corinthians 4:3

And indeed, if our Good News has been veiled, it has been veiled in those who are perishing,

2 Corinthians 4:4

in whom the mighty one of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that the enlightening of the Good News of the esteem of Messiah, who is the likeness of Elohim, does not shine on them.

Ephesians 2:2

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience,

Colossians 1:28

whom we announce, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, in order to present every man perfect in Messiah יהושע,

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Messiah, greets you, always wrestling for you in prayers, so that you stand perfect and complete in all the desire of Elohim.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature whose senses have been trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

Hebrews 6:1

Therefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Messiah, let us go on to perfection,not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of belief toward Elohim,

James 3:15

This is not the wisdom coming down from above, but it is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

James 3:2

For we all stumble in many matters. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the entire body.

1 Peter 5:10

And the Elohim of all favour, who called you to His everlasting esteem by Messiah יהושע, after you have suffered a while, Himself perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.