1 Corinthians 2:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are being destroyed.

Cross References

Job 1:1

There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

Job 12:19

He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty.

Job 12:21

He pours contempt on princes and looses the belt of the strong.

Psalm 146:4

When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish.

Psalm 33:10

The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

Psalm 37:37

Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is posterity for the peaceable.

Isaiah 40:23

who brings princes to naught and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.

Matthew 13:22

As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing.

Matthew 19:21

Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

Matthew 5:48

Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Luke 16:8

And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly, for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.

1 Corinthians 1:28

God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to abolish things that are,

1 Corinthians 12:8

To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking; rather, be infants in evil, but in thinking be adults.

1 Corinthians 2:1

When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the testimony of God to you with superior speech or wisdom.

1 Corinthians 2:13

And we speak of these things in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual things to those who are spiritual.

1 Corinthians 2:8

and which none of the rulers of this age understood, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

1 Corinthians 3:1

And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people but rather as fleshly, as infants in Christ.

2 Corinthians 1:12

Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Be restored; listen to my appeal; agree with one another; live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

2 Corinthians 4:3

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

2 Corinthians 4:4

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing clearly the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Ephesians 2:2

in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient.

Colossians 1:28

It is he whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, greets you. He is always striving in his prayers on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in everything that God wills.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.

Hebrews 6:1

Therefore let us go on toward perfection, leaving behind the basic teaching about Christ and not laying again the foundation: repentance from dead works and faith toward God,

James 3:15

This is not wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish.

James 3:2

For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is mature, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle.

1 Peter 5:10

And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.