1 Corinthians 2:6

Tree of Life Version

We do speak wisdom, however, among those who are mature—but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

Cross References

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. Now that man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.

Job 12:19

He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the rulers.

Job 12:21

He pours contempt on nobles and loosens the belts of the mighty.

Psalm 146:4

His breath departs, he returns to his dust. In that very day his plans perish.

Psalm 33:10

Adonai foils the purpose of the nations. He thwarts the plans of the peoples.

Psalm 37:37

Notice the man of integrity and watch the upright— for the man of shalom has a future.

Isaiah 40:23

He reduces princes to nothing. He makes the judges of the earth a confusion.

Matthew 13:22

“But the one sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word; and the worries of the world and the seduction of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Matthew 19:21

Yeshua said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you own, and give to the poor; and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

Matthew 5:48

Therefore be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.”

Luke 16:8

“Now the master praised the crooked manager because he had acted shrewdly, for the sons of this age are smarter when dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.

1 Corinthians 1:28

and God chose the lowly and despised things of the world, the things that are as nothing, so He might bring to nothing the things that are—

1 Corinthians 12:8

For to one is given through the Ruach a word of wisdom, to another a word of knowledge according to the same Ruach,

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, stop being children in your thinking—rather, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.

1 Corinthians 2:1

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

1 Corinthians 2:13

These things we also speak—not in words taught by human wisdom but in words taught by the Ruach, explaining the spiritual to the spiritual.

1 Corinthians 2:8

None of the rulers of this age understood it—for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

1 Corinthians 3:1

And I, brothers and sisters, could not speak to you as Spirit-filled but as worldly—as infants in Messiah.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our reason for boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world, and most especially toward you, with simplicity and godly sincerity—not by human wisdom but by the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Aim for restoration, encourage one another, be of the same mind, live in shalom—and the God of love and shalom will be with you.

2 Corinthians 4:3

And even if our Good News 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 unbelieving, so they might not see the light of the Good News of the glory of Messiah, who is the image of God.

Ephesians 2:2

At that time, you walked in the way of this world, in conformity to the ruler of the domain of the air—the ruler of the spirit who is now operating in the sons of disobedience.

Colossians 1:28

We proclaim Him, warning and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present every person complete in Messiah.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of your own, a slave of Messiah Yeshua, greets you. He is always laboring in prayer on your behalf, so you may stand complete and fully assured about everything that is God’s will.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, who through practice have their senses trained to discern both good and evil.

Hebrews 6:1

Therefore leaving the basic teaching of the Messiah, let us move on toward maturity—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of trust in God,

James 3:15

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

James 3:2

For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in speech, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.

1 Peter 5:10

After you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace—who has called you into His eternal glory in Messiah—will Himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.