2For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.
3And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt.
4And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:
5So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.
6But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing:
7But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;
8Of which not one of the rulers of this world had knowledge: for if they had, they would not have put the Lord of glory on the cross:
