2 I had made up my mind not to think about anything while I was with you except Jesus Christ, and to preach him as crucified.
3 I stood in front of you with weakness, fear, and a lot of shaking.
4 My message and my preaching weren’t presented with convincing wise words but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power.
5 I did this so that your faith might not depend on the wisdom of people but on the power of God.
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.
7 We talk about God’s wisdom, which has been hidden as a secret. God determined this wisdom in advance, before time began, for our glory.
8 It is a wisdom that none of the present-day rulers have understood, because if they did understand it, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory!