3 So when I came to you, I was weak and fearful and trembling.
4 My teaching and preaching were not with words of human wisdom that persuade people but with proof of the power that the Spirit gives.
5 This was so that your faith would be in God’s power and not in human wisdom.
6 However, I speak a wisdom to those who are mature. But this wisdom is not from this world or from the rulers of this world, who are losing their power.
7 I speak God’s secret wisdom, which he has kept hidden. Before the world began, God planned this wisdom for our glory.
8 None of the rulers of this world understood it. If they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9 But as it is written in the Scriptures:“No one has ever seen this,and no one has ever heard about it.No one has ever imaginedwhat God has prepared for those who love him.”