12But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.


In Context

9 But as it is written, |Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear didn't hear, which didn't enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.|

10 But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

11 For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God's Spirit.

12 But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.

13 Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.

14 Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 2:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:12We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Now we have received not the spirit of this world, but the Spirit that is of God; that we may know the things that are given us from God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:12But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12But we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God, that we may know the things which have been freely given to us of God:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:12But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us by God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we may know the things that are freely given to us by God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12And we the spirit of the world did not receive, but the Spirit that is of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.