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,


In Context

9 but, according as it hath been written, 'What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him — '

10 but to us did God reveal them through His Spirit, for the Spirit all things doth search, even the depths of God,

11 for who of men hath known the things of the man, except the spirit of the man that is in him? so also the things of God no one hath known, except the Spirit of God.

12 And 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,

13 which things also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, with spiritual things spiritual things comparing,

14 and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know them, because spiritually they are 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 World English Bible Translation 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 by God.

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.