KJV King James Version
For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Corinthians 2:2
For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
WEB World English Bible
For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
ASV American Standard Version
For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for I decided not to know any thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified;
Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 2
1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
4 And my speech and my preaching [was] not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
οὐG3756 · ounoγὰρG1063 · garforἔκρινάG2919 · krinōto judgeτιG5100 · tisoneεἰδέναιG6063 · oidato knowἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongὑμῖνG4771 · suyouεἰG1487 · eiifμὴG3361 · mēnotἸησοῦνG2424 · IēsousJesusΧριστὸνG5547 · ChristosChristκαὶG2532 · kaiandτοῦτονG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itἐσταυρωμένον.G4717 · stauroōto crucify
Cross-references
Galatians 6:14But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.John 17:3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.Philippians 3:8-10Yea doubtless, and I count all things [but] loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them [but] dung, that I may win Christ,1 Corinthians 1:22-25For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:Galatians 3:1O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
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