1 Corinthians 2:2

“For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations

For I determined not to know any thing amōg you, saue Iesus Christ, and him crucified.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
- American Standard Version (1901)

For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.
- Basic English Bible

For I did not judge [it well] to know anything among you save Jesus Christ, and *him* crucified.
- Darby Bible

For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
- Webster's Bible

For I determined to be utterly ignorant, when among you, of everything except of Jesus Christ, and of Him as having been crucified.
- Weymouth Bible

For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
- World English Bible

For Y demede not me to kunne ony thing among you, but Crist Jhesu, and hym crucified.
- Wycliffe Bible

for I decided not to know any thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified;
- Youngs Literal Bible

Bible commentary

Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 2:2


2:2 I determined not to know anything - To wave all my other knowledge, and not to preach anything, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified - That is, what he did, suffered, taught. A part is put for the whole.


People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 2:2


1Co 2:2 Save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. All his preaching centered upon this great theme, "To the Greeks foolishness, and to the Jews a stumbling-block" (1Co 1:23).

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