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CORINTH 251 come to nauglit: but we speak tlie wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world nnto our glory: which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written. Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him. But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. ^^Now 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. Which tilings also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth ; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. ' ' ' Paul realized that his sufficiency was not in himself, but in the presence of the Holy Spirit, whose gracious influence filled his heart, bringing every thought into subjection to Christ. He spoke of himself as ^'always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body."' In the apostle's teachings, Christ was the central figure. ''I live," he declared, ' ' yet not I, but Christ liveth in me. ' ' ' Self was hidden; Christ was revealed and exalted. Paul was an eloquent speaker. Before his conversion, he had often sought to impress his hearers n Cor. 2:6-13. '2 Cor. 4:10. « Gal. 2:20.