What Does 1 Corinthians 2:2 Mean in the King James?
For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The crucified one is not a first lesson to outgrow but the center by which everything else is known.
THE MEANING
This verse centers knowing on Jesus, the anointed one, precisely as crucified. His crucifixion remains part of who he is as he is known, not a detail to set aside. What counts as wisdom in the life around you comes into view beside him.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The claim that mature insight must leave the crucified one behind is undone: here, he remains at the center of knowing.
THE ROOT
ἐσταυρωμένον
estaurōmenon
GROWS FROM
σταυρ-
staur-
The stem carries the sense of a stake or cross and forms the verb for crucifying.
The Greek form ἐσταυρωμένον is a perfect passive participle: it presents Jesus as one who has been crucified, with the completed act still shaping the description. The verse places this person at the center of knowing, not a detached idea about death.
ALSO GROWS
stauros: Stake; cross.
σταυρός
The noun names the instrument at the heart of the participle describing Jesus.
stauroō: To crucify; to fasten to a stake or cross.
σταυρόω
This is the verb whose completed action describes the crucified one.
systauroō: To crucify together with another.
συσταυρόω
The compound keeps the same crucifixion stem and shows how the root can name shared participation in that death.
Χριστόν
Christon
GROWS FROM
χρί-
chri-
Anoint; rub or apply oil.
“Christ” in this verse is Christon. Χριστός (Christos) means “the anointed one,” formed from the action of anointing, so the title names a nature and vocation rather than a surname. Jesus (Ἰησοῦς, Iēsous) carries the Hebrew name יֵשׁוּעַ (Yēshūaʿ), from יָשַׁע (yāshaʿ), “deliver, bring from narrowness into spaciousness”; the verse holds that deliverance-name together with crucifixion.
ALSO GROWS
chriō: To anoint.
χρίω
The verb is the action from which the title for the anointed one is formed.
chrisma: Anointing; anointing oil.
χρῖσμα
This noun keeps the root’s action of anointing visible within the title.
Christos: The anointed one.
Χριστός
The word names Jesus by the nature expressed in the title.
εἰδέναι
eidenai
GROWS FROM
εἰδ-
eid-
See; perceive. The Greek knowing-family is historically connected with seeing.
“know” in this verse is eidenai. The infinitive εἰδέναι belongs to the οἶδα/εἴδω family, where knowing is tied to seeing or perceiving. The verse’s focus therefore acts like a lens: Jesus and his crucifixion shape what can be recognized.
ALSO GROWS
eidō: To see; behold.
εἴδω
This verb shares the seeing-family behind the word translated “know.”
eidos: Visible form; appearance.
εἶδος
The word names what is seen, keeping the link between knowing and perception.
idéa: Form; appearance; idea.
ἰδέα
This related word carries the same seeing-family into what is perceived or conceived.
THE PATTERN
The anointed one as crucified becomes the lens through which wisdom and deliverance are recognized.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;THE THREAD
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;The same Greek participle, ἐσταυρωμένον, names the crucified one in both verses. Here, the verse names him as the stumblingblock and foolishness to some; in 2:2, he is the center of knowing.
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