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1 Corinthians 2
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Paul’s Proclamation

2 When I came to you, brothers and sisters, announcing the mystery[a] of God to you, I did not come with brilliance(A) of speech(B) or wisdom. 2 I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.(C) 3 I came to you in weakness,(D) in fear,(E) and in much trembling.(F) 4 My speech(G) and my preaching were not with persuasive(H) words of wisdom[b] but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that your faith might not be based on human wisdom but on God’s power.(I)

Spiritual Wisdom

6 We do, however, speak a wisdom among the mature,(J) but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers(K) of this age, who are coming to nothing.(L) 7 On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined(M) before the ages for our glory.(N) 8 None of the rulers of this age knew this wisdom, because if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.(O) 9 But as it is written,

What no eye has seen, no ear has heard,
and no human heart has conceived—
God has prepared these things for those who love him.[c](P)

10 Now God has revealed these things to us by the Spirit, since the Spirit searches everything,(Q) even the depths of God.(R) 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts[d] except his spirit(S) within him? In the same way, no one knows(T) the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God. 13 We also speak these things, not in words(U) taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.[e] 14 But the person without the Spirit[f] does not receive what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated[g] spiritually. 15 The spiritual person, however, can evaluate[h] everything, and yet he himself cannot be evaluated by anyone. 16 For

who has known the Lord’s mind,
that he may instruct him?[i](V)

But we have the mind of Christ.(W)

Footnotes

  1. 2:1 Other mss read testimony
  2. 2:4 Other mss read human wisdom
  3. 2:9 Is 52:15; 64:4
  4. 2:11 Or things
  5. 2:13 Or things with spiritual words
  6. 2:14 Lit natural person
  7. 2:14 Or judged, or discerned, also in v. 15
  8. 2:15 Or judge, or discern
  9. 2:16 Is 40:13
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1 Corinthians 2
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Christ Crucified

2 And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the [a]testimony of God. 2 For I determined not to know anything among you (A)except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 3 (B)I was with you (C)in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching (D)were not with persuasive words of [b]human wisdom, (E)but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the (F)power of God.

Spiritual Wisdom

6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God [c]ordained before the ages for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for (G)had they known, they would not have (H)crucified the Lord of glory.

9 But as it is written:

(I)“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

10 But (J)God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the (K)spirit of the man which is in him? (L)Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but (M)the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the [d]Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 (N)But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. 16 For (O)“who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” (P)But we have the mind of Christ.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 2:1 NU mystery
  2. 1 Corinthians 2:4 NU omits human
  3. 1 Corinthians 2:7 predetermined
  4. 1 Corinthians 2:13 NU omits Holy
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Guds hemliga vishet

2 (A) När jag kom till er, bröder, var det inte med stor vältalighet eller vishet som jag predikade Guds hemlighet för er.[a] 2 (B) Jag hade nämligen bestämt mig för att inte veta av något annat hos er än Jesus Kristus och honom som korsfäst. 3 (C) Svag, rädd och mycket orolig kom jag till er. 4 (D) Mitt tal och min predikan kom inte med övertygande visdomsord utan med bevisning i Ande och kraft. 5 Er tro skulle inte bygga på människors visdom utan på Guds kraft.

6 (E) Vishet förkunnar vi dock bland de vuxna[b], en vishet som inte hör till den här världen eller den här världens härskare, som går mot sin undergång. 7 (F) Nej, vi förkunnar Guds hemliga och fördolda vishet, som Gud från evighet har bestämt ska bli till härlighet för oss. 8 (G) Den visheten har ingen av den här världens härskare känt. Hade de känt den, skulle de inte ha korsfäst härlighetens Herre.

9 Men som Skriften säger: Vad ögat inte sett och örat inte hört och människans hjärta inte anat, det har Gud berett åt dem som älskar honom.[c] 10 Gud har uppenbarat det för oss genom sin Ande. Anden utforskar allt, även djupen i Gud. 11 (H) Vem vet vad som finns i människan utom människans egen ande? Så vet heller ingen vad som finns i Gud utom Guds Ande.

12 (I) Men vi har inte fått världens ande utan Anden som är från Gud, för att vi ska veta vad vi fått av Gud. 13 (J) Det förkunnar vi också, inte med ord som mänsklig visdom lär oss utan med ord som Anden lär oss, när vi förklarar andliga ting med andliga ord[d]. 14 (K) En oandlig[e] människa tar inte emot det som kommer från Guds Ande. Det är dårskap för henne, och hon kan inte förstå det eftersom det måste bedömas på ett andligt sätt. 15 Den andliga människan däremot kan bedöma allt, men själv kan hon inte bedömas av någon. 16 (L) För vem har lärt känna Herrens sinne? Vem kan undervisa honom? Men vi har Kristi sinne[f].

Footnotes

  1. 2:1 Guds hemlighet   Andra handskrifter: "Guds vittnesbörd".
  2. 2:6 vuxna   Annan översättning: "fullkomliga" (jfr dock 3:1).
  3. 2:9 Skriften säger   Detta citat är troligen en sammanställning av flera ord och uttryck från GT, bl a Jes 64:4 och 52:15.
  4. 2:13 med andliga ord   Annan översättning: "för andliga människor".
  5. 2:14 oandlig   Ordagrant: "själisk" (med enbart mänsklig själ, utan Guds Ande).
  6. 2:16 Jes 40:13.
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