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弟兄们,从前我到你们那里去,并没有用高言大智对你们宣传神的奥秘。 因为我曾定了主意,在你们中间不知道别的,只知道耶稣基督并他钉十字架。 我在你们那里,又软弱,又惧怕,又甚战兢。 我说的话、讲的道,不是用智慧委婉的言语,乃是用圣灵和大能的明证, 叫你们的信不在乎人的智慧,只在乎神的大能。

神的智慧和世俗的智慧比较

然而,在完全的人中,我们也讲智慧,但不是这世上的智慧,也不是这世上有权有位将要败亡之人的智慧。 我们讲的,乃是从前所隐藏、神奥秘的智慧,就是神在万世以前预定使我们得荣耀的。 这智慧,世上有权有位的人没有一个知道的,他们若知道,就不把荣耀的主钉在十字架上了。 如经上所记:“神为爱他的人所预备的,是眼睛未曾看见,耳朵未曾听见,人心也未曾想到的。” 10 只有神借着圣灵向我们显明了。因为圣灵参透万事,就是神深奥的事也参透了。 11 除了在人里头的灵,谁知道人的事?像这样,除了神的灵,也没有人知道神的事。 12 我们所领受的,并不是世上的灵,乃是从神来的灵,叫我们能知道神开恩赐给我们的事。 13 并且我们讲说这些事,不是用人智慧所指教的言语,乃是用圣灵所指教的言语,将属灵的话解释属灵的事[a]

属灵的人领会神的事

14 然而,属血气的人不领会神圣灵的事,反倒以为愚拙;并且不能知道,因为这些事唯有属灵的人才能看透。 15 属灵的人能看透万事,却没有一人能看透了他。 16 “谁曾知道主的心,去教导他呢?”但我们是有基督的心了。

Footnotes

  1. 哥林多前书 2:13 或作:将属灵的事讲于属灵的人。

And this was the way it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I didn’t come with fancy words or human wisdom. I preached to you the truth about God’s love. My goal while I was with you was to talk about only one thing. And that was Jesus Christ and his death on the cross. When I came to you, I was weak and very afraid and trembling all over. I didn’t preach my message with clever and compelling words. Instead, my preaching showed the Holy Spirit’s power. This was so that your faith would be based on God’s power. Your faith would not be based on human wisdom.

God’s Wisdom Through the Holy Spirit

The words we speak to those who have grown in the faith are wise. Our words are different from the wisdom of this world. Our words are different from those of the rulers of this world. These rulers are becoming less and less powerful. No, we announce God’s wisdom. His wisdom is a mystery that has been hidden. But before time began, God planned that his wisdom would bring us heavenly glory. None of the rulers of this world understood God’s wisdom. If they had, they would not have nailed the Lord of glory to the cross. It is written that

“no eye has seen,
    no ear has heard,
and no human mind has known.” (Isaiah 64:4)
    God has prepared these things for those who love him.

10 God has shown these things to us through his Spirit.

The Spirit understands all things. He understands even the deep things of God. 11 Who can know the thoughts of another person? Only a person’s own spirit can know them. In the same way, only the Spirit of God knows God’s thoughts. 12 What we have received is not the spirit of the world. We have received the Spirit who is from God. The Spirit helps us understand what God has freely given us. 13 That is what we speak about. We don’t use words taught to us by people. We use words taught to us by the Holy Spirit. We use the words taught by the Spirit to explain spiritual truths. 14 The person without the Spirit doesn’t accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. These things are foolish to them. They can’t understand them. In fact, such things can’t be understood without the Spirit’s help. 15 The person who has the Spirit can judge all things. But no human being can judge those who have the Spirit. It is written,

16 “Who can ever know what is in the Lord’s mind?
    Can anyone ever teach him?” (Isaiah 40:13)

But we have the mind of Christ.

And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom(A) as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[a] For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.(B) I came to you(C) in weakness(D) with great fear and trembling.(E) My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,(F) but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,(G) so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.(H)

God’s Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit

We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature,(I) but not the wisdom of this age(J) or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.(K) No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery(L) that has been hidden(M) and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age(N) understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.(O) However, as it is written:

“What no eye has seen,
    what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”[b]
    the things God has prepared for those who love him—(P)

10 these are the things God has revealed(Q) to us by his Spirit.(R)

The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts(S) except their own spirit(T) within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 What we have received is not the spirit(U) of the world,(V) but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. 13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom(W) but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.[c] 14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God(X) but considers them foolishness,(Y) and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. 15 The person with the Spirit(Z) makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments, 16 for,

“Who has known the mind of the Lord
    so as to instruct him?”[d](AA)

But we have the mind of Christ.(AB)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts proclaimed to you God’s mystery
  2. 1 Corinthians 2:9 Isaiah 64:4
  3. 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual
  4. 1 Corinthians 2:16 Isaiah 40:13