信仰的基础

弟兄姊妹,我当初到你们那里传扬上帝的奥秘,并没有用高深的言论或哲理。 因为我已决定在你们当中不谈别的,只讲耶稣基督和祂被钉十字架的事。 那时我在你们当中很软弱,害怕,战战兢兢。 我说话、讲道不是靠充满智慧的雄辩之词,而是靠圣灵的能力作明证, 好使你们的信仰不是以人的智慧为基础,而是以上帝的能力为基础。

当然我们也跟成熟的人谈论智慧,不过并非这个世代的智慧,也不是那些在世上当权、将来要衰亡之人的智慧。 我们所讲的是上帝隐藏在奥秘中的智慧,是祂为了使我们得荣耀而在万世以前定好的智慧。 只可惜世上当权的人没有一个明白这智慧。他们要是明白,就不会把荣耀的主钉在十字架上了。 正如圣经上说:

“上帝为爱祂的人所预备的,
是眼睛未曾见过,
耳朵未曾听闻,
人心也未曾想到的。”

10 然而,上帝借着圣灵将这一切启示给我们,因为圣灵洞悉万事,连上帝深奥的事都了如指掌。 11 除了人里面的灵,谁能了解人的事呢?照样,除了上帝的圣灵,谁也不能了解上帝的事。 12 我们接受的不是这世界的灵,而是上帝的圣灵,使我们可以领会上帝开恩启示给我们的事。 13 我们讲述这些事,不是用人类智慧所教的话,而是用圣灵所教的话,用属灵的话解释属灵的事[a]

14 然而,属血气的人不接受从上帝来的圣灵的教导,认为愚不可及,无法明白,因为只有属灵的人才能参透。 15 属灵的人能够参透万事,但没有人能参透他。

16 “谁曾知道主的心意,
能够指教祂呢?”

但我们明白基督的心意。

Footnotes

  1. 2:13 用属灵的话解释属灵的事”或译“向属灵的人解释属灵的事”。

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