1 Corinthians 2
New International Version
2 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] 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.(B) 3 I came to you(C) in weakness(D) with great fear and trembling.(E) 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,(F) but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,(G) 5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.(H)
God’s Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit
6 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) 7 No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery(L) that has been hidden(M) and that God destined for our glory before time began. 8 None of the rulers of this age(N) understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.(O) 9 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,
But we have the mind of Christ.(AB)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts proclaimed to you God’s mystery
- 1 Corinthians 2:9 Isaiah 64:4
- 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual
- 1 Corinthians 2:16 Isaiah 40:13
1 Corinthians 2
New King James Version
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 Corinthians 2:1 NU mystery
- 1 Corinthians 2:4 NU omits human
- 1 Corinthians 2:7 predetermined
- 1 Corinthians 2:13 NU omits Holy
1 Corinthiens 2
Segond 21
L’exemple de Paul
2 Pour ma part, frères et sœurs, lorsque je suis venu chez vous, ce n'est pas avec une supériorité de langage ou de sagesse que je suis venu vous annoncer le témoignage de Dieu, 2 car j'avais décidé de ne connaître parmi vous rien d’autre que Jésus-Christ, et Jésus-Christ crucifié. 3 J'ai été faible, craintif et tout tremblant chez vous. 4 Ma parole et ma prédication ne reposaient pas sur les discours persuasifs de la sagesse [humaine], mais sur une démonstration d'Esprit et de puissance, 5 afin que votre foi soit fondée non sur la sagesse des hommes, mais sur la puissance de Dieu.
6 C'est pourtant bien une sagesse que nous enseignons parmi les hommes mûrs, mais une sagesse qui n'est pas de ce temps ni des chefs de ce temps, qui sont voués à la destruction. 7 Non, nous annonçons la sagesse de Dieu mystérieuse et cachée, celle que Dieu, avant tous les temps, avait préparée d’avance pour notre gloire. 8 Cette sagesse, aucun des chefs de ce temps ne l'a connue, car, s'ils l'avaient connue, ils n'auraient pas crucifié le Seigneur de la gloire. 9 Mais, comme il est écrit, ce que l'œil n'a pas vu, ce que l'oreille n'a pas entendu, ce qui n'est pas monté au cœur de l'homme, Dieu l'a préparé pour ceux qui l'aiment[a]. 10 Or, c'est à nous que Dieu l’a révélé, par son Esprit, car l'Esprit examine tout, même les profondeurs de Dieu. 11 En effet, qui parmi les hommes connaît les pensées de l’homme, si ce n'est l'esprit de l’homme qui est en lui? De même, personne ne peut connaître les pensées de Dieu, si ce n'est l'Esprit de Dieu.
12 Or nous, nous n'avons pas reçu l'esprit du monde, mais l'Esprit qui vient de Dieu, afin de connaître les bienfaits que Dieu nous a donnés par sa grâce. 13 Et nous en parlons non avec les paroles qu'enseigne la sagesse humaine, mais avec celles qu’enseigne l’Esprit [saint]. Ainsi nous employons un langage spirituel pour exprimer ce qui est spirituel. 14 Mais l'homme naturel n'accepte pas ce qui vient de l'Esprit de Dieu, car c'est une folie pour lui; il est même incapable de le comprendre, parce que c'est spirituellement qu'on en juge. 15 L'homme dirigé par l'Esprit, au contraire, juge de tout et n'est lui-même jugé par personne. 16 En effet, qui a connu la pensée du Seigneur et pourrait l'instruire?[b] Or nous, nous avons la pensée de Christ.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthiens 2:9 Ce que… l’aiment: citation d’Esaïe 64.3.
- 1 Corinthiens 2:16 Qui a connu… l’instruire: citation d’Esaïe 40.13.
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