고린도전서 2
Korean Living Bible
하나님의 지혜
2 형제 여러분, 내가 여러분에게 하나님의 말씀을 전할 때 고상한 말이나 인간의 지혜로 하지 않았습니다.
2 그것은 내가 여러분과 함께 있는 동안 예수 그리스도와 십자가에 못박히신 그분의 죽음 외에는 아무것도 알지 않기로 결심했기 때문입니다.
3 그래서 여러분과 함께 있을 때 나는 약하였고 두려워하였으며 몹시 떨었습니다.
4 내가 가르치거나 전도할 때 지혜의 설득력 있는 말로 하지 않고 성령님의 능력으로 한 것은
5 여러분의 믿음이 사람의 지혜에 의존하지 않고 하나님의 능력에 의존하도록 하기 위해서였습니다.
6 그러나 우리는 믿음이 성숙한 사람들 가운데서는 지혜를 말합니다. 그 지혜는 이 세상의 지혜나 곧 망하게 될 통치자들의 지혜가 아니라
7 감추어진 신비로운 하나님의 지혜입니다. 그것은 하나님께서 우리의 영광을 위해 세상이 만들어지기 전에 미리 마련해 놓으신 것입니다.
8 그러나 이 세상 통치자들은 그 지혜를 몰랐습니다. 만일 그들이 알았더라면 영광의 주님을 십자가에 못박지 않았을 것입니다.
9 그것은 성경에 [a]“아무도 보거나 듣거나 생각조차 못한 것을 하나님은 자기를 사랑하는 사람들을 위하여 준비해 두셨다” 라고 한 말씀과 같습니다.
10 하나님께서는 성령님을 통해 그 비밀을 우리에게 알려 주셨습니다. 성령님은 모든 것을 살피시므로 하나님의 깊은 것까지도 알아내십니다.
11 사람의 생각을 그 속에 있는 영 외에는 아무도 알 수 없듯이 하나님의 생각도 하나님의 영 외에는 아무도 알지 못합니다.
12 우리는 세상의 영을 받지 않고 하나님께서 주신 성령을 받았습니다. 이것은 하나님이 우리에게 은혜로 주신 선물을 우리가 알 수 있도록 하기 위한 것입니다.
13 이것을 말하는 데도 우리는 인간의 지혜에서 난 말로 하지 않고 성령님이 가르치신 말로 합니다. 다시 말해서 영적인 진리는 [b]영적인 말로 설명하는 것입니다.
14 거듭나지 못한 자연인은 하나님의 성령이 주시는 것을 받아들이지 않습니다. 그런 것은 영적으로만 이해할 수 있는 것이기 때문에 그들에게는 어리석게 보일 뿐만 아니라 그들은 그것을 깨달을 수도 없습니다.
15 영적인 사람은 모든 것을 제대로 평가하지만 세상 사람은 그를 제대로 평가하지 못합니다.
16 성경에도 [c]“누가 주의 마음을 알아서 주를 가르칠 수 있겠는가?” 라고 하지 않았습니까? 그러나 우리는 그리스도의 마음을 가졌습니다.
1 Corinthians 2
English Standard Version
Proclaiming Christ Crucified
2 And I, when I came to you, brothers,[a] (A)did not come proclaiming to you (B)the testimony[b] of God with lofty speech or wisdom. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except (C)Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 And (D)I was with you (E)in weakness and in fear and much trembling, 4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of (F)the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men[c] but (G)in the power of God.
Wisdom from the Spirit
6 Yet among (H)the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not (I)a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, (J)who are doomed to pass away. 7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, (K)which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8 None of (L)the rulers of this age understood this, for (M)if they had, they would not have crucified (N)the Lord of glory. 9 But, as it is written,
(O)“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has (P)prepared (Q)for those who love him”—
10 these things (R)God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even (S)the depths of God. 11 For who knows a person's thoughts (T)except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now (U)we have received not (V)the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. 13 And we impart this (W)in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, (X)interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.[d]
14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are (Y)folly to him, and (Z)he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The (AA)spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. 16 (AB)“For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But (AC)we have the mind of Christ.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 2:1 Or brothers and sisters
- 1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts mystery (or secret)
- 1 Corinthians 2:5 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women
- 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or interpreting spiritual truths in spiritual language, or comparing spiritual things with spiritual
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
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