1 Corinthians 2
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Paul’s Proclamation
2 When I came to you, brothers, announcing the testimony[a] of God to you, I did not come with brilliance(A) of speech(B) or wisdom. 2 For I didn’t think it was a good idea to know anything 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 proclamation were not with persuasive(H) words of wisdom[b] but with a powerful demonstration by the Spirit, 5 so that your faith might not be based on men’s wisdom but on God’s power.(I)
Spiritual Wisdom
6 However, we do 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, for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.(O) 9 But as it is written:
What eye did not see and ear did not hear,
and what never entered the human mind—
God prepared this for those who love Him.(P)[c]
10 Now God has revealed these things to us by the Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything,(Q) even the depths of God.(R) 11 For who among men knows the thoughts[d] of a man except the spirit(S) of the man that is in him? In the same way, no one knows(T) the thoughts[e] 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.[f] 14 But the unbeliever[g] does not welcome what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated[h] spiritually. 15 The spiritual person, however, can evaluate[i] everything, yet he himself cannot be evaluated[j] by anyone. 16 For
But we have the mind of Christ.(W)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 2:1 Other mss read mystery
- 1 Corinthians 2:4 Other mss read human wisdom
- 1 Corinthians 2:9 Is 52:15; 64:4
- 1 Corinthians 2:11 Or things
- 1 Corinthians 2:11 Or things
- 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or things with spiritual words
- 1 Corinthians 2:14 Or unspiritual; lit natural
- 1 Corinthians 2:14 Or judged, or discerned
- 1 Corinthians 2:15 Or judge, or discern
- 1 Corinthians 2:15 Or judged, or discerned
- 1 Corinthians 2:16 Is 40:13
1 Coríntios 2
Almeida Revista e Corrigida 2009
O caráter da pregação de Paulo em Corinto
2 E eu, irmãos, quando fui ter convosco, anunciando-vos o testemunho de Deus, não fui com sublimidade de palavras ou de sabedoria. 2 Porque nada me propus saber entre vós, senão a Jesus Cristo e este crucificado. 3 E eu estive convosco em fraqueza, e em temor, e em grande tremor. 4 A minha palavra e a minha pregação não consistiram em palavras persuasivas de sabedoria humana, mas em demonstração do Espírito e de poder, 5 para que a vossa fé não se apoiasse em sabedoria dos homens, mas no poder de Deus.
6 Todavia, falamos sabedoria entre os perfeitos; não, porém, a sabedoria deste mundo, nem dos príncipes deste mundo, que se aniquilam; 7 mas falamos a sabedoria de Deus, oculta em mistério, a qual Deus ordenou antes dos séculos para nossa glória; 8 a qual nenhum dos príncipes deste mundo conheceu; porque, se a conhecessem, nunca crucificariam ao Senhor da glória. 9 Mas, como está escrito: As coisas que o olho não viu, e o ouvido não ouviu, e não subiram ao coração do homem são as que Deus preparou para os que o amam. 10 Mas Deus no-las revelou pelo seu Espírito; porque o Espírito penetra todas as coisas, ainda as profundezas de Deus. 11 Porque qual dos homens sabe as coisas do homem, senão o espírito do homem, que nele está? Assim também ninguém sabe as coisas de Deus, senão o Espírito de Deus. 12 Mas nós não recebemos o espírito do mundo, mas o Espírito que provém de Deus, para que pudéssemos conhecer o que nos é dado gratuitamente por Deus. 13 As quais também falamos, não com palavras de sabedoria humana, mas com as que o Espírito Santo ensina, comparando as coisas espirituais com as espirituais. 14 Ora, o homem natural não compreende as coisas do Espírito de Deus, porque lhe parecem loucura; e não pode entendê-las, porque elas se discernem espiritualmente. 15 Mas o que é espiritual discerne bem tudo, e ele de ninguém é discernido. 16 Porque quem conheceu a mente do Senhor, para que possa instruí-lo? Mas nós temos a mente de Cristo.
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
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