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

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.

Predicando a Cristo crucificado

Por eso, cuando fui a ustedes, hermanos, proclamándoles el testimonio[a] de Dios(A), no fui con superioridad de palabra o de sabiduría(B). Porque nada me propuse saber entre ustedes excepto a Jesucristo, y Este crucificado(C). Estuve entre ustedes con debilidad(D) y con temor y mucho temblor(E), y mi mensaje[b] y mi predicación no fueron con palabras persuasivas de sabiduría(F), sino con demostración del Espíritu y de poder(G), para que la fe de ustedes no descanse[c] en la sabiduría de los hombres, sino en el poder de Dios(H).

La revelación por el Espíritu de Dios

Sin embargo, hablamos sabiduría entre los que han alcanzado madurez(I); pero una sabiduría no de este siglo(J), ni de los gobernantes de este siglo(K), que van desapareciendo[d](L), sino que hablamos sabiduría de Dios en misterio, la sabiduría oculta(M) que, desde antes de los siglos(N), Dios predestinó(O) para nuestra gloria. Esta sabiduría que ninguno de los gobernantes de este siglo ha entendido(P), porque si la hubieran entendido no habrían crucificado al Señor de gloria(Q); sino como está escrito:

«Cosas que ojo no vio, ni oído oyó,
Ni han entrado al corazón del hombre,
Son las cosas que Dios ha preparado para los que lo aman(R)».

10 Pero Dios nos las reveló(S) por medio del Espíritu, porque el Espíritu todo lo escudriña(T), aun las profundidades de Dios(U). 11 Porque entre los hombres, ¿quién conoce los pensamientos de un hombre, sino el espíritu del hombre(V) que está en él? Asimismo, nadie conoce los pensamientos de Dios, sino el Espíritu de Dios. 12 Y nosotros hemos recibido, no el espíritu del mundo, sino el Espíritu que viene de Dios(W), para que conozcamos lo que Dios nos ha dado gratuitamente, 13 de lo cual también hablamos, no con palabras enseñadas por sabiduría humana, sino con las enseñadas por el Espíritu(X), combinando pensamientos espirituales con palabras espirituales[e].

14 Pero el hombre natural[f](Y) no acepta las cosas del Espíritu de Dios(Z), porque para él son necedad(AA); y no las puede entender, porque son cosas que se disciernen[g] espiritualmente(AB). 15 En cambio, el que es espiritual(AC) juzga todas las cosas; pero él no es juzgado por nadie. 16 Porque ¿quién ha conocido la mente del Señor, para que lo instruya(AD)? Pero nosotros tenemos la mente de Cristo(AE).

Footnotes

  1. 2:1 Algunos mss. antiguos dicen: misterio.
  2. 2:4 Lit. mi palabra.
  3. 2:5 Lit. sea.
  4. 2:6 O van pasando.
  5. 2:13 O interpretando cosas espirituales a hombres espirituales.
  6. 2:14 O no espiritual.
  7. 2:14 O se examinan.

Proclaiming Christ Crucified

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. For I decided to know nothing among you except (C)Jesus Christ and him crucified. And (D)I was with you (E)in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of (F)the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men[c] but (G)in the power of God.

Wisdom from the Spirit

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. But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, (K)which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 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. 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. 1 Corinthians 2:1 Or brothers and sisters
  2. 1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts mystery (or secret)
  3. 1 Corinthians 2:5 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women
  4. 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or interpreting spiritual truths in spiritual language, or comparing spiritual things with spiritual