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When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing. But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory, which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written,

“Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear,
    which didn’t enter into the heart of man,
    these God has prepared for those who love him.”(A)

10 But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For who among men knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God except God’s Spirit. 12 But we received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God. 13 We also speak these things, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things. 14 Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him; and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is to be judged by no one. 16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord that he should instruct him?” (B) But we have Christ’s mind.

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

Budskabet om Jesus forkyndes ikke med menneskelig visdom

Sådan var det også, dengang jeg kom til jer i Korinth. Da jeg fortalte jer om Guds frelsesplan, satte jeg ikke min lid til flot retorik eller menneskelig visdom. Jeg havde nemlig besluttet mig til ikke at ville tale om andet end Jesus Kristus og hans død på korset. Jeg kom til jer i afmægtighed med megen ængstelse og bæven, og min forkyndelse var ikke baseret på kloge ord og god overtalelsesevne. Nej, den var baseret på en demonstration af Helligåndens kraft, så jeres tro ikke skulle bygge på menneskelig visdom, men på Guds kraft.

Den åndelige visdom

Visdomsord bruger vi i en forsamling af modne kristne, men det er ikke en visdom, der kommer fra denne verden, eller den visdom, som anvendes af verdens magthavere, som for øvrigt er på vej til at miste deres magt. Nej, vi taler med Guds visdom om den frelsesplan, der hidtil har været som et mysterium, og som han udtænkte, før verden blev skabt, med den hensigt at give et vidunderligt liv til alle, der hører ham til. Ingen af denne verdens ledere kendte til den plan. Havde de gjort det, ville de ikke have korsfæstet vores vidunderlige Herre. Men på den måde blev det skriftord opfyldt, hvor der står: „Hvad intet øje har set, hvad intet øre hørt, og hvad intet menneske har kunnet forestille sig, det har Gud beredt for dem, der elsker ham.”[a]

10 Og det har Gud nu åbenbaret for os ved sin Ånd. Helligånden har nemlig kendskab til alt, selv Guds dybder. 11 Ligesom ingen kender et menneskes tanker, undtagen det menneske selv, sådan kender heller ingen Guds tanker, undtagen Gud selv og hans Ånd.

12 Vi har ikke verdens ånd, men Gud har givet os sin egen Ånd, for at vi kan forstå betydningen af alt det, han i sin nåde har givet os. 13 Og det taler vi om med ord, som ikke udspringer af menneskelig visdom, men af den inspiration, som Helligånden giver os, idet vi forklarer åndelige ting for åndelige mennesker. 14 Uåndelige mennesker kan ikke forstå eller tage imod det, der kommer fra Guds Ånd. For dem er det jo bare tåbelig snak. De er ude af stand til at forstå det, for det skal bedømmes åndeligt. 15 Åndelige mennesker kan bedømme alle ting, men de kan ikke selv bedømmes af uåndelige mennesker. 16 For som Skriften siger: „Hvem har indsigt i Herrens tanker? Hvem kan være hans rådgiver?”[b] Men vi, som har Guds Ånd, kender til den måde, Kristus tænker på.

Footnotes

  1. 2,9 Muligvis et frit citat fra Es. 64,3.
  2. 2,16 Es. 40,13 LXX.

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.