1 Corinthians 2
New Century Version
The Message of Christ’s Death
2 Dear brothers and sisters, when I came to you, I did not come preaching God’s secret[a] with fancy words or a show of human wisdom. 2 I decided that while I was with you I would forget about everything except Jesus Christ and his death on the cross. 3 So when I came to you, I was weak and fearful and trembling. 4 My teaching and preaching were not with words of human wisdom that persuade people but with proof of the power that the Spirit gives. 5 This was so that your faith would be in God’s power and not in human wisdom.
God’s Wisdom
6 However, I speak a wisdom to those who are mature. But this wisdom is not from this world or from the rulers of this world, who are losing their power. 7 I speak God’s secret wisdom, which he has kept hidden. Before the world began, God planned this wisdom for our glory. 8 None of the rulers of this world understood it. If they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But as it is written in the Scriptures:
“No one has ever seen this,
and no one has ever heard about it.
No one has ever imagined
what God has prepared for those who love him.” Isaiah 64:4
10 But God has shown us these things through the Spirit.
The Spirit searches out all things, even the deep secrets of God. 11 Who knows the thoughts that another person has? Only a person’s spirit that lives within him knows his thoughts. It is the same with God. No one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we did not receive the spirit of the world, but we received the Spirit that is from God so that we can know all that God has given us. 13 And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom but with words taught us by the Spirit. And so we explain spiritual truths to spiritual people. 14 A person who does not have the Spirit does not accept the truths that come from the Spirit of God. That person thinks they are foolish and cannot understand them, because they can only be judged to be true by the Spirit. 15 The spiritual person is able to judge all things, but no one can judge him. The Scripture says:
16 “Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Who has been able to teach him?” Isaiah 40:13
But we have the mind of Christ.
Footnotes
- 2:1 God’s secret Some Greek copies read “God’s message.”
1 Corintios 2
La Palabra (España)
Pablo y su proclamación del mensaje en Corinto
2 Yo mismo, hermanos, cuando llegué a vuestra ciudad, no os anuncié el proyecto salvador de Dios con alardes de sabiduría o elocuencia. 2 Decidí que entre vosotros debía ignorarlo todo, a excepción de Cristo crucificado; 3 así que me presenté ante vosotros sin recursos y temblando de miedo. 4 Mi predicación y mi mensaje no se apoyaban en una elocuencia inteligente y persuasiva; era el Espíritu con su poder quien os convencía, 5 de modo que vuestra fe no es fruto de la sabiduría humana, sino del poder de Dios.
La verdadera sabiduría
6 Sin embargo, también nosotros disponemos de una sabiduría para los formados en la fe; una sabiduría que no pertenece a este mundo ni a los poderes perecederos que gobiernan este mundo; 7 una sabiduría divina, misteriosa, escondida, destinada por Dios, desde antes de todos los tiempos, a constituir nuestra gloria. 8 Ninguno entre los poderosos de este mundo ha llegado a conocer tal sabiduría, pues, de haberla conocido, no habrían crucificado al Señor de la gloria. 9 Pero según dice la Escritura: Lo que jamás vio ojo alguno, lo que ningún oído oyó, lo que nadie pudo imaginar que Dios tenía preparado para aquellos que lo aman, 10 eso es lo que Dios nos ha revelado por medio del Espíritu. Pues el Espíritu todo lo sondea, incluso lo más profundo de Dios. 11 ¿Quién, en efecto, conoce lo íntimo del ser humano, sino el mismo espíritu humano que habita en su interior? Lo mismo pasa con las cosas de Dios: sólo el Espíritu divino las conoce. 12 En cuanto a nosotros, no hemos recibido el espíritu del mundo, sino el Espíritu que procede de Dios, para poder así reconocer los dones que Dios nos ha otorgado.
13 Esto es precisamente lo que expresamos con palabras que no están inspiradas por el saber humano, sino por el Espíritu. Y así acomodamos las cosas espirituales a los que poseen el Espíritu.
14 La persona mundana es incapaz de captar lo que procede del Espíritu de Dios; lo considera un absurdo y no alcanza a comprenderlo, porque sólo a la luz del Espíritu pueden ser valoradas estas cosas. 15 En cambio, la persona animada por el Espíritu puede emitir juicio sobre todo, sin que ella esté sujeta al juicio de nadie. 16 Porque ¿quién conoce el modo de pensar del Señor hasta el punto de poder darle lecciones? ¡Ahora bien, nosotros estamos en posesión del modo de pensar 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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