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Los planes secretos de Dios

Hermanos en Cristo, cuando fui a ustedes, para hablarles de los planes que Dios tenía en secreto, no lo hice con palabras difíciles ni traté de impresionarlos. Al contrario, decidí hablarles sólo de Cristo, y principalmente de su muerte en la cruz. Cuando me acerqué para enseñarles y anunciarles el mensaje, me sentía poco importante y temblaba de miedo. No fui a ustedes como un sabelotodo, ni usé palabras elegantes. Sólo dejé que el Espíritu de Dios mostrara su poder y los convenciera. Y así, ustedes creyeron en Dios, no por medio de la sabiduría humana sino por el poder de Dios.

Dios da a conocer sus planes

Sin embargo, cuando hablamos con los que ya entienden mejor el mensaje de Dios, hablamos con sabiduría. Pero no empleamos la sabiduría humana como la emplean la gente y los gobernantes de este mundo. El poder que ellos tienen está condenado a desaparecer. Nosotros enseñamos el mensaje con palabras inteligentes, que vienen de Dios. Ese mensaje habla de los planes que Dios tenía en secreto desde antes de crear el mundo, y que él quiso manifestarnos para que podamos compartir su gloria. Claro que este plan inteligente de Dios no lo entendió ninguno de los gobernantes del mundo. Si ellos lo hubieran entendido, no habrían colgado de la cruz a nuestro Señor, quien es el dueño de la vida. Como dice la Biblia:

«Para aquellos que lo aman,
Dios ha preparado cosas
que nadie jamás pudo ver,
ni escuchar ni imaginar.»

10 Dios nos dio a conocer todo esto por medio de su Espíritu, porque el Espíritu de Dios lo examina todo, hasta los secretos más profundos de Dios.

11 Nadie puede saber lo que piensa otra persona. Sólo el espíritu de esa persona sabe lo que ella está pensando. De la misma manera, sólo el Espíritu de Dios sabe lo que piensa Dios. 12 Pero como Dios nos dio su Espíritu, nosotros podemos darnos cuenta de lo que Dios, en su bondad, ha hecho por nosotros.

13 Cuando hablamos de lo que Dios ha hecho por nosotros, no usamos las palabras que nos dicta la inteligencia humana, sino que usamos el lenguaje espiritual que nos enseña el Espíritu de Dios.

14 Los que no tienen el Espíritu de Dios no aceptan las enseñanzas espirituales, pues las consideran una tontería. Y tampoco pueden entenderlas, porque no tienen el Espíritu de Dios. 15 En cambio, los que tienen el Espíritu de Dios todo lo examinan y todo lo entienden. Pero los que no tienen el Espíritu, no pueden examinar ni entender a quienes lo tienen. 16 Como dice la Biblia: «¿Quién sabe lo que piensa el Señor? ¿Quién puede darle consejos?» Pero nosotros tenemos el Espíritu de Dios, y por eso pensamos como Cristo.

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

Chapter 2

Jesus Christ—and Him Crucified. When I came to you, brethren, I did not proclaim to you the mystery of God[a] with words of eloquence or wisdom. For I resolved that, while I was with you, I would know nothing except Jesus Christ—and him crucified. I came to you in weakness, in fear, and in great trepidation. My message and my proclamation were not made with persuasive words of wisdom, but in a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,[b] so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.

The Mysterious Wisdom of God

The Plan of God, True Wisdom. However, to those who are mature, we do speak of wisdom, although not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age[c] whose end is not far distant. Rather, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age comprehended it. If they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.[d] For as it is written,

“Eye has not seen, ear has not heard,
    nor has the human heart imagined
    what God has prepared for those who love him.”

10 The Spirit Enables Faith To Mature. However, God has revealed these things to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit explores everything, even the depths of God. 11 And just as no human being comprehends any person’s innermost being except the person’s own spirit within him, so also no one comprehends what pertains to God except the Spirit of God.

12 We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed upon us by God. 13 And we speak of these things in words taught to us not by human wisdom but by the Spirit, expressing spiritual things in spiritual words.[e]

14 An unspiritual person refuses to accept what pertains to the Spirit of God, for to him such things are foolish. He is unable to understand them because they can be discerned only in a spiritual way. 15 A spiritual person[f] discerns all things, and he is himself subject to no one else’s judgment:

16 “For who has ever known the mind of the Lord?
    Who has ever been his instructor?”

But we possess the mind of Christ.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 2:1 Mystery of God: God’s plan of salvation, which involves Jesus and the cross (see 1 Cor 1:18-25; 2:2, 8-10). Some manuscripts have “testimony” in place of “mystery.”
  2. 1 Corinthians 2:4 Paul is not downgrading study and preparation for preachers. He is simply stressing that in addition to such things they also need the Holy Spirit working in their hearts in order for their words to bear fruit.
  3. 1 Corinthians 2:6 Rulers of this age: not only the Jewish and Roman leaders under whom Jesus was crucified (see Acts 4:25-28) but also the cosmic powers that were in league with them (see Eph 1:20-23; 3:10).
  4. 1 Corinthians 2:8 Here the Lord of glory is Jesus Christ. In the Old Testament, it is a title of God (see Ex 24:16; Pss 24:7; 29:9); Paul is therefore asserting here the divinity of Jesus.
  5. 1 Corinthians 2:13 Expressing spiritual things in spiritual words: another possible translation is: “expressing spiritual realities to spiritual people.”
  6. 1 Corinthians 2:15 Unspiritual person . . . spiritual person: an unspiritual person is one who follows mere natural human instincts (see Rom 8:9; Jude 19); a spiritual person is one who follows the Spirit of God. The former lives according to the “natural” order and the latter according to the “supernatural” order.