1 Corinthians 2
Revised Standard Version
Proclaiming Christ Crucified
2 When I came to you, brethren, I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony[a] of God in lofty words or wisdom. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness and in much fear and trembling; 4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
The True Wisdom of God
6 Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. 7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glorification. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But, as it is written,
“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man conceived,
what God has prepared for those who love him,”
10 God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11 For what person knows a man’s thoughts except the spirit of the man which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might understand the gifts bestowed on us by God. 13 And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who possess the Spirit.[b]
14 The unspiritual[c] man does not receive the gifts of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual man judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. 16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 2:1 Other ancient authorities read mystery (or secret)
- 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or interpreting spiritual truths in spiritual language; or comparing spiritual things with spiritual
- 1 Corinthians 2:14 Or natural
1 Corintios 2
Nueva Biblia Viva
2 Hermanos, cuando me presenté ante ustedes para comunicarles el mensaje de Dios no empleé palabras elegantes ni conceptos profundos, 2 porque me había propuesto hablar sólo de Jesucristo y de su muerte en la cruz. 3 Me presenté ante ustedes con tanta debilidad que temblaba de miedo. 4 Mi predicación no tuvo oratoria y sabiduría humanas, sino que el Espíritu la respaldaba con poder. 5 Prediqué así porque deseaba que la fe que naciera en ustedes dependiera del poder de Dios, no de la sabiduría de los seres humanos.
Sabiduría procedente del Espíritu
6 Sin embargo, cuando estoy entre cristianos maduros, imparto sabiduría; pero no la sabiduría de este mundo ni la de quienes lo gobiernan, que están destinados a desaparecer.
7 Más bien exponemos la sabiduría de Dios que estaba oculta, pero que Dios había destinado para nuestra gloria desde antes de la creación del mundo. 8 Ninguno de los gobernantes del mundo la han comprendido, pues si la hubieran comprendido, no habrían crucificado al Señor de la gloria. 9 Esto es lo que las Escrituras dicen:
«Ningún mortal ha visto, ni oído, ni imaginado las maravillas que Dios tiene preparadas para los que aman al Señor».
10 Nosotros las conocemos porque Dios envió a su Espíritu a revelárnoslas, ya que su Espíritu lo escudriña todo, hasta los secretos más profundos de Dios.
11 Nadie sabe con exactitud lo que otro está pensando, excepto el espíritu de esa persona. Así, nadie conoce lo que piensa Dios, excepto el Espíritu de Dios. 12 Y Dios nos ha dado su Espíritu, no el espíritu del mundo, para que entendamos lo que, por su gracia, Dios nos ha concedido. 13 Y esto es precisamente de lo que hablamos, usando las palabras que enseña el Espíritu, no las palabras que enseña la sabiduría humana. Así, expresamos verdades del Espíritu con palabras del Espíritu.
14 El que no tiene el Espíritu no puede aceptar lo que viene del Espíritu de Dios, pues le parece una locura. No lo puede entender, porque hay que discernirlo con la ayuda del Espíritu.
15 Por el contrario, el que tiene el Espíritu lo juzga todo, aunque él mismo no está sujeto al juicio de nadie, pues 16 «¿Quién ha conocido la mente del Señor? ¿Quién podrá enseñarle?».
En cambio, nosotros tenemos la 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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