1 Corinthians 2
1 My fellow believers, when I came to you, I proclaimed to you the message that God had revealed to me. But I did not proclaim it using eloquent words that would make people think highly of me, nor did I argue in a way that unbelievers would think was very wise.
Και εγώ, αδελφοί, ότε ήλθον προς εσάς, ήλθον ουχί με υπεροχήν λόγου ή σοφίας κηρύττων εις εσάς την μαρτυρίαν του Θεού.
2 I did that because I decided that I would speak only about Jesus Christ. Specifically, I told you [what he accomplished for us when] he was killed by being nailed {[when they] killed him by nailing him} to a cross.
Διότι απεφάσισα να μη εξεύρω μεταξύ σας άλλο τι ειμή Ιησούν Χριστόν, και τούτον εσταυρωμένον.
3 Furthermore, when I was with you, I felt that I was not adequate [to do what Christ wanted me to do]. I was afraid [that I would not be able to do it], and because of that I was trembling very much.
Και εγώ ήλθον προς εσάς με ασθένειαν και με φόβον και με τρόμον πολύν,
4 When I taught you and preached to you, I did not speak words that [unbelievers would consider] [IRO] wise in order to convince them that my message was true. Instead, [God’s] Spirit showed that it was true by [enabling me to] powerfully [perform miracles].
και ο λόγος μου και το κήρυγμά μου δεν εγίνοντο με καταπειστικούς λόγους ανθρωπίνης σοφίας, αλλά με απόδειξιν Πνεύματος και δυνάμεως,
5 [I taught and preached that way] in order that you might believe [my message], not because you heard words that people [considered to be] [IRO] wise, but [because you recognized] God’s power.
διά να ήναι η πίστις σας ουχί διά της σοφίας των ανθρώπων, αλλά διά της δυνάμεως του Θεού.
6 I do teach a message that people who are [spiritually] mature [consider to] be wise. But I do not teach a message that unbelievers [consider to be] wise. I also do not teach a message that unbelieving rulers in the world consider to be wise. [What they think about it does not matter], because [some day] (they will lose their power/not be ruling any more). (aiōn g165)
Λαλούμεν δε σοφίαν μεταξύ των τελείων, σοφίαν όμως ουχί του αιώνος τούτου, ουδέ των αρχόντων του αιώνος τούτου, των φθειρομένων· (aiōn g165)
7 Instead, I teach about what God planned wisely [long ago]. It is something that people did not know about previously because [God] did not reveal it previously. But God determined before he created the world that he would greatly benefit us by his wise plan. (aiōn g165)
αλλά λαλούμεν σοφίαν Θεού μυστηριώδη, την αποκεκρυμμένην, την οποίαν προώρισεν ο Θεός προ των αιώνων εις δόξαν ημών, (aiōn g165)
8 None of those who rule this world knew that wise plan. If they had known it, they would not have nailed our wonderful Lord to the cross. (aiōn g165)
την οποίαν ουδείς των αρχόντων του αιώνος τούτου εγνώρισε· διότι αν ήθελον γνωρίσει, δεν ήθελον σταυρώσει τον Κύριον της δόξης· (aiōn g165)
9 But [we believers need to remember these words that a prophet] wrote [in the Scriptures]: Things that no one has ever seen, things that no one ever heard, things that no one ever thought could happen, those are the things that God has prepared for those who love him.
αλλά καθώς είναι γεγραμμένον, Εκείνα τα οποία οφθαλμός δεν είδε και ωτίον δεν ήκουσε και εις καρδίαν ανθρώπου δεν ανέβησαν, τα οποία ο Θεός ητοίμασεν εις τους αγαπώντας αυτόν.
10 God has caused his Spirit to reveal those things to us [(inc)] believers. His Spirit can do that because he knows thoroughly the meaning of all things. He even knows the things about God that are very difficult to understand.
Εις ημάς δε ο Θεός απεκάλυψεν αυτά διά του Πνεύματος αυτού· επειδή το Πνεύμα ερευνά τα πάντα και τα βάθη του Θεού.
11 Only a person himself (OR, a person’s spirit) knows what he is thinking. Similarly, only God’s Spirit knows what God is thinking.
Διότι τις των ανθρώπων γινώσκει τα του ανθρώπου, ειμή το πνεύμα του ανθρώπου το εν αυτώ; Ούτω και τα του Θεού ουδείς γινώσκει ειμή το Πνεύμα του Θεού.
12 It was not the ideas that unbelievers teach that we accepted. Instead, it was the Spirit who came from God that we received, in order that we might know the things that God has freely done for us.
Αλλ' ημείς δεν ελάβομεν το πνεύμα του κόσμου, αλλά το πνεύμα το εκ του Θεού, διά να γνωρίσωμεν τα υπό του Θεού χαρισθέντα εις ημάς.
13 Those are the things that I tell you about. As I do that, I do not tell you things that someone [whom others thought] was [IRO] wise taught me. Instead, I tell you truths that [God’s] Spirit taught [me], and I explain those spiritual truths to people whose thinking is guided by God’s Spirit (OR, I teach spiritual [truths to] spiritual [people]).
Τα οποία και λαλούμεν ουχί με διδακτούς λόγους ανθρωπίνης σοφίας, αλλά με διδακτούς του Πνεύματος του Αγίου, συγκρίνοντες τα πνευματικά προς τα πνευματικά.
14 Those who are unbelievers reject the truths that [God’s] Spirit teaches us [(inc)], because they [consider those truths to be] foolish. They cannot understand them, because it is God’s Spirit who enables us to evaluate those truths correctly, [and those people do not have God’s Spirit].
Ο φυσικός όμως άνθρωπος δεν δέχεται τα του Πνεύματος του Θεού· διότι είναι μωρία εις αυτόν, και δεν δύναται να γνωρίση αυτά, διότι πνευματικώς ανακρίνονται.
15 We who have God’s Spirit can judge correctly the [value of] all truths [that the Spirit reveals], but [unbelievers] cannot evaluate us correctly.
Ο δε πνευματικός ανακρίνει μεν πάντα, αυτός δε υπ' ουδενός ανακρίνεται.
16 As [one of our prophets wrote: ] No human [RHQ] has known what the Lord is thinking. No human [RHQ] is able to instruct him. But we believers are able to think about things [MTY] in the way that Christ thinks about them.
Διότι τις εγνώρισε τον νούν του Κυρίου, ώστε να διδάξη αυτόν; ημείς όμως έχομεν νούν Χριστού.
