Corinthios I 2
1 Et ego, cum venissem ad vos, fratres, veni non in sublimitate sermonis, aut sapientiae, annuncians vobis testimonium Christi.
When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
2 Non enim iudicavi me scire aliquid inter vos, nisi Iesum Christum, et hunc crucifixum.
For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
3 Et ego in infirmitate, et timore, et tremore multo fui apud vos:
I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.
4 et sermo meus, et praedicatio mea non in persuasibilibus humanae sapientiae verbis, sed in ostensione spiritus, et virtutis:
My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
5 ut fides vestra non sit in sapientia hominum, sed in virtute Dei.
so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.
6 Sapientiam autem loquimur inter perfectos: sapientiam vero non huius saeculi, neque principum huius saeculi, qui destruuntur: (aiōn g165)
Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. (aiōn g165)
7 sed loquimur Dei sapientiam in mysterio, quae abscondita est, quam praedestinavit Deus ante saecula in gloriam nostram, (aiōn g165)
No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began. (aiōn g165)
8 quam nemo principum huius saeculi cognovit: si enim cognovissent, numquam Dominum gloriae crucifixissent. (aiōn g165)
None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (aiōn g165)
9 Sed sicut scriptum est: Quod oculus non vidit, nec auris audivit, nec in cor hominis ascenderunt, quae praeparavit Deus iis, qui diligunt illum:
Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
10 nobis autem revelavit Deus per spiritum suum: Spiritus enim omnia scrutatur, etiam profunda Dei.
But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
11 Quis enim hominum scit quae sunt hominis, nisi spiritus hominis, qui in ipso est? ita et quae Dei sunt, nemo cognovit, nisi Spiritus Dei.
For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
12 Nos autem non spiritum huius mundi accepimus, sed Spiritum, qui ex Deo est, ut sciamus quae a Deo donata sunt nobis:
We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
13 quae et loquimur non in doctis humanae sapientiae verbis, sed in doctrina Spiritus, spiritualibus spiritualia comparantes.
And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
14 Animalis autem homo non percipit ea, quae sunt Spiritus Dei: stultitia enim est illi, et non potest intelligere: quia spiritualiter examinantur.
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 Spiritualis autem iudicat omnia: et ipse a nemine iudicatur, sicut scriptum est:
The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.
16 Quis enim cognovit sensum Domini, aut quis instruxit eum? Nos autem sensum Christi habemus.
“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
