Corinthios I 2

1 Et ego, cum venissem ad vos, fratres, veni non in sublimitate sermonis, aut sapientiae, annuncians vobis testimonium Christi.

So when I came to you, brothers, I did not come proclaiming God's testimony to you with a ‘superior’ speech or wisdom.

2 Non enim iudicavi me scire aliquid inter vos, nisi Iesum Christum, et hunc crucifixum.

For I determined to ‘know’ nothing while among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

3 Et ego in infirmitate, et timore, et tremore multo fui apud vos:

Also, I was with you in weakness, in fear, and with much trembling.

4 et sermo meus, et praedicatio mea non in persuasibilibus humanae sapientiae verbis, sed in ostensione spiritus, et virtutis:

Yes, my message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

5 ut fides vestra non sit in sapientia hominum, sed in virtute Dei.

so that your faith not be in men's wisdom, but in God's power.

6 Sapientiam autem loquimur inter perfectos: sapientiam vero non huius saeculi, neque principum huius saeculi, qui destruuntur: (aiōn g165)

However, we do speak wisdom among the mature, albeit not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are being set aside; (aiōn g165)

7 sed loquimur Dei sapientiam in mysterio, quae abscondita est, quam praedestinavit Deus ante saecula in gloriam nostram, (aiōn g165)

but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom that God ordained before the ages for our glory, (aiōn g165)

8 quam nemo principum huius saeculi cognovit: si enim cognovissent, numquam Dominum gloriae crucifixissent. (aiōn g165)

that none of the rulers of this age have understood (because if they had understood, they would not have crucified the Lord of the 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:

However, as it is written: “Things no eye has seen and no ear has heard, and no heart of man has imagined, such things has God prepared for those who love Him.”

10 nobis autem revelavit Deus per spiritum suum: Spiritus enim omnia scrutatur, etiam profunda Dei.

But to us God has revealed them by His Spirit; because the Spirit searches all things, yes, 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.

Now who among men knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man that is in him? So also no one knows the things 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, so that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God;

13 quae et loquimur non in doctis humanae sapientiae verbis, sed in doctrina Spiritus, spiritualibus spiritualia comparantes.

which things we also expound, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, interpreting spiritual things to spiritual people.

14 Animalis autem homo non percipit ea, quae sunt Spiritus Dei: stultitia enim est illi, et non potest intelligere: quia spiritualiter examinantur.

Now a soulish man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; indeed, he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

15 Spiritualis autem iudicat omnia: et ipse a nemine iudicatur, sicut scriptum est:

But he who is spiritual evaluates everything, while not being himself 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, that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.