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.
καγω ελθων προσ υμασ αδελφοι ηλθον ου καθ υπεροχην λογου η σοφιασ καταγγελλων υμιν το μαρτυριον του θεου
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.
ου γαρ εκρινα του ειδεναι τι εν υμιν ει μη ιησουν χριστον και τουτον εσταυρωμενον
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 εγω εν ασθενεια και εν φοβω και εν τρομω πολλω εγενομην προσ υμασ
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 λογοσ μου και το κηρυγμα μου ουκ εν πειθοισ ανθρωπινησ σοφιασ λογοισ αλλ εν αποδειξει πνευματοσ και δυναμεωσ
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.
ινα η πιστισ υμων μη η εν σοφια ανθρωπων αλλ εν δυναμει θεου
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)
σοφιαν δε λαλουμεν εν τοισ τελειοισ σοφιαν δε ου του αιωνοσ τουτου ουδε των αρχοντων του αιωνοσ τουτου των καταργουμενων (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)
αλλα λαλουμεν σοφιαν θεου εν μυστηριω την αποκεκρυμμενην ην προωρισεν ο θεοσ προ των αιωνων εισ δοξαν ημων (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)
ην ουδεισ των αρχοντων του αιωνοσ τουτου εγνωκεν ει γαρ εγνωσαν ουκ αν τον κυριον τησ δοξησ εσταυρωσαν (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.
αλλα καθωσ γεγραπται α οφθαλμοσ ουκ ειδεν και ουσ ουκ ηκουσεν και επι καρδιαν ανθρωπου ουκ ανεβη α ητοιμασεν ο θεοσ τοισ αγαπωσιν αυτον
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.
ημιν δε ο θεοσ απεκαλυψεν δια του πνευματοσ αυτου το γαρ πνευμα παντα ερευνα και τα βαθη του θεου
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.
τισ γαρ οιδεν ανθρωπων τα του ανθρωπου ει μη το πνευμα του ανθρωπου το εν αυτω ουτωσ και τα του θεου ουδεισ οιδεν ει μη το πνευμα του θεου
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.
ημεισ δε ου το πνευμα του κοσμου ελαβομεν αλλα το πνευμα το εκ του θεου ινα ειδωμεν τα υπο του θεου χαρισθεντα ημιν
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]).
α και λαλουμεν ουκ εν διδακτοισ ανθρωπινησ σοφιασ λογοισ αλλ εν διδακτοισ πνευματοσ αγιου πνευματικοισ πνευματικα συγκρινοντεσ
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].
ψυχικοσ δε ανθρωποσ ου δεχεται τα του πνευματοσ του θεου μωρια γαρ αυτω εστιν και ου δυναται γνωναι οτι πνευματικωσ ανακρινεται
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 πνευματικοσ ανακρινει μεν παντα αυτοσ δε υπ ουδενοσ ανακρινεται
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.
τισ γαρ εγνω νουν κυριου οσ συμβιβασει αυτον ημεισ δε νουν χριστου εχομεν
