Corinthios I 2
1 et ego cum venissem ad vos fratres veni non per sublimitatem sermonis aut sapientiae adnuntians vobis testimonium Christi
And when I came to you, brothers, I came not to proclaim God’s great secret purpose in fine language of philosophy;
2 non enim iudicavi scire me aliquid inter vos nisi Iesum Christum et hunc crucifixum
for I determined to know nothing, while among you, but Jesus as Christ, and him a crucified Christ.
3 et ego in infirmitate et timore et tremore multo fui apud vos
In weakness and fear and great trembling came I among you.
4 et sermo meus et praedicatio mea non in persuasibilibus sapientiae verbis sed in ostensione Spiritus et virtutis
My message and my preaching were not in the persuasive language of philosophy, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power;
5 ut fides vestra non sit in sapientia hominum sed in virtute Dei
in order that your faith should rest, not on human philosophy, but on the power of God.
6 sapientiam autem loquimur inter perfectos sapientiam vero non huius saeculi neque principum huius saeculi qui destruuntur (aiōn g165)
Notwithstanding, among those who are mature I do teach philosophy; though not the philosophy of the present age, nor of its rulers who are coming to nought. (aiōn g165)
7 sed loquimur Dei sapientiam in mysterio quae abscondita est quam praedestinavit Deus ante saecula in gloriam nostram (aiōn g165)
No, it is God’s wisdom that I utter, that hidden wisdom which God had decreed before the world began, unto our glory. (aiōn g165)
8 quam nemo principum huius saeculi cognovit si enim cognovissent numquam Dominum gloriae crucifixissent (aiōn g165)
None of the rulers of the present age understands 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 ascendit quae praeparavit Deus his qui diligunt illum
Nay, as it is written. Eye has not seen, Nor ear heard, Neither have entered into man’s heart The things which God has prepared For those who love him.
10 nobis autem revelavit Deus per Spiritum suum Spiritus enim omnia scrutatur etiam profunda Dei
Yet God has unveiled them to us by his Spirit. For the Spirit fathoms everything, even the abysmal depths of God.
11 quis enim scit hominum quae sint hominis nisi spiritus hominis qui in ipso est ita et quae Dei sunt nemo cognovit nisi Spiritus Dei
For what man knows the depths of man except the man’s own inner Spirit? Even so, also, the Spirit of God knows the deeps profound of God.
12 nos autem non spiritum mundi accepimus sed Spiritum qui ex Deo est ut sciamus quae a Deo donata sunt nobis
But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes forth from God, that we may realize the blessings freely given us by God.
13 quae et loquimur non in doctis humanae sapientiae verbis sed in doctrina Spiritus spiritalibus spiritalia conparantes
Of these high themes we speak in words not taught by human philosophy, but by the Spirit; interpreting spiritual things to spiritual men.
14 animalis autem homo non percipit ea quae sunt Spiritus Dei stultitia est enim illi et non potest intellegere quia spiritaliter examinatur
The unspiritual man rejects the teachings of God’s Spirit; for him it is folly. He cannot understand it, for it is spiritually discerned,
15 spiritalis autem iudicat omnia et ipse a nemine iudicatur
But the spiritual man discerns everything, yet is himself discerned by no one.
16 quis enim cognovit sensum Domini qui instruat eum nos autem sensum Christi habemus
For what man understands the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct Him?
