1 Corintios 2
1 Hermanos, cuando los visité, fui a proclamarles el misterio de Dios sin brillantez de oratoria ni vana sabiduría.
Brothers and sisters, when I came to you I didn't try to impress you with wonderful words or great wisdom when I told you what God had to say to you.
2 Solo me propuse reconocer entre ustedes lo relacionado con Jesucristo crucificado.
I decided that while I was with you I didn't want to concentrate on anything except Jesus Christ, and that he was crucified.
3 Me presenté ante ustedes con debilidad, temor y mucho temblor.
I came to you in weakness, fearful and trembling.
4 No les prediqué con sabiduría convincente, sino con demostración del poder del Espíritu,
I didn't speak to you with persuasive words of wisdom to convince you. I just explained it all to you through the evidence and power of the Spirit.
5 para que su fe no se base en [la] sabiduría humana, sino en el poder de Dios.
That way your trust in God wouldn't rely on human wisdom but on the power of God.
6 Sin embargo, hablamos sabiduría entre los que son maduros en la fe. No sabiduría de este tiempo, ni de los señores de este mundo que perecen. (aiōn g165)
However, we do use words of wisdom when we speak to those who are spiritually mature, but this isn't wisdom that comes from this world, or from the rulers of this world who soon fade from the scene. (aiōn g165)
7 Hablamos sabiduría oculta de Dios, la escondida, la cual Dios predestinó antes de los siglos para nuestro resplandor, (aiōn g165)
On the contrary we explain God's wisdom in terms of a revealed mystery that was previously hidden which God planned for our glory before the creation of the worlds. (aiōn g165)
8 el cual ninguno de los señores de este mundo entendió, porque si [lo] entendieran, no habrían crucificado al Señor de [la] gloria. (aiōn g165)
None of the rulers of this world understood anything about this—for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (aiōn g165)
9 Pero, como está escrito: Cosas que ojo no vio, ni oído oyó, ni mente pensó, son las que Dios preparó para los que lo aman.
But as Scripture says, “No one has ever seen, and no one has ever heard, and no one has ever imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”
10 Pero Dios nos [las ]reveló por medio del Espíritu, porque [el] Espíritu escudriña todas las cosas, aun las profundidades de Dios.
But God has revealed this to us through the Spirit, because the Spirit delves into the depths of God.
11 ¿Quién conoce los pensamientos del hombre, sino el espíritu humano que está en él? Asimismo nadie conoce los pensamientos de Dios, sino el Espíritu de Dios.
Who knows anyone's thoughts except the actual person? In the same way no one knows God's thoughts except the Spirit of God.
12 Nosotros no recibimos el espíritu del mundo, sino el Espíritu de Dios, para que sepamos lo que Dios nos concedió.
For we have received the Spirit from God, not the spirit of this world, so that we could understand what God so generously gave us.
13 Esto también hablamos al comparar lo espiritual con lo espiritual, no con palabras de sabiduría humana, sino con las que enseña el Espíritu.
That's what we speak about—not using words taught by human wisdom, but what the Spirit teaches. We explain what is spiritual using spiritual terms.
14 Pero [la] persona natural no acepta las cosas del Espíritu de Dios, porque para él son locura. No puede entenderlas, pues se evalúan espiritualmente.
Of course people who are not spiritual don't accept what comes from God's Spirit. It's just foolish nonsense to them, and they can't understand it, because what is spiritual has to be properly examined.
15 En cambio, el [hombre] espiritual evalúa todas las cosas, pero a él nadie lo juzga.
People who are spiritual investigate everything, but are not placed under investigation themselves.
16 ¿Quién conoció [la] mente del Señor? ¿Quién lo instruirá? Sin embargo, nosotros tenemos [la] mente de Cristo.
For “who understands the Lord's mind, and would think to instruct him?” But we do have Christ's mind!
