哥林多前書 2

傳揚釘十字架的基督

1 弟兄們，從前我到你們那裏去，並沒有用高言大智對你們宣講上帝的奧祕。 2 因為我曾定了主意，在你們中間不知道別的，只知道耶穌基督並他釘十字架。 3 我在你們那裏時，又軟弱，又懼怕，又戰戰兢兢。 4 我說的話、講的道不是用委婉智慧的言語t，而是以聖靈的大能來證明， 5 為要使你們的信不靠著人的智慧，而是靠著上帝的大能。

上帝之靈的啟示

6 然而，在成熟的人中，我們也講智慧，但不是今世的智慧，也不是今世有權有位、將要滅亡的人的智慧。 7 我們講的是從前隱藏的、上帝奧祕的智慧，就是上帝在萬世以前預定使我們得榮耀的智慧； 8 這智慧，今世有權有位的人沒有一個知道，若知道，他們就不會把榮耀的主釘在十字架上了。 9 如經上所記： 「上帝為愛他的人所預備的 是眼睛未曾看見，耳朵未曾聽見， 人心也未曾想到的。」

10 只有上帝藉著聖靈把這事向我們顯明了；因為聖靈參透萬事，就是上帝深奧的事也參透了。 11 除了在人裏頭的靈，誰知道人的事？照樣，除了上帝的靈，也沒有人知道上帝的事。 12 我們所領受的並不是世上的靈，而是從上帝來的靈，為使我們知道上帝把恩賜賞給我們的事。 13 我們也講說這些事，不是用人的智慧所教的言語，而是用聖靈所教的言語，用屬靈的話解釋屬靈的事t。 14 然而，屬血氣的人不接受上帝的靈的事，他反倒以這為愚拙，並且他不能了解，因為這些事惟有屬靈的人才能領悟。 15 屬靈的人能看透萬事，卻沒有一人能看透他。 16 「誰曾知道主的心？ 誰會教導他？」 至於我們，我們有基督的心。

1 CORINTHIANS 2

Telling about Christ //and the Cross

1 Friends, when I came and told you the mysteryt that God had shared with us, I didn't use big words or try to sound wise.

2 In fact, while I was with you, I made up my mind to speak only about Jesus Christ, who had been nailed to a cross.
3  t At first, I was weak and trembling with fear. 4 When I talked with you or preached, I didn't try to prove anything by sounding wise. I simply let God's Spirit show his power.

5 That way you would have faith because of God's power and not because of human wisdom.
6 We do use wisdom when speaking to people who are mature in their faith. But it isn't the wisdom of this world or of its rulers, who will soon disappear. 7 We speak of God's hidden and mysterious wisdom that God decided to use for our glory long before the world began. 8 t The rulers of this world didn't know anything about this wisdom. If they had known about it, they would not have nailed the glorious Lord to a cross.

9 t But it is just as the Scriptures say,
“What God has planned
for people who love him
is more than eyes have seen
or ears have heard.
It has never even
entered our minds!”
10 God's Spirit has shown you everything. His Spirit finds out everything, even what is deep in the mind of God. 11 You are the only one who knows what is in your own mind, and God's Spirit is the only one who knows what is in God's mind.

12 But God has given us his Spirit. This is why we don't think the same way that the people of this world think. This is also why we can recognize the blessings God has given us.
13 Every word we speak was taught to us by God's Spirit, not by human wisdom. And this same Spirit helps us teach spiritual things to spiritual people.t 14 This is why only someone who has God's Spirit can understand spiritual blessings. Anyone who doesn't have God's Spirit thinks these blessings are foolish. 15 People who are guided by the Spirit can make all kinds of judgments, but they cannot be judged by others.

16 t The Scriptures ask,
“Has anyone ever known
the thoughts of the Lord
or given him advice?”
But we understand what Christ is thinking.t