1. Korinťanom 2

1 Ani ja, keď som prišiel k vám, bratia, neprišiel som vám zvestovať Božie tajomstvo vysokou rečou alebo múdrosťou.2 Rozhodol som sa, že nechcem medzi vami vedieť nič iné, iba Ježiša Krista, a to ukrižovaného.3 A bol som u vás slabý, bojazlivý a veľmi prestrašený.4 Moja reč a moje ohlasovanie nespočívali v presvedčivých a múdrych slovách, ale v prejavoch Ducha a moci,5 aby sa vaša viera nezakladala na ľudskej múdrosti, ale na Božej moci.6 Medzi dokonalými hovoríme aj múdrosť - no nie múdrosť tohto veku ani múdrosť kniežat tohto veku, ktoré spejú k záhube,7 ale hovoríme tajomnú Božiu múdrosť, ktorá bola skrytá a ktorú Boh pred vekmi určil nám na slávu.8 Nik z kniežat tohto veku ju nepoznal. Veď keby ju boli poznali, nikdy by neboli ukrižovali Pána slávy.9 Ale, ako je napísané: „Ani oko nevidelo, ani ucho nepočulo, ani do ľudského srdca nevystúpilo, čo Boh pripravil tým, ktorí ho milujú.“10 Ale nám to Boh zjavil skrze Ducha, lebo Duch skúma všetko, aj Božie hlbiny.11 Veď kto z ľudí vie, čo je v človeku, ak nie duch človeka, ktorý je v ňom? Tak ani čo je v Bohu, nepozná nik, iba Boží Duch.12 A my sme nedostali ducha sveta, ale Ducha, ktorý je z Boha, aby sme vedeli, čo nám Boh daroval.13 A o tom hovoríme nie slovami naučenými od ľudskej múdrosti, ale slovami, ktoré nás naučil Duch; duchovné veci duchovne vysvetľujeme.14 Živočíšny človek neprijíma veci Božieho Ducha; sú mu bláznovstvom a nemôže ich pochopiť, lebo ich treba duchovne posudzovať.15 No duchovný posudzuje všetko, a jeho nik nemôže posúdiť.16 Veď kto poznal Pánovo zmýšľanie, aby ho poúčal? My však máme Kristovo zmýšľanie.

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