1.Korinther 2 | New International Reader’s Version

1 And this was the way it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I didn’t come with fancy words or human wisdom. I preached to you the truth about God’s love.

2 My goal while I was with you was to talk about only one thing. And that was Jesus Christ and his death on the cross.

3 When I came to you, I was weak and very afraid and trembling all over.

4 I didn’t preach my message with clever and compelling words. Instead, my preaching showed the Holy Spirit’s power.

5 This was so that your faith would be based on God’s power. Your faith would not be based on human wisdom.

God’s wisdom through the Holy Spirit

6 The words we speak to those who have grown in the faith are wise. Our words are different from the wisdom of this world. Our words are different from those of the rulers of this world. These rulers are becoming less and less powerful.

7 No, we announce God’s wisdom. His wisdom is a mystery that has been hidden. But before time began, God planned that his wisdom would bring us heavenly glory.

8 None of the rulers of this world understood God’s wisdom. If they had, they would not have nailed the Lord of glory to the cross.

9 It is written that ‘no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human mind has known.’ God has prepared these things for those who love him.

10 God has shown these things to us through his Spirit. The Spirit understands all things. He understands even the deep things of God.

11 Who can know the thoughts of another person? Only a person’s own spirit can know them. In the same way, only the Spirit of God knows God’s thoughts.

12 What we have received is not the spirit of the world. We have received the Spirit who is from God. The Spirit helps us understand what God has freely given us.

13 That is what we speak about. We don’t use words taught us by people. We use words taught us by the Holy Spirit. We use the words taught by the Spirit to explain spiritual truths.

14 The person without the Spirit doesn’t accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. These things are foolish to them. They can’t understand them. In fact, such things can’t be understood without the Spirit’s help.

15 The person who has the Spirit can judge all things. But no human being can judge those who have the Spirit. It is written,

16 ‘Who can ever know what is in the Lord’s mind? Can anyone ever teach him?’ But we have the mind of Christ.

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Проповед с дух и сила

1 И аз, братя, когато дойдох при вас, не дойдох с превъзходно говорене или мъдрост да ви известя Божията тайна;

2 защото бях решил да не зная между вас нищо друго, освен Исус Христос, и то Христос разпънат.

3 Аз бях немощен между вас, страхувах се и много треперех.

4 И говоренето ми, и проповядването ми не ставаха с убедителните думи на мъдростта, а с доказателство от Дух и сила;

5 за да бъде вярването ви основано не на човешка мъдрост, а на Божията сила.

Откриване на Божията мъдрост чрез Святия Дух

6 Обаче ние поучаваме мъдрост между съвършените, но не мъдрост от този свят, нито от властниците на този свят, които преминават;

7 а поучаваме Божията тайнствена премъдрост, която е била скрита, която е била предопределена от Бога преди вековете да ни докарва слава.

8 Никой от властниците на този свят не я е познал; защото, ако я бяха познали, не биха разпънали Господа на славата.

9 А според както е писано: „Каквото око не е видяло и ухо не е чуло, и на човешко сърце не е идвало, всичко това е приготвил Бог за тези, които Го обичат.“

10 А на нас Бог откри това чрез Духа; понеже Духът издирва всичко, даже и Божиите дълбочини.

11 Защото кой човек знае какво има в човека освен духа на човека, който е в Него? Така и никой не знае какво има у Бога, освен Божия Дух.

12 А ние получихме не духа на света, а Духа, Който е от Бога, за да познаем това, което Бог е благоволил да ни подари;

13 което и възвестяваме не с думи, научени от човешка мъдрост, а с думи, научени от Духа, като поясняваме духовните неща на духовните човеци.

14 Но естественият човек не възприема това, което е от Божия Дух, защото за него е глупост; и не може да го разбере, понеже то се изпитва духовно.

15 Но духовният човек изпитва всичко; а него никой не изпитва.

16 Защото: „Кой е познал ума на Господа, зада може да Го научи?“ А ние имаме ум Христов.

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