1 Corinthians 2
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
1Et ego, cum venissem ad vos, fratres, veni non in sublimitate sermonis, aut sapientiæ, annuntians vobis testimonium Christi.
2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
2Non enim judicavi me scire aliquid inter vos, nisi Jesum Christum, et hunc crucifixum.
3I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.
3Et ego in infirmitate, et timore, et tremore multo fui apud vos:
4My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
4et sermo meus, et prædicatio mea non in persuasibilibus humanæ sapientiæ verbis, sed in ostensione spiritus et virtutis:
5so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.
5ut fides vestra non sit in sapientia hominum, sed in virtute Dei.
6Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
6Sapientiam autem loquimur inter perfectos: sapientiam vero non hujus sæculi, neque principum hujus sæculi, qui destruuntur:
7No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.
7sed loquimur Dei sapientiam in mysterio, quæ abscondita est, quam prædestinavit Deus ante sæcula in gloriam nostram,
8None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
8quam nemo principum hujus sæculi cognovit: si enim cognovissent, numquam Dominum gloriæ crucifixissent.
9Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
9Sed sicut scriptum est: Quod oculus non vidit, nec auris audivit, nec in cor hominis ascendit, quæ præparavit Deus iis qui diligunt illum:
10But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
10nobis autem revelavit Deus per Spiritum suum: Spiritus enim omnia scrutatur, etiam profunda Dei.
11For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
11Quis enim hominum scit quæ sunt hominis, nisi spiritus hominis, qui in ipso est? ita et quæ Dei sunt, nemo cognovit, nisi Spiritus Dei.
12We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
12Nos autem non spiritum hujus mundi accepimus, sed Spiritum qui ex Deo est, ut sciamus quæ a Deo donata sunt nobis:
13And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
13quæ et loquimur non in doctis humanæ sapientiæ verbis, sed in doctrina Spiritus, spiritualibus spiritualia comparantes.
14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
14Animalis autem homo non percipit ea quæ sunt Spiritus Dei: stultitia enim est illi, et non potest intelligere: quia spiritualiter examinatur.
15The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.
15Spiritualis autem judicat omnia: et ipse a nemine judicatur.
16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
16Quis enim cognovit sensum Domini, qui instruat eum? nos autem sensum Christi habemus.
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