The Message about the Crucified Christ
1 When I came to you, my friends, to preach God's secret truth, I did not use big words and great learning. 2 For while I was with you, I made up my mind to forget everything except Jesus Christ and especially his death on the cross. 3 So when I came to you, I was weak and trembled all over with fear, 4 and my teaching and message were not delivered with skillful words of human wisdom, but with convincing proof of the power of God's Spirit. 5 Your faith, then, does not rest on human wisdom but on God's power.
God's Wisdom
6 Yet I do proclaim a message of wisdom to those who are spiritually mature. But it is not the wisdom that belongs to this world or to the powers that rule this world—powers that are losing their power. 7 The wisdom I proclaim is God's secret wisdom, which is hidden from human beings, but which he had already chosen for our glory even before the world was made. 8 None of the rulers of this world knew this wisdom. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 However, as the scripture says,
“What no one ever saw or heard,
what no one ever thought could happen,
is the very thing God prepared for those who love him.”
10 But it was to us that God made known his secret by means of his Spirit. The Spirit searches everything, even the hidden depths of God's purposes. 11 It is only our own spirit within us that knows all about us; in the same way, only God's Spirit knows all about God. 12 We have not received this world's spirit; instead, we have received the Spirit sent by God, so that we may know all that God has given us.
13 So then, we do not speak in words taught by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, as we explain spiritual truths to those who have the Spirit. 14 Whoever does not have the Spirit cannot receive the gifts that come from God's Spirit. Such a person really does not understand them, and they seem to be nonsense, because their value can be judged only on a spiritual basis. 15 Whoever has the Spirit, however, is able to judge the value of everything, but no one is able to judge him. 16 As the scripture says,
“Who knows the mind of the Lord?
Who is able to give him advice?”
We, however, have the mind of Christ.
1 Un tā arī es, pie jums nākdams, nenācu ar augstu valodu vai gudrību, nesdams jums Dieva liecību.
2 Jo es jūsu starpā negribēju neko citu zināt kā vien Jēzu Kristu un to pašu krustā sistu.
3 Un es ierados pie jums nespēkā, bailēs un lielā nedrošībā.
4 Un mana runa un mana sludināšana nenotika pārliecinošos gudrības vārdos, bet gara un spēka izpausmē,
5 Lai jūsu ticība nebūtu pamatota cilvēku gudrībā, bet Dieva spēkā.
6 Gudrību ari mēs sludinām, bet pilnīgajiem, ne šīs pasaules gudrību, ne arī šīs pasaules valdinieku gudrību, kas lemti iznīcībai,
7 Bet mēs sludinām Dieva gudrību noslēpumā, apslēpto gudrību, ko Dievs paredzējis no mūžības laikiem, lai mūs celtu godā.
8 To nav atzinis neviens šīs pasaules valdinieks; jo, ja tie to būtu atzinuši, tad tie nebūtu krustā situši godības Kungu.
9 Bet tā ir, kā rakstīts: „Ko acs nav redzējusi, un auss nav dzirdējusi, un kas neviena cilvēka sirdī nav nācis, to Dievs ir sagatavojis tiem, kas viņu mīl.“
10 Mums Dievs to ir atklājis ar savu garu, jo gars izdibina visas lietas arī Dieva dziļumus.
11 Jo kurš cilvēks zina, kas ir cilvēkā, kā vien cilvēka gars, kas ir viņā? Tāpat arī neviens nespēj izprast to, kas ir Dievā, kā vien Dieva gars.
12 Bet mēs neesam dabūjuši pasaules garu, bet to garu, kas nāk no Dieva, lai saprastu, ko Dievs mums dāvājis.
13 To mēs nerunājam ar cilvēcīgas gudrības vārdiem, bet ar vārdiem, ko gars māca, garīgas lietas garīgi apspriez-dami.
14 Miesīgais cilvēks nesatver to, kas nāk no Dieva gara; jo jas viņam ir ģeķība, viņš to nevar saprast, jo tas ir garīgi apspriežams.
15 Garīgais cilvēks izdibina visas lietas, bet viņu pašu neviens neizdibina.
16 Jo kas ir atzinis tā Kunga prātu, lai viņam varētu dot padomu? Bet mums ir Kristus prāts.
