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.
Sludināšana par krustā sisto Kristu
1 Es, brāļi, nebiju ieradies pie jums sludināt Dieva noslēpumu ar izmeklētiem vārdiem vai gudrību. 2 Es apņēmos pie jums citu neko nezināt kā vien Jēzu Kristu, krustā sisto. 3 Nespēkā, ar lielām bailēm un drebēšanu es ierados pie jums, 4 un mana runa un mana sludināšana nav pārliecinošā gudrībā, bet Gara un spēka izpausmē, 5 lai jūsu ticība nebūtu cilvēku gudrībā, bet Dieva spēkā.
Patiesā gudrība no Dieva Gara
6 Mēs sludinām gudrību pilnīgajiem. Tā nav nedz šīs pasaules, nedz tās iznīcīgo valdnieku gudrība. 7 Bet mēs sludinām Dieva gudrību, kas noslēpumā apslēpta, ko Dievs bija paredzējis mūsu godībai, vēl pirms pasaule tapa. 8 Gudrību, ko neviens no šīs pasaules valdniekiem nav atzinis; ja viņi būtu atzinuši, viņi nebūtu krustā situši godības Kungu. 9 Ir tā, kā rakstīts: ko neviena acs nav redzējusi un neviena auss nav dzirdējusi, kas neviena cilvēka sirdī nav nācis, to Dievs ir sagatavojis tiem, kas viņu mīl. – 10 Bet mums Dievs to atklājis caur savu Garu, jo Gars izdibina visu, arī Dieva dziļumus. 11 Kurš cilvēks gan īsti pazīst cilvēku, ja ne cilvēka gars, kas ir viņā? Tāpat arī Dievu neviens īsti nepazīst kā vien Dieva Gars. 12 Un mēs neesam saņēmuši šīs pasaules garu, bet Garu, kas nāk no Dieva, lai spētu zināt to, kas mums dāvināts no Dieva. 13 Un to mēs runājam nevis cilvēciskas gudrības, bet Gara mācītos vārdos, garīgo izskaidrodami garīgi. 14 Miesiskais cilvēks nespēj uzņemt to, kas nāk no Dieva Gara, jo tas viņam ir muļķība. Viņš nevar to saprast, jo tas ir izdibināms garīgi. 15 Turpretī garīgais cilvēks izdibina visu, bet viņu neviens nevar izdibināt. 16 Kas gan ir aptvēris Kunga prātu. Kas viņu pamācīs? Bet mums ir Kristus prāts.
