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.
1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. 2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom , which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it , they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them , because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
