| 1 Yo mismo, hermanos, cuando vine a vosotros a anunciaros el misterio de Dios, no lo hice con sublime elocuencia o sabiduría, | 1 And so, brothers, when I came to you, announcing to you the testimony of Christ, I did not bring exalted words or lofty wisdom. |
| 2 pues nunca entre vosotros me precié de saber cosa alguna, sino a Jesucristo, y este crucificado. | 2 For I did not judge myself to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. |
| 3 También yo me presenté a vosotros débil y temblando de miedo; | 3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and with much trembling. |
| 4 mi palabra y mi predicación no fue con persuasiva sabiduría humana, sino en la manifestación y el poder del Espíritu, | 4 And my words and preaching were not the persuasive words of human wisdom, but were a manifestation of the Spirit and of virtue, |
| 5 para que vuestra fe no se apoye en la sabiduría de los hombres, sino en el poder de Dios. | 5 so that your faith would not be based on the wisdom of men, but on the virtue of God. |
| 6 Sabiduría, sí, hablamos entre los perfectos; pero una sabiduría que no es de este mundo ni de los príncipes de este mundo, condenados a perecer, | 6 Now, we do speak wisdom among the perfect, yet truly, this is not the wisdom of this age, nor that of the leaders of this age, which shall be reduced to nothing. |
| 7 sino que enseñamos una sabiduría divina, misteriosa, escondida, predestinada por Dios antes de los siglos para nuestra gloria. | 7 Instead, we speak of the wisdom of God in a mystery which has been hidden, which God predestined before this age for our glory, |
| 8 Ninguno de los príncipes de este mundo la ha conocido, pues, si la hubiesen conocido, nunca hubieran crucificado al Señor de la gloria. | 8 something that none of the leaders of this world have known. For if they had known it, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory. |
| 9 Sino que, como está escrito: Ni el ojo vio, ni el oído oyó, ni el hombre puede pensar lo que Dios ha preparado para los que lo aman. | 9 But this is just as it has been written: “The eye has not seen, and the ear has not heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man, what things God has prepared for those who love him.” |
| 10 Y Dios nos lo ha revelado por el Espíritu; pues el Espíritu lo sondea todo, incluso lo profundo de Dios. | 10 But God has revealed these things to us through his Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. |
| 11 Pues, ¿quién conoce lo íntimo del hombre, sino el espíritu del hombre, que está dentro de él? Del mismo modo, lo íntimo de Dios lo conoce solo el Espíritu de Dios. | 11 And who can know the things that are of a man, except the spirit which is within that man? So also, no one knows the things which are of God, except the Spirit of God. |
| 12 Pero nosotros hemos recibido un Espíritu que no es del mundo; es el Espíritu que viene de Dios, para que conozcamos los dones que de Dios recibimos. | 12 But we have not received the spirit of this world, but the Spirit who is of God, so that we may understand the things that have been given to us by God. |
| 13 Cuando explicamos verdades espirituales a hombres de espíritu, no las exponemos en el lenguaje que enseña el saber humano, sino en el que enseña el Espíritu. | 13 And we are also speaking of these things, not in the learned words of human wisdom, but in the doctrine of the Spirit, bringing spiritual things together with spiritual things. |
| 14 Pues el hombre natural no capta lo que es propio del Espíritu de Dios, le parece una necedad; no es capaz de percibirlo, porque solo se puede juzgar con el criterio del Espíritu. | 14 But the animal nature of man does not perceive these things that are of the Spirit of God. For it is foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand it, because it must be examined spiritually. |
| 15 En cambio, el hombre espiritual lo juzga todo, mientras que él no está sujeto al juicio de nadie. | 15 But the spiritual nature of man judges all things, and he himself may be judged by no man. |
| 16 «¿Quién ha conocido la mente del Señor para poder instruirlo?». Pues bien, nosotros tenemos la mente de Cristo. | 16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, so that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. |
