1 Hermanos, cuando me presenté ante ustedes para comunicarles el mensaje de Dios no empleé palabras elegantes ni conceptos profundos, 2 porque me había propuesto hablar sólo de Jesucristo y de su muerte en la cruz. 3 Me presenté ante ustedes con tanta debilidad que temblaba de miedo. 4 Mi predicación no tuvo oratoria y sabiduría humanas, sino que el Espíritu la respaldaba con poder. 5 Prediqué así porque deseaba que la fe que naciera en ustedes dependiera del poder de Dios, no de la sabiduría de los seres humanos. 6 Sin embargo, cuando estoy entre cristianos maduros, imparto sabiduría; pero no la sabiduría de este mundo ni la de quienes lo gobiernan, que están destinados a desaparecer. 7 Más bien exponemos la sabiduría de Dios que estaba oculta, pero que Dios había destinado para nuestra gloria desde antes de la creación del mundo. 8 Ninguno de los gobernantes del mundo la han comprendido, pues si la hubieran comprendido, no habrían crucificado al Señor de la gloria. 9 Esto es lo que las Escrituras dicen: «Ningún mortal ha visto, ni oído, ni imaginado las maravillas que Dios tiene preparadas para los que aman al Señor». 10 Nosotros las conocemos porque Dios envió a su Espíritu a revelárnoslas, ya que su Espíritu lo escudriña todo, hasta los secretos más profundos de Dios. 11 Nadie sabe con exactitud lo que otro está pensando, excepto el espíritu de esa persona. Así, nadie conoce lo que piensa Dios, excepto el Espíritu de Dios. 12 Y Dios nos ha dado su Espíritu, no el espíritu del mundo, para que entendamos lo que, por su gracia, Dios nos ha concedido. 13 Y esto es precisamente de lo que hablamos, usando las palabras que enseña el Espíritu, no las palabras que enseña la sabiduría humana. Así, expresamos verdades del Espíritu con palabras del Espíritu. 14 El que no tiene el Espíritu no puede aceptar lo que viene del Espíritu de Dios, pues le parece una locura. No lo puede entender, porque hay que discernirlo con la ayuda del Espíritu. 15 Por el contrario, el que tiene el Espíritu lo juzga todo, aunque él mismo no está sujeto al juicio de nadie, pues 16 «¿Quién ha conocido la mente del Señor? ¿Quién podrá enseñarle?». En cambio, nosotros tenemos la mente de Cristo.
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Cross references (16)
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- 1 1 Corinthians 1:17; 1 Corinthians 2:13; 1 Corinthians 2:4; Exodus 4:10; Romans 16:18
- 2 Galatians 6:14; 1 Corinthians 1:22–25; Philippians 3:8–10; John 17:3; Galatians 3:1
- 3 2 Corinthians 13:4; 1 Corinthians 4:10–13; 2 Corinthians 12:5–10; 2 Corinthians 13:9; Galatians 4:13–14
- 4 1 Corinthians 4:20; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; 1 Corinthians 1:17; 1 Corinthians 2:1; Romans 15:19
- 5 2 Corinthians 4:7; 2 Corinthians 12:9; 2 Corinthians 6:7; 1 Corinthians 1:17; 1 Corinthians 3:6
- 6 Hebrews 5:14; James 3:15; 2 Corinthians 4:4; 1 Corinthians 2:8; 1 Corinthians 1:28
- 7 Colossians 1:26–27; 2 Peter 1:3; Romans 16:25–26; Matthew 11:25; Psalm 78:2
- 8 Acts 13:27; James 2:1; Acts 7:2; 1 Corinthians 2:6; Psalm 24:7–10
- 9 Isaiah 64:4; Psalm 31:19; James 1:12; Romans 8:28; Isaiah 65:17
- 10 John 14:26; Ephesians 3:5; Luke 10:21; John 16:13; Ephesians 3:3
- 11 Proverbs 20:27; 1 Corinthians 2:10; Romans 11:33–34; Jeremiah 17:9; Proverbs 14:10
- 12 1 John 2:27; Romans 8:5–6; 1 John 2:20; 1 John 5:19–20; 1 John 4:4–5
- 13 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 2:4; 1 Corinthians 1:17; 1 Corinthians 2:1; 1 Corinthians 12:1–3
- 14 1 Corinthians 1:18; Romans 8:5–8; Matthew 13:11–17; 2 Corinthians 4:4–6; 1 John 2:27
- 15 1 Thessalonians 5:21; Hebrews 5:14; Proverbs 28:5; 1 John 4:1; 1 Corinthians 14:37
- 16 Isaiah 40:13–14; Romans 11:34; John 16:13–16; John 15:15; Job 15:8
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What the Fathers said
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Nothing was ever more prepared for combat than the spirit of Paul; or rather, I should say, not his spirit, (for he was not himself the inventor of these things,) but, nothing was ever equal to the grace working within him, which overcometh all things.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)
For [the Scripture] saith, "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which He hath prepared for them that wait for Him." Chapter XXXV — Immense is this reward.
… forth the material, animal, and spiritual, saying in one place, "As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy;" and in another place, "But the animal man receiveth not the things of the Spirit;" and again: "He that is spiritual judgeth all things." And this, "The animal man receiveth not the things of the Spirit," they affirm to …
… things which are before," we were seeking between ourselves in the presence of the Truth, which Thou art, of what nature the eternal life of the saints would be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man. But yet we opened wide the mouth of our heart, after those supernal streams of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… in mentioning this, he hath mentioned also the resurrection of our bodies, and the manifestation of His miracles here, and our partaking of His kingdom, and the good things, which "eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man." For all these things He bestowed on us by that gift.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)