1 Και εγώ, αδελφοί, ότε ήλθον προς εσάς, ήλθον ουχί με υπεροχήν λόγου ή σοφίας κηρύττων εις εσάς την μαρτυρίαν του Θεού. 2 Διότι απεφάσισα να μη εξεύρω μεταξύ σας άλλο τι ειμή Ιησούν Χριστόν, και τούτον εσταυρωμένον. 3 Και εγώ ήλθον προς εσάς με ασθένειαν και με φόβον και με τρόμον πολύν, 4 και ο λόγος μου και το κήρυγμά μου δεν εγίνοντο με καταπειστικούς λόγους ανθρωπίνης σοφίας, αλλά με απόδειξιν Πνεύματος και δυνάμεως, 5 διά να ήναι η πίστις σας ουχί διά της σοφίας των ανθρώπων, αλλά διά της δυνάμεως του Θεού. 6 Λαλούμεν δε σοφίαν μεταξύ των τελείων, σοφίαν όμως ουχί του αιώνος τούτου, ουδέ των αρχόντων του αιώνος τούτου, των φθειρομένων· 7 αλλά λαλούμεν σοφίαν Θεού μυστηριώδη, την αποκεκρυμμένην, την οποίαν προώρισεν ο Θεός προ των αιώνων εις δόξαν ημών, 8 την οποίαν ουδείς των αρχόντων του αιώνος τούτου εγνώρισε· διότι αν ήθελον γνωρίσει, δεν ήθελον σταυρώσει τον Κύριον της δόξης· 9 αλλά καθώς είναι γεγραμμένον, Εκείνα τα οποία οφθαλμός δεν είδε και ωτίον δεν ήκουσε και εις καρδίαν ανθρώπου δεν ανέβησαν, τα οποία ο Θεός ητοίμασεν εις τους αγαπώντας αυτόν. 10 Εις ημάς δε ο Θεός απεκάλυψεν αυτά διά του Πνεύματος αυτού· επειδή το Πνεύμα ερευνά τα πάντα και τα βάθη του Θεού. 11 Διότι τις των ανθρώπων γινώσκει τα του ανθρώπου, ειμή το πνεύμα του ανθρώπου το εν αυτώ; Ούτω και τα του Θεού ουδείς γινώσκει ειμή το Πνεύμα του Θεού. 12 Αλλ' ημείς δεν ελάβομεν το πνεύμα του κόσμου, αλλά το πνεύμα το εκ του Θεού, διά να γνωρίσωμεν τα υπό του Θεού χαρισθέντα εις ημάς. 13 Τα οποία και λαλούμεν ουχί με διδακτούς λόγους ανθρωπίνης σοφίας, αλλά με διδακτούς του Πνεύματος του Αγίου, συγκρίνοντες τα πνευματικά προς τα πνευματικά. 14 Ο φυσικός όμως άνθρωπος δεν δέχεται τα του Πνεύματος του Θεού· διότι είναι μωρία εις αυτόν, και δεν δύναται να γνωρίση αυτά, διότι πνευματικώς ανακρίνονται. 15 Ο δε πνευματικός ανακρίνει μεν πάντα, αυτός δε υπ' ουδενός ανακρίνεται. 16 Διότι τις εγνώρισε τον νούν του Κυρίου, ώστε να διδάξη αυτόν; ημείς όμως έχομεν νούν Χριστού.
1 Corinthians · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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)