Verš 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.
1Kor 2:4 - And my words and preaching were not the persuasive words of human wisdom, but were a manifestation of the Spirit and of virtue,
1Kor 1:17 - For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to evangelize: not through the wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ become empty.
Verš 3
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and with much trembling.
Sk 18:1 - After these things, having departed from Athens, he arrived at Corinth.
Sk 18:3 - And because he was of the same trade, he lodged with them and was working. (Now they were tentmakers by trade.)
2Kor 10:10 - For they say: “His epistles, indeed, are weighty and strong. But his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is contemptible.”
Verš 4
And my words and preaching were not the persuasive words of human wisdom, but were a manifestation of the Spirit and of virtue,
1Kor 2:1 - And so, brothers, when I came to you, announcing to you the testimony of Christ, I did not bring exalted words or lofty wisdom.
1Kor 1:17 - For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to evangelize: not through the wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ become empty.
2Pt 1:16 - For it was not by following fanciful doctrines that we made known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were made eyewitnesses of his greatness.
Verš 5
so that your faith would not be based on the wisdom of men, but on the virtue of God.
2Kor 4:7 - But we hold this treasure in earthen vessels, so that what is sublime may be of the power of God, and not of us.
Verš 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.
Jób 28:21 - It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, just as the birds of the heavens escape notice.
Jak 3:15 - For this is not wisdom, descending from above, but rather it is earthly, beastly, and diabolical.
1Kor 15:24 - Afterwards is the end, when he will have handed over the kingdom to God the Father, when he will have emptied all principality, and authority, and power.
Verš 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,
Rim 16:25 - But to him who is able to confirm you according to my Gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in accord with the revelation of the mystery which has been hidden from time immemorial,
1Kor 4:1 - Accordingly, let man consider us to be ministers of Christ and attendants of the mysteries of God.
Verš 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.
Mt 11:25 - At that time, Jesus responded and said: “I acknowledge you, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and have revealed them to little ones.
Jn 7:48 - Have any of the leaders believed in him, or any of the Pharisees?
Sk 13:27 - For those who were living in Jerusalem, and its rulers, heeding neither him, nor the voices of the Prophets that are read on every Sabbath, fulfilled these by judging him.
2Kor 3:14 - for their minds were obtuse. And, even until this present day, the very same veil, in the readings from the Old Testament, remains not taken away (though, in Christ, it is taken away).
Jn 16:3 - And they will do these things to you because they have not known the Father, nor me.
Sk 3:17 - And now, brothers, I know that you did this through ignorance, just as your leaders also did.
Sk 13:27 - For those who were living in Jerusalem, and its rulers, heeding neither him, nor the voices of the Prophets that are read on every Sabbath, fulfilled these by judging him.
1Tim 1:13 - though previously I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and contemptuous. But then I obtained the mercy of God. For I had been acting ignorantly, in unbelief.
Verš 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.”
Iz 64:4 - From ages past, they have not heard it, and they have not perceived it with the ears. Apart from you, O God, the eye has not seen what you have prepared for those who await you.
Verš 10
But God has revealed these things to us through his Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.
Mt 13:11 - Responding, he said to them: “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but it has not been given to them.
2Kor 3:18 - Yet truly, all of us, as we gaze upon the unveiled glory of the face of the Lord, are transfigured into the same image, from one glory to another. And this is done by the Spirit of the Lord.
Verš 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.
Prís 27:19 - In the manner of faces looking into shining water, so are the hearts of men made manifest to the prudent.
Jer 17:9 - The heart is depraved above all things, and it is unsearchable, who can know it?
Verš 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.
Rim 8:15 - And you have not received, again, a spirit of servitude in fear, but you have received the Spirit of the adoption of sons, in whom we cry out: “Abba, Father!”
Verš 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.
1Kor 2:4 - And my words and preaching were not the persuasive words of human wisdom, but were a manifestation of the Spirit and of virtue,
1Kor 1:17 - For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to evangelize: not through the wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ become empty.
2Pt 1:16 - For it was not by following fanciful doctrines that we made known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were made eyewitnesses of his greatness.
Verš 15
But the spiritual nature of man judges all things, and he himself may be judged by no man.
Prís 28:5 - Evil men do not intend judgment. But those who inquire after the Lord turn their souls toward all things.
Verš 16
For who has known the mind of the Lord, so that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
Iz 40:13 - Who has assisted the Spirit of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor and has revealed things to him?
Rim 11:34 - For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?
1Kor 2,3 - Dôvodom tejto slabosti, bázne a chvenia môže byť vedomie zodpovednosti za dielo hlásania evanjelia a neúspech v Aténach (Sk 17, 32–34) i v Korinte (Sk 18, 5 n.).
1Kor 2,6 - Dokonalými sa tu rozumejú tí, čo už pokročili v náboženskom a mravnom živote. "Kniežatá tohto veku" sú podľa všetkého duchovné a diabolské mocnosti, ako aj ich nástroje: tí, čo majú dočasnú pozemskú moc a zneužívajú ju proti Kristovi a jeho evanjeliu.
1Kor 2,9 - Pravdepodobne ide o kombináciu Iz 64, 3 a Jer 3,16.
1Kor 2,10-14 - Ide tu o Ducha Svätého, tretiu božskú osobu. On umožňuje Pavlovi, ale aj ostatným veriacim, porozumieť Kristovmu učeniu.
1Kor 2,13 - Iné znenie tohto ťažkého textu: "Duchovným ľuďom duchovne veci vysvetľujeme."
1Kor 2,15 - Pavol tu chce pravdepodobne povedať, že Korinťania, ktorí sú "telesní" (3, 1–3), nemajú právo súdiť ho.
1Kor 2,16 - Iz 40, 13.