1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony

ℵA ⟨mystery⟩

of God.

1 Et ego, cum venissem ad vos, fratres, veni non in sublimitate sermonis, aut sapientiæ, annuntians vobis testimonium Christi.

2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

2 Non enim judicavi me scire aliquid inter vos, nisi Jesum Christum, et hunc crucifixum.

3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

3 Et ego in infirmitate, et timore, et tremore multo fui apud vos:

4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's

ℵB omit

wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

4 et sermo meus, et prædicatio mea non in persuasibilibus humanæ sapientiæ verbis, sed in ostensione spiritus et virtutis:

5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

5 ut fides vestra non sit in sapientia hominum, sed in virtute Dei.

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:

6 ¶ Sapientiam autem loquimur inter perfectos: sapientiam vero non hujus sæculi, neque principum hujus sæculi, qui destruuntur:

7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

7 sed loquimur Dei sapientiam in mysterio, quæ abscondita est, quam prædestinavit Deus ante sæcula in gloriam nostram,

8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

8 quam nemo principum hujus sæculi cognovit: si enim cognovissent, numquam Dominum gloriæ crucifixissent.

9 But

A omit

as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things

BA ⟨what things soever⟩

which God hath prepared for them that love him.

9 Sed sicut scriptum est: Quod oculus non vidit, nec auris audivit, nec in cor hominis ascendit, quæ præparavit Deus iis qui diligunt illum:

10 But

B ⟨For⟩

God hath revealed them unto us by his

ℵBA ⟨the⟩

Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

10 nobis autem revelavit Deus per Spiritum suum: Spiritus enim omnia scrutatur, etiam profunda Dei.

11 For what man

A ⟨who⟩

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.

11 Quis enim hominum scit quæ sunt hominis, nisi spiritus hominis, qui in ipso est? ita et quæ Dei sunt, nemo cognovit, nisi Spiritus Dei.

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.

12 Nos autem non spiritum hujus mundi accepimus, sed Spiritum qui ex Deo est, ut sciamus quæ a Deo donata sunt nobis:

13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost

ℵBA ⟨Spirit⟩

teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual

B ⟨spiritually⟩

.

13 quæ et loquimur non in doctis humanæ sapientiæ verbis, sed in doctrina Spiritus, spiritualibus spiritualia comparantes.

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.

14 Animalis autem homo non percipit ea quæ sunt Spiritus Dei: stultitia enim est illi, et non potest intelligere: quia spiritualiter examinatur.

15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

15 Spiritualis autem judicat omnia: et ipse a nemine judicatur.

16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

16 Quis enim cognovit sensum Domini, qui instruat eum? nos autem sensum Christi habemus.