¹A ja, keď som k vám prišiel, bratia, neprišiel som vo vznešenosti slova alebo múdrosti zvestujúc vám svedoctvo Božie.

¹And I, having come unto you, brethren, came — not in superiority of discourse or wisdom — declaring to you the testimony of God,

²Lebo som nebol usúdil vedieť niečo iné medzi vami krome Ježiša Krista, a toho ukrižovaného.

²for I decided not to know any thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified;

³A ja som bol u vás v slabosti a v bázni a triasol som sa mnoho.

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

⁴A moja reč a moja kázeň nezáležala v presviedčavých ľudskej múdrosti slovách, ale v dôkaze Ducha a moci,

⁴and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power —

⁵aby vaša viera nebola v ľudskej múdrosti, ale v moci Božej.

⁵that your faith may not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

⁶A múdrosť hovoríme medzi dokonalými, ale nie múdrosť tohoto sveta ani kniežat tohoto sveta, ktoré hynú;

⁶And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age — of those becoming useless,

⁷ale hovoríme múdrosť Božiu v tajomstve, skrytú, ktorú predurčil Bôh pred veky na našu slávu,

⁷but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,

⁸ktorej neznal nikto z kniežat tohoto sveta, lebo keby boli poznali, neboli by Pána slávy ukrižovali.

⁸which no one of the rulers of this age did know, for if they had known, the Lord of the glory they would not have crucified;

⁹Ale jako je napísané: Čoho oko nevidelo a ucho nepočulo a čo na srdce človeka nevstúpilo, čo všetko Bôh prihotovil tým, ktorí ho milujú.

⁹but, according as it hath been written, `What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him —`

¹⁰Ale nám Bôh zjavil skrze svojho Ducha. Lebo Duch zpytuje všetko, aj hlbiny Božie.

¹⁰but to us did God reveal [them] through His Spirit, for the Spirit all things doth search, even the depths of God,

¹¹Lebo kto z ľudí vie, čo je v človekovi krome ducha človeka, ktorý je v ňom? Tak ani vecí Božích nepoznal a nezná nikto, iba Duch Boží.

¹¹for who of men hath known the things of the man, except the spirit of the man that [is] in him? so also the things of God no one hath known, except the Spirit of God.

¹²A my sme nedostali ducha sveta, ale Ducha, ktorý je z Boha, aby sme vedeli, čo všetko nám je z milosti darované od Boha,

¹²And we the spirit of the world did not receive, but the Spirit that [is] of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us,

¹³čo aj hovoríme, no, nie učenými ľudskej múdrosti slovami, ale učenými od Svätého Ducha, s duchovnými vecmi duchovné porovnávajúc.

¹³which things also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, with spiritual things spiritual things comparing,

¹⁴Ale telesný človek nechápe vecí Ducha Božieho, lebo sú mu bláznovstvom, a nemôže ich poznať, lebo sa majú duchovne posudzovať.

¹⁴and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know [them], because spiritually they are discerned;

¹⁵Ale duchovný človek posudzuje všetko a sám nie je posudzovaný od nikoho.

¹⁵and he who is spiritual, doth discern indeed all things, and he himself is by no one discerned;

¹⁶Lebo kde kto poznal myseľ Pánovu, ktorý by ho učil? No, my máme myseľ Kristovu.

¹⁶for who did know the mind of the Lord that he shall instruct Him? and we — we have the mind of Christ.