1. और हे भाइयों, जब मैं परमेश्वर का भेद सुनाता हुआ तुम्हारे पास आया, तो वचन या ज्ञान की उत्तमता के साथ नहीं आया।

1. AS FOR myself, brethren, when I came to you, I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony and evidence or mystery and secret of God [concerning what He has done through Christ for the salvation of men] in lofty words of eloquence or human philosophy and wisdom;

2. क्योंकि मैं ने यह ठान लिया था, कि तुम्हारे बीच यीशु मसीह, बरन क्रूस पर चढ़ाए हुए मसीह को छोड़ और किसी बात को न जानूं।

2. For I resolved to know nothing (to be acquainted with nothing, to make a display of the knowledge of nothing, and to be conscious of nothing) among you except Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and Him crucified.

3. और मैं निर्बलता और भय के साथ, और बहुत थरथराता हुआ तुम्हारे साथ रहा।

3. And I was in (passed into a state of) weakness and fear (dread) and great trembling [after I had come] among you.

4. ओर मेरे वचन, और मेरे प्रचार में ज्ञान की लुभानेवाली बातें नहीं; परन्तु आत्मा और सामर्थ का प्रमाण था।

4. And my language and my message were not set forth in persuasive (enticing and plausible) words of wisdom, but they were in demonstration of the [Holy] Spirit and power [a proof by the Spirit and power of God, operating on me and stirring in the minds of my hearers the most holy emotions and thus persuading them],

5. इसलिये कि तुम्हारा विश्वास मनुष्यों के ज्ञान पर नहीं, परन्तु परमेश्वर की सामर्थ पर निर्भर हो।।

5. So that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men (human philosophy), but in the power of God.

6. फिर भी सिद्ध लोगों में हम ज्ञान सुनाते हैं: परन्तु इस संसार का और इस संसार के नाश होनेवाले हाकिमों का ज्ञान नहीं।

6. Yet when we are among the full-grown (spiritually mature Christians who are ripe in understanding), we do impart a [higher] wisdom (the knowledge of the divine plan previously hidden); but it is indeed not a wisdom of this present age or of this world nor of the leaders and rulers of this age, who are being brought to nothing and are doomed to pass away.

7. परन्तु हम परमेश्वर का वह गुप्त ज्ञान, भेद की रीति पर बताते हैं, जिसे परमेश्वर ने सनातन से हमारी महिमा के लिये ठहराया।

7. But rather what we are setting forth is a wisdom of God once hidden [from the human understanding] and now revealed to us by God--[that wisdom] which God devised and decreed before the ages for our glorification [to lift us into the glory of His presence].

8. जिसे इस संसार के हाकिमों में से किसी ने नहीं जाना, क्योंकि यदि जानते, तो तेजोमय प्रभु को क्रूस पर न चढ़ाते।
भजन संहिता 24:7-10

8. None of the rulers of this age or world perceived and recognized and understood this, for if they had, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory.

9. परन्तु जैसा लिखा है, कि जो आंख ने नहीं देखी, और कान ने नहीं सुना, और जो बातें मनुष्य के चित्त में नहीं चढ़ी वे ही हैं, जो परमेश्वर ने अपने प्रेम रखनेवालों के लिये तैयार की हैं।
यशायाह 52:15, यशायाह 64:4

9. But, on the contrary, as the Scripture says, What eye has not seen and ear has not heard and has not entered into the heart of man, [all that] God has prepared (made and keeps ready) for those who love Him [who hold Him in affectionate reverence, promptly obeying Him and gratefully recognizing the benefits He has bestowed]. [Isa. 64:4; 65:17.]

10. परन्तु परमेश्वर ने उन को अपने आत्मा के द्वारा हम पर प्रगट किया; क्योंकि आत्मा के द्वारा हम पर प्रगट किया; क्योंकि आत्मा सब बातें, बरन परमेश्वर की गूढ़ बातें भी जांचता है।

10. Yet to us God has unveiled and revealed them by and through His Spirit, for the [Holy] Spirit searches diligently, exploring and examining everything, even sounding the profound and bottomless things of God [the divine counsels and things hidden and beyond man's scrutiny].

11. मनुष्यों में से कौन किसी मनुष्य की बातें जानता, केवल मनुष्य की बातें भी कोई नहीं जानता, केवल परमेवर का आत्मा।
नीतिवचन 20:27

11. For what person perceives (knows and understands) what passes through a man's thoughts except the man's own spirit within him? Just so no one discerns (comes to know and comprehend) the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

12. परन्तु हम ने संसार की आत्मा नहीं, परन्तु वह आत्मा पाया है, जो परमेश्वर की ओर से है, कि हम उन बातों को जानें, जो परमेश्वर ने हमें दी हैं।

12. Now we have not received the spirit [that belongs to] the world, but the [Holy] Spirit Who is from God, [given to us] that we might realize and comprehend and appreciate the gifts [of divine favor and blessing so freely and lavishly] bestowed on us by God.

13. जिन को हम मनुष्यों के ज्ञान की सिखाई हुई बातों में नहीं, परन्तु आत्मा की सिखाई हुई बातों में, आत्मिक बातें आत्मिक बातों से मिला मिलाकर सुनाते हैं।

13. And we are setting these truths forth in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the [Holy] Spirit, combining and interpreting spiritual truths with spiritual language [to those who possess the Holy Spirit].

14. परनतु शारीरिक मनुष्य परमेश्वर के आत्मा की बातें ग्रहण नहीं करता, क्योंकि वे उस की दृष्टि में मूर्खता की बातें हैं, और न वह उन्हें जान सकता है क्योंकि उन की जांच आत्मिक रीति से होती है।

14. But the natural, nonspiritual man does not accept or welcome or admit into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of God, for they are folly (meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of knowing them [of progressively recognizing, understanding, and becoming better acquainted with them] because they are spiritually discerned and estimated and appreciated.

15. आत्मिक जन सब कुछ जांचता है, परन्तु वह आप किसी से जांचा नहीं जाता।

15. But the spiritual man tries all things [he examines, investigates, inquires into, questions, and discerns all things], yet is himself to be put on trial and judged by no one [he can read the meaning of everything, but no one can properly discern or appraise or get an insight into him].

16. क्योंकि प्रभु का मन किस ने जाना है, कि उसे सिखलाए? परन्तु हम में मसीह का मन है।।
यशायाह 40:13

16. For who has known or understood the mind (the counsels and purposes) of the Lord so as to guide and instruct Him and give Him knowledge? But we have the mind of Christ (the Messiah) and do hold the thoughts (feelings and purposes) of His heart. [Isa. 40:13.]