1 Corinthians 2, Catholic Public Domain Version
And so, brothers, when I came to you, announcing to you the testimony of Christ, I did not bring exalted words or lofty wisdom.
Et ego, cum venissem ad vos, fratres, veni non in sublimitate sermonis, aut sapientiæ, annuntians vobis testimonium Christi.
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For I did not judge myself to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Non enim judicavi me scire aliquid inter vos, nisi Jesum Christum, et hunc crucifixum.
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And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and with much trembling.
Et ego in infirmitate, et timore, et tremore multo fui apud vos:
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And my words and preaching were not the persuasive words of human wisdom, but were a manifestation of the Spirit and of virtue,
et sermo meus, et prædicatio mea non in persuasibilibus humanæ sapientiæ verbis, sed in ostensione spiritus et virtutis:
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so that your faith would not be based on the wisdom of men, but on the virtue of God.
ut fides vestra non sit in sapientia hominum, sed in virtute Dei.
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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.
Sapientiam autem loquimur inter perfectos: sapientiam vero non hujus sæculi, neque principum hujus sæculi, qui destruuntur:
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Instead, we speak of the wisdom of God in a mystery which has been hidden, which God predestined before this age for our glory,
sed loquimur Dei sapientiam in mysterio, quæ abscondita est, quam prædestinavit Deus ante sæcula in gloriam nostram,
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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.
quam nemo principum hujus sæculi cognovit: si enim cognovissent, numquam Dominum gloriæ crucifixissent.
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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.”
Sed sicut scriptum est: Quod oculus non vidit, nec auris audivit, nec in cor hominis ascendit, quæ præparavit Deus iis qui diligunt illum:
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But God has revealed these things to us through his Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.
nobis autem revelavit Deus per Spiritum suum: Spiritus enim omnia scrutatur, etiam profunda Dei.
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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.
Quis enim hominum scit quæ sunt hominis, nisi spiritus hominis, qui in ipso est? ita et quæ Dei sunt, nemo cognovit, nisi Spiritus Dei.
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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.
Nos autem non spiritum hujus mundi accepimus, sed Spiritum qui ex Deo est, ut sciamus quæ a Deo donata sunt nobis:
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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.
quæ et loquimur non in doctis humanæ sapientiæ verbis, sed in doctrina Spiritus, spiritualibus spiritualia comparantes.
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But the animal nature of man does not perceive these things that are of the Spirit of God. For it is foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand it, because it must be examined spiritually.†
Animalis autem homo non percipit ea quæ sunt Spiritus Dei: stultitia enim est illi, et non potest intelligere: quia spiritualiter examinatur.
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But the spiritual nature of man judges all things, and he himself may be judged by no man.
Spiritualis autem judicat omnia: et ipse a nemine judicatur.
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For who has known the mind of the Lord, so that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
Quis enim cognovit sensum Domini, qui instruat eum? nos autem sensum Christi habemus.
Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain · Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592)