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1 Corinthians 12:3
Wherefore I give you to understand that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed, and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost.
Wherefore I give you to understand that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed, and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost.
Verse 1 Corinthians 12:3. _NO MAN SPEAKING BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD_] It was granted on all hands that there could be no religion without _Divine_ _inspiration_, because God alone, could make his will kn...
WHEREFORE I GIVE YOU TO UNDERSTAND - I make known to you. The force of this expression is, “I give you this rule to distinguish,” or by which you may know what influences and operations are from God....
2. THE BODY AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BODY CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Concerning spiritual manifestations and diversities of gifts. (1 Corinthians 12:1 .)_ 2. The Body and its members. (1 Corinthians 12:12 .) In...
He begins by distinguishing true gifts of the Spirit from their counterfeit. Unhappily 1 Corinthians 12:2 is far from clear, and the text is perhaps corrupt. Paul may appeal to their experience of ecs...
THE CONFESSION OF THE SPIRIT (1 Corinthians 12:1-3)...
Brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant about manifestations of the Spirit. You know that when you were heathens you were led away to dumb idols, just as any impulse moved you. I want you therefore...
GIVE YOU TO UNDERSTAND. make known to you. Greek. _gnorizo._ NO MAN. no one. Greek. _oudeis._ SPEAKING. App-121. BY. in. App-104. SPIRIT OF GOD. Greek. _pneuma Theou._ The new nature. App-101. GO...
_Wherefore_ The connection of thought is as follows. When you were heathen you were carried hither and thither by the pretended utterances of your gods, and believed whatever they might tell you. But...
1 Corinthians 12:1-11. Spiritual Gifts; their origin and character "We have often to remind ourselves that this Epistle was addressed to a Church in a state of faction. One cause of rivalry was the me...
ἸΗΣΟΥ͂Σ twice אABC Vulg. Peshito. Ἰησοῦν rec. with DEG Vetus Lat. F has Ἰησοῦ in the first place and Ἰησοῦν in the second. 3. ΔΙῸ ΓΝΩΡΊΖΩ ὙΜΙ͂Ν. Because in your unconverted state you were liable to su...
1 Corinthians 12:1-11. SPIRITUAL GIFTS; THEIR ORIGIN AND CHARACTER ‘We have often to remind ourselves that this Epistle was addressed to a Church in a state of faction. One cause of rivalry was the me...
_MANY MEMBERS WITH DIFFERENT GIFTS 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-11:_ Sadly the brethren at Corinth were divided over "men." Paul wanted it understood that God had given different spiritual gifts to different me...
ΈΝ (G1722) с _dat._ в, через, под контролем. ΛΑΛΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G3956) говорить. _Adj. part._ в роли _subst._ ΆΝΆΘΕΜΑ (G331) то, что удалено от бога, покинутый богами, проклятие, пр...
DISCOURSE: 1981 NO KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST BUT BY THE SPIRIT 1 Corinthians 12:3. _I give you to understand, that ….. no man can say, that Jesus is the Lord, bat by the Holy Ghost_. WE trust that amongst...
NO MAN, SPEAKING BY THE SPIRIT—CALLETH JESUS ACCURSED.— "No man that is inspired by the Spirit of God, can speak evil of Jesus; and no man cometh to him, and heartily owns him for his _Lord,_ except G...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Sovereign of Diversity (1 Corinthians 12:1-3) 12 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2You know that when you were heathen, you w...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Text_ 1 Corinthians 12:1-11. Now concerning spiritual gifts. brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2 Ye know that when ye were Gentiles ye were led away unto those dumb idols...
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. Negative and positive te...
21 The phrase..the Lord's _ supper_ " is misleading. Supper denotes an _ evening _ meal, but the word here employed has no such significance, though its first observance was at night. The word denotes...
_(E) SPIRITUAL GIFTS_ In the early Church various powers, faculties, and graces were bestowed on individual Christians by the Holy Spirit. Some of these were distinctly miraculous, such as prophecy, t...
WHEREFORE] i.e. because these gifts differ from any experience you had when heathens. CALLETH JESUS ACCURSED] RV 'saith, Jesus is anathema,' as unbelieving Jews would say. JESUS IS THE LORD] cp. Roman...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 12 *SPIRITUAL GIFTS 12:1-31 1. JESUS IS *LORD 12:1-3 V1 Now about the *Holy Spirit’s gifts, *brothers and *sisters, I do not want to leav...
WHEREFORE I GIVE YOU TO UNDERSTAND. — Better, _Wherefore I make known unto you._ Because such was your condition, and there still seems to linger in your minds some of the ignorance which belonged to...
CHAPTER 18 CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS This Epistle is well fitted to disabuse our minds of the idea that the primitive Church was in all respects superior to the Church of our own day. We turn page a...
§ 39. THE VARIOUS CHARISMS OF THE ONE SPIRIT. In treating of the questions of Church order discussed in this Div. of the Ep., the Ap. penetrates from the outward and visible to that which is innermost...
Their old experience of the spells of heathenism had not prepared the Cor [1834] to understand the workings of God's Spirit and the notes of His presence. On this subject they had asked (1), and P. no...
DIFFERING SPIRITUAL GIFTS 1 Corinthians 12:1 Each believer, being an heir of God, has the _same amount of grace_ placed to his credit in the heavenly bank, on which he can draw in time of need. This...
Now the apostle turned from the corrective section of his letter to the constructive as he proceeded to deal with the spiritualities which negative the carnalities. These are those of the unifying Spi...
Recognizing God's Spirit It must be remembered that the people of Corinth were primarily Gentiles who had served idols all their lives. They were ignorant of God's will. Spiritual gifts were given by...
(3) Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus (c) accursed: and [that] no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. (3) The conclusi...
_No man, speaking by the Spirit of God, &c. He tells them, if they see a person moved in an extraordinary manner, and say anathema, curse, or speak ill of Jesus, such an one cannot be moved by a good...
With this diabolical, capricious, and blind impulse, Paul contrasts the new breath with which the Holy Spirit penetrates the Church, a breath which has a fixed and glorious object, the Lord Jesus, and...
“Now as to spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2. Ye know that when ye were Gentiles, ye were carried away unto dumb idols, even as ye were driven. 3. Wherefore I give you to und...
(1) Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. (2) Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. (3) Wherefore I give you to und...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
_THE UNFOLDING OF THE DIVINE REVELATION_ “No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the holy Ghost.’ 1 Corinthians 12:3 This supreme gift of knowledge of God, though given along with other gift...
3._Wherefore I give you to know. _Having admonished them from their own experience, he sets before them a general doctrine, which he deduces from it; for what the Corinthians had experienced in themse...
The other branch of the truth, in reference to the assembly of God in general and to the assemblies, is the presence and the gifts of the Holy Ghost. These, as well as the Lord's supper, are in connec...
WHEREFORE I GIVE YOU TO UNDERSTAND,.... Or "I make known unto you"; what I am about to say are certain truths, and to be depended on, THAT NO MAN SPEAKING BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD CALLETH JESUS ACCURSED;...
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and _that_ no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. Ver. 3. _Calleth Jesus a...
_Wherefore_ Since it was so with you once, and it is otherwise now, this is a full demonstration of the truth of the Christian religion, through your faith in, and reception of, which, you received th...
I GIVE YOU TO UNDERSTAND; he begins by stating a general rule whereby to test the genuineness of all alleged spiritual gifts. They all unite in putting supreme honor upon Christ. Compare 1 John 4:1-3....
The Lord's supper has been first considered, being the most important of all gatherings, because it is for the united expression of the affections of the saints toward Him. Now ministry toward the sai...
ACCURSED: Or, Anathema...
WHEREFORE. MAKE KNOWN UNTO YOU, THAT NO MAN SPEAKING IN THE SPIRIT OF GOD SAITH, JESUS IS ANATHEMA; AND NO MAN CAN SAY, JESUS IS LORD, BUT IN THE HOLY SPIRIT. 'Wherefore. make known unto you' -'For...
1-11 Spiritual gifts were extraordinary powers bestowed in the first ages, to convince unbelievers, and to spread the gospel. Gifts and graces greatly differ. Both were freely given of God. But where...
The apostle proveth that they had received their spiritual gifts from the Spirit of God, because when they had not received this Spirit, they blasphemed the Christian religion, and called Christ ACCUR...
Wherefore I make known unto you, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jesus is anathema [devoted to destruction, hence accursed]; _and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit...
Origen de Principiis Book I the declaration by Paul, that no one can call Jesus Lord, save by the Holy Spirit.[60] Origen de Principiis Book I In this manner, then, is the working of the power of G...
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A WARNING THAT SPIRITUAL GIFTS CAN BE IMITATED BY EVIL FORCES (12:1-3) 'Now concerning spiritual things (‘what is spiritual'), brothers, I would not have you ignorant. You know that when you were Gen...
SPIRITUAL GIFTS FOR THE WELL-BEING OF CHRIST AND HIS BODY (12:1-14:33). Paul now begins his reply to their question about spiritual gifts ('concerning spiritual things') and immediately gives an initi...
_First principle:_ ‘Recognition of “Jesus as the Lord” is an unfailing test of the reality of spiritual gifts.' This is stated both negatively and positively. Ver. 3. WHEREFORE I GIVE YOU TO UNDERSTA...
WHEREFORE I GIVE YOU TO UNDERSTAND (διο γνωριζω υμιν). Causative idea (only in Aeschylus in old Greek) in papyri (also in sense of recognize) and N.T., from root γνω in γινωσκω, to know.SPEAKING IN...
1 Corinthians 12:3 A Test of True Inspiration. It is not easy at first to understand St. Paul's object in this passage. He seems to be laying down, first of all, a truism about which there can be no...
1 Corinthians 12:1. _Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led._ Although the mem...
CONTENTS: Spiritual gifts in the Body of Christ, for ministry and worship. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The Body of Christ in the world is for the service for, and manifesta...
1 Corinthians 12:1. _Now concerning spiritual gifts,_ and gifts promised to old men, to young men, and to handmaids, according to Joel 2:28, I would now speak, in the third part of this epistle, and a...
A CURSE ON JESUS. This implies that some who claimed to have God's Spirit had said that Jesus was a phony (an impostor) who deserved the death he died. _MacKnight_ thinks these might have been Jewish...
_Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant._ SPIRITUAL GIFTS The particular gifts to which St. Paul was referring were not exactly as a whole like anything that is to be...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 12:3 Because of their pre-Christian experience of pagan worship services (v. 1 Corinthians 12:2), some Corinthians may have had concerns about speaki
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1 Some Corinthian Christians seem to have been creating divisions over spiritual gifts. Paul’s use of the body analogy in 1 Corinthians 12
CHAPTER 12 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER In this and the two following Chapter s S. Paul discusses Christian gifts and graces. In this chapter he points out I. That gifts are variously distributed by the...
_Wherefore... no man_... _calleth Jesus accursed_. The "wherefore" shows this verse to be a conclusion from the preceding, and explains it. I have reminded you, he says, of your previous condition as...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 12:1.—GIFTS is a translators’ supplement; right in fact, as 1 Corinthians 12:4 show; slightly too precise in word. Almost certainly _neuter_, and so very general, “_spir...
EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 12:1.—1 Corinthians 14:1.—ON SPIRITUAL GIFTS, AND THE DANGER WHICH AROSE FROM THE
Now concerning the spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you be ignorant (1 Corinthians 12:1). An interesting statement of Paul, because I think that in the church one of the areas where the gre...
1 Corinthians 16:22; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 1 John 4:2; 1 John 4:3;...
Calleth Jesus accursed [λ ε γ ε ι α ν α θ ε μ α ι η σ ο υ ς]. Lit., saith Anathema Jesus. Rev., preserving the formula, saith Jesus is Anathema. Compare Acts 18:6, and see on offerings, Luke 21:5. Pau...
CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS 1 Corinthians 12:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A contrast between the spiritual and the carnal in Abram and Lot (Genesis 18:1 and Genesis 19:1). 2. A contrast between
Therefore — Since the heathen idols cannot speak themselves, much less give spiritual gifts to others, these must necessarily be among Christians only. As no one speaking by the Spirit of God calleth...
The great difference that was then in the world, was about Jesus. Those that were led away by dumb idols, were taught by Satan to blaspheme, and say, upon the mention of our Saviour's name, Jesus ANAT...