Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Corinthians 2:12
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world — This spirit is not properly received; for the men of the world always had it. But Christians receive the Spirit of God, which before they had not.
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world — This spirit is not properly received; for the men of the world always had it. But Christians receive the Spirit of God, which before they had not.
1 CORINTHIANS 2:12 ko,smou Influenced by a similar expression in ver. 1 Corinthians 2:6 (tou/ aivw/noj tou,tou) copyists added the demonstrative, producing...
Verse 1 Corinthians 2:12. _NOW WE HAVE RECEIVED, NOT THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD_] We, who are the genuine apostles of Christ, have received this Spirit of God, by which we know the deep things of God; a...
NOW WE HAVE RECEIVED - We who are Christians; and especially we, the apostles. The following verse shows that he had himself and the other apostles chiefly in view; though it is true of all Christians...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Apostle's Preaching. (1 Corinthians 2:1)._ 2. The Revelation of the Spirit. (1 Corinthians 2:6). 3. The Helplessness and Ignorance of the Natural Man. (1 Corin
YET THERE IS A CHRISTIAN WISDOM REVEALED BY GOD'S SPIRIT. Yet there is a true wisdom of which the Christian teachers speak to those who are mature; not a wisdom of this world or of the angels who are...
But God revealed it through his Spirit, for the Spirit explores all things, even the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of the man unless the spirit of the man which is in him? So no on...
THE PROCLAMATION AND THE POWER (1 Corinthians 2:1-5)...
HAVE. Omit. WORLD. Greek. _kosmos._ App-129. SPIRIT. App-101. OF. by. App-104. FREELY GIVEN. App-184. OF. by. App-104....
_Now we have received_ Literally, WE RECEIVED, i.e. when we became disciples. _that we might know_ The word here signifies to perceive, rather than to gather by the exercise of the reason. Such thing...
1 Corinthians 2:1-16. THE WISDOM OF THE GOSPEL DISCERNIBLE BY THE SPIRITUAL FACULTIES ALONE The Apostle now begins to justify his preaching. It was not that of one skilled in the fashionable argumenta...
ἘΛΆΒΟΜΕΝ. We cannot press the strict sense of the aorist here. See note on 1 Corinthians 2:16. The gift of the Spirit is not a single, but a continuous act. Yet it is not a _completed_ act, which woul...
_THINGS FREELY GIVEN US OF GOD 1 CORINTHIANS 2:9-12:_ The benefits of the gospel are beyond what could ever be imagined in this life and in the life to come. Paul described gospel benefits saying, "Bu...
ΤΌ ΠΝΕΎΜΑ ΤΟΫ́ ΚΌΣΜΟΥ (G4151; G2889) дух мира. Качественный _gen._, дух, который оживляет мир (Lenski). ΈΛΆΒΟΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) принимать, ΕΊΔΏΜΕΝ _perf. conj. act. от_ ΟΊΔΑ (G...
DISCOURSE: 1941 INFLUENCES OF THE SPIRIT 1 Corinthians 2:12. _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...
NOW WE HAVE RECEIVED— _We,_ the true Apostles, or rather _I;_ for though he speaks in the plural number to avoid ostentation, as they might interpret it, yet he is here justifying himself, and shewing...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Undiscoverable but Understandable (1 Corinthians 2:6-16) 6 Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age,...
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. WE HAVE RECEIVED, NOT THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD -...
21 To this day the great, the noble, and the wise are a small minority among the true saints of God. It is a matter of extreme thankfulness that this is so. If high birth or wisdom or any other attain...
2:12 Spirit (c-13) Note here again the difficulty, arising from 'spirit' used for cause and state, as to putting a large S to signify the person of the Holy Spirit....
THE NATURE OF ST. PAUL'S PREACHING 1-5. Paraphrase. 'When I visited you in Corinth I made no attempt to reconcile my message with your Greek philosophy, (2) but kept to the proclamation of the facts o...
PARAPHRASE. 'There is indeed a wisdom with which the facts of the gospel are in harmony and which we declare to those who are ripe to receive it. (7, 8) It is not the wisdom of this world, for that le...
THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD] i.e. the wisdom falsely so called, which brought men no blessing. THE SPIRIT WHICH IS OF GOD] i.e. true spiritual insight, which God gives by bestowing upon us a portion of Hi...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 2 WHAT PAUL *PREACHED 2:1-5 V1 Christian *brothers and *sisters, when I came to you I did not come with clever words or great ideas. I *pr...
WE. — This must not be confined to the Apostles exclusively. Though referring primarily to them, it includes all the members of the Christian Church as one with its teachers and rulers. The “things fr...
CHAPTER 5 DIVINE WISDOM IN the preceding paragraph Paul has explained why he had proclaimed the bare facts regarding Christ and His crucifixion and trusted to the Cross itself to impress the Corinth...
ἡμεῖς δέ, “But _we_ ”: _cf._ the emphatic ἡμῖν of 1 Corinthians 2:10 (see note) and the ἡμεῖς δὲ of 1 Corinthians 1:23, standing in contrast with the σοφοὶ and δυνατοὶ of the world. The κόσμος whose “...
to 1 Corinthians 3:2. § 8. THE REVEALING SPIRIT. The world's rulers committed the frightful crime of “crucifying the Lord of glory,” because in fact they have only “the spirit of the world,” whereas “...
GOD'S WISDOM SPIRITUALLY REVEALED 1 Corinthians 2:6 The perfect are those who are full grown and matured in Christian experience. They need strong meat. For them there are blessed unveilings of the s...
The apostle reminds the Corinthian Christians that when he first came to them he did not come with excellency of speech, or of wisdom, but with "the Word of the Cross." Yet there must be no foolish im...
Only the Spirit Knows No one can know the inner secrets of a man without the spirit (inner man) of that man revealing them. In a similar manner, only the Spirit of God can reveal God's mysteries. That...
Now we have received, not the (m) spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; (11) that we might (n) know the things that are freely given to us of God. (m) The Spirit which we have received...
“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:” This verse is the development of the word _by th...
With 1 Corinthians 2:10 the apostle passes to the development of the second term of his theme: λαλοῦμεν, _we speak._ This wisdom, being God's conception, and inaccessible to the mind of man, how can P...
(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 naught: (7) But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even...
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 SPIRIT OF PROMISE_ ‘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.’ 1 Corinthians 2:12 Los...
12._Now we have received, not the spirit of the world _He heightens by contrast the certainty of which he had made mention. “The Spirit of revelation,” says he, “which we have received, is not of the...
It was in this spirit that Paul had come among them at first; he would know nothing but Christ, [2] and Christ in His humiliation and abasement, object of contempt to senseless men. His speech was not...
NOW WE HAVE RECEIVED NOT THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD,.... Meaning either Satan, the god of the world, the spirit that is in it, and rules over it; or the sinful carnal disposition of the men of the world,...
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. Ver. 12. _Not the spirit of the world_] The world...
_Now we have received, not the spirit of the world_ Which suggests worldly wisdom; the spirit that is in worldly, carnal people, and which guides and governs them; a spirit which is earthly, sensual,...
NOT THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD; which could instruct us only in the things of this world, and make us, like itself, earthly in all our views and feelings. MIGHT KNOWN; by his revelation. THE THINGS THAT...
The revelation of the Spirit:...
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. While the attitude of the rulers of this world, bot...
It was through Paul that the Corinthians had been brought to God; and he here reminds them that when he first came there, he had avoided the use of high-sounding speech and intellectual arguments: it...
BUT WE RECEIVED, NOT THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD, BUT THE SPIRIT WHICH IS FROM GOD; THAT WE MIGHT KNOW THE THINGS THAT WERE FREELY GIVEN TO US OF GOD. 'not the spirit of the world' -'spirit that belongs...
10-16 God has revealed true wisdom to us by his Spirit. Here is a proof of the Divine authority of the Holy Scriptures, 2 Peter 1:21. In proof of the Divinity of the Holy Ghost, observe, that he know...
By THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD some understand the devil, that evil spirit which is in the world, and ruleth those that are worldly, carnal men: others understand a mere human spirit, by which men underst...
But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God. [As a man alone knows himself, so God alone knows him...
A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity This is He who restrains insatiable desires, controls immoderate lusts, quenches unlawful fires, conquers reckless impulses, repels drunkenness, checks av...
1 Corinthians 2:12 Now G1161 we G2249 received G2983 (G5627) not G3756 spirit G4151 world G2889 but G235
‘But we received, not the spirit of the world but the Spirit of God, that we might know the things that are freely given to us by God.' The contrast with the Spirit of God is the spirit of the world....
THIS MESSAGE IS REVEALED TO MEN BY THE ONE HOLY SPIRIT ENLIGHTENING THE MIND AND HEART (2:9-16). 1 Corinthians 2:9 are connecting verses. They confirm what has been said about the wonder of what God...
1 Corinthians 2:12. NOW WE 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. Not only are the things themselves ‘...
BUT WE (ημεις δε). We Christians likeUS (ημιν) in verse 1 Corinthians 2:10 of the revelation, but particularly Paul and the other apostles.RECEIVED (ελαβομεν). Second aorist active indicative o...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "world-system". (1 Corinthians 7:31); (1 Corinthians 7:33); (John 7:7). ( See Scofield) - ...
1 Corinthians 2:6 Mystery Revealed. I. The redemption of Jesus Christ is a great mystery of the Divine thought and heart. The Apostle uses a singular term to designate those to whom the revelation is...
CONTENTS: Christian revelation not indebted to human wisdom. Spiritual verities not discoverable to human wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The Christian on his knees ca...
1 Corinthians 2:2. _I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ and him crucified._ That is, to know him in the glory of his person, as revealed in the oracles of truth. “I and the...
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THIS WORLD'S SPIRIT. Paul contrasts _this world's spirit_ (the demonic inspiration of the pagan prophets, such as Acts 16:16), with the Spirit sent by God. SO THAT we MAY KNOW ALL...
CHAPTER II. SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER He proceeds to exalt the spiritual wisdom of Christ above all natural and animal wisdom. Therefore he says: I. That he knew and preached nothing but Christ cruci...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ (_For many points, see Homiletic Analysis_.) 1 Corinthians 2:1. I.—Slightly emphatic; _q.d_. “I was myself also in complete harmony of spirit and method with the lines of God’s proce...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 2:1 _St. Paul's own method._ 1 CORINTHIANS 2:1 AND I; "I too;" I in accordance with God's method. WHEN I CAME TO YOU. The date of his first visit was in A.D. 52, an
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God (1 Corinthians 2:1). Paul didn't come as one of the Corinthian philosopher...
1 Corinthians 2:6; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 1 John 2:20; 1 John 2:27;...
The spirit of the world [τ ο π ν ε υ μ α τ ο υ κ ο σ μ ο υ]. For this use of pneuma, see on Romans 8:4, under 7. Kosmov world, is used with the ethical sense. See on John 1:9, under 4, e, The phrase m...
PAUL THE PREACHER 1 Corinthians 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Apostle, Paul, now is speaking of the kind of an entrance he had among the Corinthians. He had been very happy to move among them and prea...
Observe here, 1. The apostle declares what spirit they had not received, namely, the spirit they had not received, namely, the spirit of the world: WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD: that i...