1 Corinthians 12:1

For the heading of the new topic, which runs on to the end of ch. 14., see note on 1 Corinthians 7:1. τῶν πνευματικῶν is neut. “concerning spiritual things (gifts, powers),” as in 1 Corinthians 14:1 (cf. πνευμάτων, 1 Corinthians 12:12) and 1 Corinthians 8:1; not “spiritual persons” (1 Corinthians 14:37; 1 Corinthians 2:15), as Hf [1813] and some others would have it: not the status of the persons spiritually endowed, but the operations of the Spirit who endows them are in question. “ δὲ is transitional, with a shade of antithesis to τὰλοιπὰ … διατάξομαι : ‘Whatever subject I postpone, I must not delay to explain the nature of spiritual gifts' ” (Ed [1814]). On οὐ θέλω ἀγνοεῖν, cf. note to 1 Corinthians 10:1 : the Ap. has something to explain not quite obvious and highly important.

[1813] J. C. K. von Hofmann's Die heilige Schrift N.T. untersucht, ii. 2 (2te Auflage, 1874).

[1814] T. C. Edwards' Commentary on the First Ep. to the Corinthians. 2