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Verse 1 Corinthians 2:9. _BUT, AS IT IS WRITTEN_] The quotation is
taken from Isaiah 64:4. The sense is continued here from verse seven,
and λαλουμεν, _we speak_, is understood-We do not _speak_ or
p...
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BUT AS IT IS WRITTEN - This passage is quoted from Isaiah 64:4. It is
not quoted literally; but the sense only is given. The words are found
in the apocryphal books of Elijah; and Origen and Jerome su...
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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
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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...
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THE PROCLAMATION AND THE POWER (1 Corinthians 2:1-5)...
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True, we speak wisdom among those who are mature--but it is a wisdom
which does not belong to this world, nor to the rulers of this world
whose extinction is inevitable. But we speak the wisdom of God...
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IS. has been. The quotation is from Isaiah 64:4. App-107.
HATH NOT SEEN. saw not. App-133.
NOR EAR HEARD. and ear heard not (Greek. _ou)_.
NEITHER HAVE, &C. = and went not (Greek. _ou)_ up.
INTO....
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_But as it is written, Eye hath not seen_ There has been much
discussion whence these words are derived, but they are quite
sufficiently near to the passage in Isaiah 64:4 to be regarded as a
quotatio...
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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...
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ἈΛΛᾺ ΚΑΘῺΣ ΓΈΓΡΑΠΤΑΙ. Translate as R.V. ‘Things
which the eye saw not,’ &c. There has been much discussion whence
these words are derived, but they are quite sufficiently near to the
passage in Isaiah...
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_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...
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DISCOURSE: 1939
THE GOSPEL A STUPENDOUS MYSTERY
1 Corinthians 2:9. _It is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath
prepared for...
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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,...
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But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for
them that love him.
BUT [ alla (G235)] - in strong contra...
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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...
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2:9 written, (p-6) See Isaiah 64:4 ....
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EYE HATH NOT SEEN] A free quotation, perhaps from memory, of Isaiah
64:4 with the addition of 'neither have entered into the heart of
man,' in order to emphasise the fact that man has had no share in...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AS IT IS WRITTEN. — Where do the words which follow occur? They are
not to be found as here given anywhere in the Old Testament. It has
therefore been suggested (Origen) that they are from some apocry...
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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...
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confirms by the language of Scripture (καθὼς γέγραπται)
what has just been said. The verse is open to three different
constructions: (1) It seems best to treat the relatives, ἅ, ὅσα,
as in apposition...
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§ 7. THE GOSPEL CONSIDERED AS WISDOM. So far Paul has been
maintaining that his message is a “folly,” with which “wisdom of
word” is out of keeping; yet all the while he makes it felt that it
is wisdo...
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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...
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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...
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The Spirit Reveals God's Wisdom
Paul indicated he was ready to speak with wisdom from God if his
listeners were ready to hear it. However, he would not speak with a
worldly wisdom, which would have re...
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(8) But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither
have entered into the (i) heart of man, the things which God hath
prepared for them that love him.
(8) Another objection: but how c...
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“but as it is written: things which the eye hath not seen, and which
the ear hath not heard, and which have not entered into the heart of
man, which God hath prepared for them that love Him.”
The gram...
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The apostle describes wisdom, of which he speaks from the viewpoint of
its superhuman origin (1 Corinthians 2:6-7), then from that of its
impenetrable obscurity to the natural understanding (1 Corinth...
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(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...
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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...
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_THE RELATION OF THE SEEN TO THE UNSEEN_
‘Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the
heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love
Him. But God hath reveale...
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9._As it is written, “What eye hath not seen.” _All are agreed
that this passage is taken from Isaiah 64:4, and as the meaning is at
first view plain and easy, interpreters do not give themselves much...
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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...
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BUT AS IT IS WRITTEN,.... Not in an apocryphal book, called the
Apocalypse of Elijah the prophet, as some have thought, but in
Isaiah 64:4 with some variation; and is brought to prove that the
Gospel...
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But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for
them that love him.
Ver. 9. _Eye hath not seen, &c._] It is...
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_But_ This ignorance fulfils what is written concerning the blessings
of the Messiah's kingdom; _eye hath not seen_, &c. No merely natural
or unenlightened man hath either seen, heard, or known; _the...
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AS IT IS WRITTEN; Isaiah 64:4.
THE THINGS WHICH GOD HATH PREPARED; it is in these things, which
include all the blessings the gospel bestows on men here, and the
"exceeding and eternal weight of glor...
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BUT AS IT IS WRITTEN, EYE HATH NOT SEEN, NOR EAR HEARD, NEITHER HAVE
ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF MAN THE THINGS WHICH GOD HATH PREPARED FOR
THEM THAT LOVE HIM.
The apostle had said that his Gospel is fo...
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The Gospel itself true wisdom:...
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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...
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BUT AS IT IS WRITTEN, THINGS WHICH EYE SAW NOT, AND EAR HEARD NOT, AND
WHICH ENTERED NOT INTO THE HEART OF MAN, WHATSOEVER THINGS GOD
PREPARED FOR THEM THAT LOVE HIM.
'as it is written' -(Isaiah 2:4...
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6-9 Those who receive the doctrine of Christ as Divine, and, having
been enlightened by the Holy Spirit, have looked well into it, see not
only the plain history of Christ, and him crucified, but the...
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The place where this is written is by all agreed to be ISAIAH 64:4,
where the words are, _For since the beginning of the world men have
not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen,...
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but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, And
which entered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God
prepared for them that love him. [This passage is taken from Isa 6...
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1 Clement
For [the Scripture] saith, "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither
have entered into the heart of man, the things which He hath prepared
for them that wait for Him."[143]
Martyrdom of P...
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1 Corinthians 2:9 But G235 as G2531 written G1125 (G5769) G3739 Eye
G3788 has G1492 not G3756 seen...
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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...
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‘But as it is written, “Things which eye saw not, and ear heard
not, and which did not enter into the heart of man, whatever things
(those refer to) God prepared for those who love him”.'
He declares...
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1 Corinthians 2:9. BUT AS IT IS WRITTEN (Isaiah 64:4, or 1 Corinthians
2:3 in Heb., which is here recalled in fragmentary form), THINGS WHICH
EYE SAW NOT, etc. The truth here expressed by the prophet...
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BUT AS IT IS WRITTEN
(αλλα καθως γεγραπτα). Elliptical sentence like
Romans 15:3 where γεγονεν (it has happened) can be supplied. It
is not certain where Paul derives this quotation as Scripture. Or...
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1 Corinthians 2:9
I. In the text we have the revelation given us as to the things which
God hath prepared for them that love Him. There seems to be wonderful
beauty and expressiveness in this thought...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AS THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. Paul paraphrases Isaiah 64:4 Septuagint. This
describes "Christ on the cross," that is, _God's secret wisdom._ No
one ever expected God to act in history by sending the Eternal...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 2:6 God’s Spirit bridges the
gap between the deep things of God and the human heart, graciously
preparing human beings to understand the message of the cross. See
a...
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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...
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_But, as it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for
them that love Him._ After "but" there is an ecthlipsis, and...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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1 John 4:19; 1 Peter 1:12; Hebrews 11:16; Isaiah 64:4; James 1:12;...
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Eye hath not seen, etc. From Isaiah 64:4, freely rendered by
Septuagint. The Hebrew reads : "From of old men have not heard, not
perceived with the ear, eye has not seen a God beside Thee who does
(gl...
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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...
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But this ignorance of theirs fulfils what is written concerning the
blessings of the Messiah's kingdom. No natural man hath either seen,
heard, or known, the things which God hath prepared, saith the...
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These words, EYE HATH NOT SEEN, &C. do not immediately respect the
happiness of heaven and. future state, though very often they are so
applied; but they are primarily spoken of the gospel state, and...