In the words-which the Holy Ghost teacheth; the Spirit taught them not only what was to be communicated, but how to communicate it-not in preaching only, but in writing. As the Holy Ghost taught the writers of the Bible what truths to communicate and in what words to communicate them, it may safely be relied on as an exact expression of the will of God, and a perfect rule of faith and practice.
Verse 1 Corinthians 2:13. _WHICH THINGS ALSO WE SPEAK_] We dare no more use the _language_ of the Jews and the Gentiles in speaking of those glorious things, than we can indulge their _spirit_. The G...
WHICH THINGS WE SPEAK - Which great, and glorious, and certain truths, we, the apostles, preach and explain. NOT IN THE WORDS WHICH MAN’S WISDOM TEACHETH - Not such as human philosophy or eloquence wo...
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...
THE PROCLAMATION AND THE POWER (1 Corinthians 2:1-5)...
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...
ALSO WE SPEAK. we speak also. WHICH MAN'S, &C. = taught (Greek. _didaktos._ Only here and John 6:45) by man's wisdom. BUT... TEACHETH. Supply Ellipsis (App-6), "but in (things) taught by the Spirit...
_comparing spiritual things with spiritual_ These words have been interpreted in several ways. (1) Wiclif renders them "_maken a liknesse of_(i.e. explaining) _spyritual things to goostli men_." (2) T...
[ἁγίου] after ΠΝΕΎΜΑΤΟΣ. Om. אABCD, Vetus Lat., Vulg. and Peshito. It has the look of a marginal gloss or an unauthorized addition, perhaps from habit. 13. Ἅ, i.e. the things freely given us by God, o...
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...
_BUT WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS 2:13-16:_ Paul wanted the Corinthians to know that the words that he spoke to them were Spirit inspired words. They were not words that he thought up by h...
ΛΑΛΟΫ́ΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980) говорить (_см._ 1 Corinthians 2:6). ΔΙΔΑΚΤΌΣ (G1318) наученный. Субстантивированное отглагольное _adj._ с _pass._ значением, с последующим _gen._, указы...
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...
COMPARING SPIRITUAL THINGS, &C.— _Explaining,_ &c. Wall, Elsner. "Comparing one part of revelation with another." It is plain, says Mr. Locke, that the _spiritual things_ which he here speaks of, are...
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,...
Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. ALSO - we not only know by the Holy Spirit,...
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...
2:13 wisdom, (d-11) It may perhaps be translated, 'taught words of human wisdom.' communicating (e-19) Or 'expounding.' it means literally 'mixing or putting together;' as interpreting or expounding,...
WE SPEAK] Our language no less than our truths are the result of the spiritual insight with which God has enlightened our minds. COMPARING SPIRITUAL THINGS WITH SPIRITUAL] The phrase should be transla...
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 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...
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...
NOT IN THE WORDS. — Not only the gospel truths themselves, but the very form and manner in which those truths are taught is the result of spiritual insight. COMPARING SPIRITUAL THINGS WITH SPIRITUAL....
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...
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 “...
ἃ καὶ λαλοῦμεν the vb [395] of 1 Corinthians 2:6-7 (see note): there opposed to μυστήριον, here to εἰδῶμεν (_cf._ John 3:11) “which things indeed we speak out”; knowing these great things of God, we _...
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...
(12) Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; (o) comparing spiritual things with spiritual. (12) Now he returns to his purpose, and...
Which mysteries and divine truths, we apostles (even when we speak to the more perfect sort of men) deliver not in the learned words of human wisdom, not in the fine languages, studied periods and sen...
“Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth, appropriating spiritual things to spiritual men.” Here is the resuming of the λαλοῦμεν, _we sp...
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...
13._Which things also we speak, not in the learned words, etc_. He speaks of himself, for he is still employed in commending his ministry. Now it is a high commendation that he pronounces upon his pre...
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...
WHICH THINGS ALSO WE SPEAK,.... Namely, the things which have not been seen by the eye, heard by the ear, or understood by the heart of man; the things God has prepared for his people; the deep things...
Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. Ver. 13. _But which the Holy Ghost teacheth_] S...
_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,...
WHICH THINGS ALSO WE SPEAK, NOT IN THE WORDS WHICH MAN'S WISDOM TEACHETH, BUT WHICH THE HOLY GHOST TEACHETH, COMPARING SPIRITUAL THINGS WITH SPIRITUAL....
The Word and spiritual discernment:...
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...
WHICH THINGS ALSO WE SPEAK, NOT IN WORDS WHICH MAN'S WISDOM TEACHETH, BUT WHICH THE SPIRIT TEACHETH; COMBINING SPIRITUAL THINGS WITH SPIRITUAL WORDS. 'Which things' -the "things" God prepared for tho...
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...
Reason and all practice directeth men to speak and write of subjects in a style and phrase fitted to the matter about which they write or discourse. Our subjects, saith the apostle, were sublime, spir...
Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual words. [Here again we have a clear claim to inspiration,...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I And the apostle says, "Which things we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth."[196] Clement of Alexandria Strom...
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‘Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.' ‘We speak.' Thus all who truly teach in Christ's name do...
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 2:13. WHICH THINGS WE (the apostles) SPEAK, NOT IN THE WORDS WHICH MAN'S WISDOM TEACHETH, BUT WHICH THE SPIRIT [2] TEACHETH, COMBINING SPIRITUAL THINGS (in their _matter)_ WITH SPIRITUAL...
WHICH THINGS ALSO WE SPEAK (α κα λαλουμεν). This onomatopoetic verb λαλεω (from λα-λα), to utter sounds. In the papyri the word calls more attention to the form of utterance while λεγω refers more t...
WORDS (1) The writers of Scripture invariably affirm, where the subject is mentioned by them at all, that the words of their writings are divinely taught. This, of necessity, refers to the original d...
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...
SO THEN. The apostles _passed on to mankind_ all the Spirit made known to them. Paul has no esoteric secrets to be whispered only to a select circle. If only the spiritually mature understand, it is n...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 2:13 Every Christian is a SPIRITUAL person, that is, one who is led and empowered by the Holy Spirit; see also Romans 8:9;...
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...
_Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth. I.e_., not in words taught by Cicero, Demosthenes, or Aristotle, such as human wisdom teac...
_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 1:17; 1 Corinthians 10:3; 1 Corinthians 12:1; 1 Corinthians 14:2;...
Not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth. Lit., not in the taught words of human wisdom. Compare Plato : "Through love all the intercourse and speech of God with man, whether awake or asleep, is c...
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...
Which also we speak — As well as know. In words taught by the Holy Spirit — Such are all the words of scripture. How high a regard ought we, then, to retain for them! Explaining spiritual things by sp...