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 the discovery. The things which God hath prepared] The spiritual blessings and comforts and enhghtenment revealed in Christ.
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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....
_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...
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...
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...
_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...
ΆΛΛΆ (G235) но. Противоречие содержится между невежеством, выраженным в ст.8, и знанием, которое выражено в эллиптическом обороте, введенном с помощью ΆΛΛ и гл. ΈΓΝΩΣΑΝ (ст. 8), что следует понимать ...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
2:9 written, (p-6) See Isaiah 64:4 ....
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...
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...
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...
§ 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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
“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...
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...
(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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
The Gospel itself true wisdom:...
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...
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 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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 2:9 But G235 as G2531 written G1125 (G5769) G3739 Eye G3788 has G1492 not G3756 seen...
‘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...
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 2:9. 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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 John 4:19; 1 Peter 1:12; Hebrews 11:16; Isaiah 64:4; James 1:12;...
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...
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...
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...
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...