NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers
1 Corinthians 2:16
Origen Commentary on John Book X
Now to see into the real truth of these matters is the part of that true intelligence which is given to those who can say,[80]
Origen Commentary on John Book X
Now to see into the real truth of these matters is the part of that true intelligence which is given to those who can say,[80]
1 CORINTHIANS 2:16 Cristou/ {B} The original text appears to be Cristou/ (strongly supported by î46 a A C Y 048 _al_), which was assimilated in other witnesses to the preceding...
Verse 1 Corinthians 2:16. _FOR WHO HATH KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD_] Who that is still an animal man can know the mind of God? so as to instruct him, viz. the spiritual man, the same that is spoken o...
FOR WHO HATH KNOWN ... - This passage is quoted from Isaiah 40:13. The interrogative form is a strong mode of denying that anyone has ever known the mind of the Lord. The argument of Paul is this, “No...
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)...
HATH KNOWN. knew. LORD. App-98. THAT HE MAY. who shall. INSTRUCT. Greek. _sumbibazo._ See Acts 9:22. Quoted from Isaiah 40:14. CHRIST. App-98....
_For who hath known the mind of the Lord_ See note on 1 Corinthians 1:10. The Hebrew of Isaiah 40:13, here quoted, has _spirit_, the Septuagint _mind_. St Paul here follows the Septuagint, which is ne...
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...
ΤΊΣ ΓᾺΡ ἜΓΝΩ ΝΟΥ͂Ν ΚΥΡΊΟΥ. See note on 1 Corinthians 1:10. The Hebrew of Isaiah 40:13, here quoted (and also in Romans 11:34), has _spirit_, the Septuagint _mind_. St Paul here follows the Septuagint,...
_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...
ΈΓΝΩ _aor. ind. act. 3 pers. sing._ (G1097) знать, ΝΟΎΣ (G3563) ум, мысль, план. Совокупное наименование для всех мыслей сознания (Schlatter), ΌΣ (G3739) кто, который; rel. _pron._ используется для в...
DISCOURSE: 1943 ADVANTAGES OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN 1 Corinthians 2:15. _He that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may...
THAT HE MAY INSTRUCT HIM.— _"Him,_ refers here to _spiritual man_ in the former verse, says Mr. Locke; for St. Paul is shewing, not that a _natural man,_ and a mere philosopher, cannot instruct Christ...
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,...
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. FOR - proof that the spiritual man "is judged of no man." In order to judge him, the natural man...
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...
2:16 him? (g-13) See Isaiah 40:13-14 . mind (h-18) _ Nous_ , 'the intelligent faculty;' see Note, ch. 1.5....
WHO HATH KNOWN] adapted from Isaiah 40:18. No man untouched by God's Spirit can know anything of His mind. His truth is only revealed to those in sympathy with the spirit and character of Christ....
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...
FOR. — This is the proof that the enlightened spiritual man cannot be judged by any one who is not thus enlightened. “Who (thus uninstructed) can know the mind of the Lord Jesus, that he may instruct...
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...
Of the three clauses of Isaiah 40:13, P. adopts in Romans 11:34 the 1James, 2 nd, here the 1James, 3 rd; in both instances from the LXX (which renders the Heb. freely), in both instances without the κ...
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...
(16) For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may (t) instruct him? But we have (u) the mind of Christ. (16) A reason from the former saying: for he is called spiritual, who has learned that b...
For who among the sensual men of the world, hath known the mind of the Lord, so as to be able to instruct him, or them, whom he guides by his spirit. --- But we, whom he has chosen to be his apostles,...
“With the humble, more humble; with the proud, more proud,” says some one. Never did any one practise this maxim better than the Apostle Paul. Face to face with those who disparage him, he rises to an...
1 Corinthians 2:14-16 . We come to the development of the third term: _among the perfect._...
“But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man; 16. for who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct Him? But we have the mind of the Lord.” 1Co 2:6 supp...
REFLECTIONS READER! behold the great Apostle in his fervent zeal to the cross of Christ! Think, in what view that cross appeared to his mind! He knew it's value. He hath felt, and experienced, the ble...
(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...
16._For who hath known _? It is probable that Paul had an eye to what we read in the 40th chapter of Isaiah. The Prophet there asks, Who hath been God’s counselor? Who hath weighed his Spirit, (142)...
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...
FOR WHO HATH KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD,.... The deep counsels of his heart, the scheme of salvation by Jesus Christ, as drawn in his eternal mind, the sense of the Spirit of God in the writings of th...
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. Ver. 16. _But we have the mind of Christ_] This is a privilege confined to the communion of saints,...
1 Cor. 2:15, 16. "For he that is spiritual judgeth all things; but he himself is judged of no man." He that has the Spirit of God to teach him truth, he is not in those things subject to the judgment...
_But he that is spiritual_ Whose mind is enlightened, and his heart renewed by the Spirit of God; _judgeth_ Or rather discerneth; _all things_ Namely, all the things of God whereof we have been speaki...
FOR WHO HATH KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD; no one but he who has been taught by the Spirit of the Lord. The natural man therefore, who has not been thus taught, cannot judge us who are spiritual, and HA...
FOR WHO HATH KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD THAT HE MAY INSTRUCT HIM? BUT WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST. The apostle now refers more particularly to his office, including the other apostles in a category wit...
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...
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FOR WHO HATH KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE SHOULD INSTRUCT HIM? BUT WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST. 'For' -quotation from Isaiah 2:13. also quoted in Romans 11:34. 'WHO HATH KNOW THE MIND OF THE L...
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...
OLBGrk; FOR WHO HATH KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE MAY INSTRUCT HIM? This phrase is taken out of ISAIAH 40:13, and was quoted by our apostle before, ROMANS 11:34: the sense of it, as here used,...
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ [A spiritual man, helped by the indwelling Spirit of God, is enabled to judge of things divine, and...
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‘But the spiritual one (pneumatikos) judges all things, and he himself is judged of no man. For “who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.' The...
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 2:16. FOR WHO HATH KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE MAY INSTRUCT HIM? The question is quoted from Isaiah 40:13 (as in LXX,). BUT WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST. The meaning is, that thou...
FOR WHO HATH KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD (Τις γαρ εγνω νουν Κυριου;). Quotation from Isaiah 40:13.THAT HE SHOULD INSTRUCT HIM (ος συνβιβασε αυτον). This use of ος (relativeWHO ) is almost consecu...
1 Corinthians 2:16 I. What is the mind of Christ? Is it some high intellectual attainment? Or is it some great moral victory over the affections? The expression is evidently a very full one; for you m...
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 40:13 Septuagint. He uses this to illustrate his statement in 1 Corinthians 2:14-15_. The_ greatest of the Greek philosophers, who were the most intellig...
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...
_Who hath known the mind of the Lord?_ Since the spiritual man has been taught by God and follows His rules, so far as he is such, he can be judged by no one; for one who should judge him ought to be...
_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...
Ephesians 3:3; Ephesians 3:4; Genesis 1:12; Isaiah 40:13; Isaiah 40:14
Mind [ν ο υ ν]. See on Romans 7:23. The understanding of the Lord. The divine counsels or purposes which are the results of the divine thought. See on Romans 11:34. Instruct [σ υ μ β ι β α σ ε ι]. Se...
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...
Who — What natural man. We — Spiritual men; apostles in particular. Have — Know, understand. The mind of Christ — Concerning the whole plan of gospel salvation. Isaiah 40:13...
That is, "What man, without divine revelation and spiritual illumination, ever knew or understood the mind of God so well, as to be able to instruct, direct, and inform the spiritual man about it? But...