1 Coríntios 2
John Phillips · Citado em PreceptAustin
1 Coríntios 2
Phillips - You may as well know now that it was my secret determination to concentrate entirely on Jesus Christ and the fact of his death upon the cross. NET 1 Corinthians 2:2 For I decided to be concerned about nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. NLT 1 Corinthians 2:2 For I decided that while I was with you I would forget everything except Jesus Christ, the one who was crucified. ESV 1 Corinthians 2:2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. NIV 1 Corinthians 2:2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. GNT 1 Corinthians 2:2 οὐ γὰρ ἔκρινά τι εἰδέναι ἐν ὑμῖν εἰ μὴ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν καὶ τοῦτον ἐσταυρωμένον. KJV 1 Corinthians 2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. YLT 1 Corinthians 2:2 for I decided not to know any thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified; ASV 1 Corinthians 2:2 For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. CSB 1 Corinthians 2:2 For I didn't think it was a good idea to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. NKJ 1 Corinthians 2:2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. NRS 1 Corinthians 2:2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. NAB 1 Corinthians 2:2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. NJB 1 Corinthians 2:2 I was resolved that the only knowledge I would have while I was with you was knowledge of Jesus, and of him as the crucified Christ. GWN 1 Corinthians 2:2 While I was with you, I decided to deal with only one subject-Jesus Christ, who was crucified. BBE 1 Corinthians 2:2 For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross. To know nothing among you: 1Co 1:22-25 Joh 17:3 Ga 3:1 6:14 Php 3:8-10 1 Corinthians 2 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passage: 2 Corinthians 4:5+ For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake. PAUL'S ONE GREAT THEME: THE CROSS OF CHRIST For I determined - Paul did not check his brain at the city limits of Corinth! Paul's point was, as (Wuest) phrases it "after weighing the issues, (he) decided not" to use his considerable powers of reasoning and debating to present the Gospel. Paul made a conscious choice to preach Christ and that is the challenge for every preacher, every time they preach. Is that the choice you make each week? If not your preaching may be popular, but it is not prioritizing the Person Who rescues the perishing (and rest assured there is someone in your audience that day who is perishing!) Paul kept the Cross of Christ the crux the crucial point, the vital truth, the central or critical point, the heart, the core, the essence. Determined is krino which in this context means he made a personal decision (judgment), a deliberate act of his will, a conscious choice of his will (determined is active voice), resolving how he would present Christ to the unregenerate sinners in Corinth. Paul did not preach Christ crucified by chance or by force of habit, but because of a definite resolution of his will. In a city filled with "human wisdom" it would have been tempting to seek to sound wise in his presentation (that's what flesh would do), but as a Spirit filled, Word centered, Christ exalting man, he determined otherwise. In so doing he gives us all a good model to emulate as we seek to present Jesus to those (especially the intelligentsia) around us who are dead in their trespasses and sins (Eph 2:1+). THOUGHT - It might be easy to read over this section and say these are good principles if you a minister or a pastor, but we need to remember we are all "ministers" for Christ in one form or another, so these principles apply to all believers. But if we are to imitate Paul (and we are - 1 Cor 11:1+), we need to make a conscious decision to tell about Christ crucified, for the time is short and eternity is long! Lowell
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Phillips - The wisdom we speak of is that mysterious secret wisdom of God which he planned before the creation for our glory today. NET 1 Corinthians 2:7 Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory. NLT 1 Corinthians 2:7 No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God-- his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began. ESV 1 Corinthians 2:7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. NIV 1 Corinthians 2:7 No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. GNT 1 Corinthians 2:7 ἀλλὰ λαλοῦμεν θεοῦ σοφίαν ἐν μυστηρίῳ τὴν ἀποκεκρυμμένην, ἣν προώρισεν ὁ θεὸς πρὸ τῶν αἰώνων εἰς δόξαν ἡμῶν· KJV 1 Corinthians 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: YLT 1 Corinthians 2:7 but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory, ASV 1 Corinthians 2:7 but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory: CSB 1 Corinthians 2:7 On the contrary, we speak God's hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined before the ages for our glory. NKJ 1 Corinthians 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, NRS 1 Corinthians 2:7 But we speak God's wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. NAB 1 Corinthians 2:7 Rather, we speak God's wisdom, mysterious, hidden, which God predetermined before the ages for our glory, NJB 1 Corinthians 2:7 It is of the mysterious wisdom of God that we talk, the wisdom that was hidden, which God predestined to be for our glory before the ages began. GWN 1 Corinthians 2:7 We speak about the mystery of God's wisdom. It is a wisdom that has been hidden, which God had planned for our glory before the world began. hidden wisdom: Ps 78:2 Isa 48:6,7 Mt 11:25 13:35 Ro 16:25,26 Eph 1:4 3:4-9 Col 1:26,27 2Ti 1:9 1Pe 1:11 Rev 13:8 to our glory: Romans 5:2, 1Pe 5:1,10 2Pe 1:3 1 Corinthians 2 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries GOD'S WISDOM A MYSTERY HIDDEN BUT PREDESTINED But - Term of contrast. Paul has said what wisdom is not and now explains four things that this wisdom is = (1) God's (2) A mystery (3) Hidden (4) Predestined. As Hodge says God wisdom "is the revelation of the counsels of eternity in connection with human redemption." Note Paul teaches four things about wisdom in this passage - It is God's wisdom. It is a mystery. It has been hidden. It has been predestined. We (present tense - continually) speak God's wisdom (sophia) in a mystery (musterion - long hidden but now revealed and understandable) - God's wisdom in contrast to the wisdom of man, the wisdom of this age. Paul uses the word mystery of truth that was formerly concealed but is now revealed by the Spirit to all who have eyes to see and ears to hear. Mystery as used in the NT not mean something full of suspense with a surprise ending (however in a sense there will be a "surprise ending" for all who fail to understand God's mystery during this short life!). Robertson on the superiority of God's wisdom - Every age of the world has a conceit of its own and it is particularly true of this twentieth century, but God’s wisdom is eternal and superior to the wisdom of any age or time. God’s wisdom is alone absolute. Later Paul uses mystery declaring "Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God (ALL THE TRUTH ENTRUSTED TO PAUL, BUT ESPECIALLY THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL)." (1 Cor 4:1+) Stevenson has an interesting comment on mystery religions in the ancient world "When you were initiated into the cult, you were given the secret knowledge of the cult. In so doing, you became initiated into its mysteries. These mysteries were kept from the outsider. They were only for the initiated. Christianity is like that. You cannot stand on the outside and look in and understand its truths. It is only when you have come to Christ in faith and have been "initiated" into the family of God that you can begin to understand the glorious wisdom of the cross. (The Wisdom of the Gospel) Wisdom (4678) see above on sophia Mystery (3466)(musterion from mustes = one initiated [as into the Greco-Roman "mystery" religions] from mueo = to close or shut) in the NT is a truth never previously known, a truth which human intellect could never discover, but one which has now been made known by divine revelation. In Paul's day musterion was a technical term utilized by the "mystery religions" which referred to a secrets concealed by strange customs and ceremonies and confided only to those initiated into the "mystery cult". Musterion embraced ideas such as "a secret rite," "secret teaching," and "a divine mystery which is beyond human comprehension." The "mystery-religions" had their secrets and signs just as seen in modern secret societies. Those initiated into these pagan cults, knew these secret signs. Uses of musterion in letters to Corinth - 1 Co. 2:7; 1 Co. 4:1; 1 Co. 13:2; 1 Co. 14:2; 1 Co. 15:51. The hidden (apokrupto in perfect tense - which has been kept secret) wisdom (sophia) - This wisdom was hidden in the sense that it was not revealed to a natural (unregenerate) man's understanding (see Ro 16:25+; Col. 1:26; Eph. 3:5). "This word (hidden) always means something that people must be initiated into—something undiscoverable by human reason." (Hodge) Was this wisdom of God available before the Cross, in the Old Testament? Of course it was for God wanted none to perish but for all fallen men to come to repentance (2 Pe 3:9+). In fact we see this wisdom from the very outset when Adam sin and spiritually died, God in what is known as the protevangelium declared "I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.” ." (Ge 3:15+) Hidden (613)(apokrupto form apó = from, away + krupto = hide, conceal by covering) means to hide away from the common gaze, and therefore secret. Apokrupto is used by Paul here (and 1Cor 2:7, Col 1:26) in a figurative sense to describe knowledge that cannot be known except through divine revelation. It is used in secular Greek writings of a "hidden trade (craft or skill)". Lk. 10:21; 1 Co. 2:7; Eph. 3:9; Col. 1:26 Arnold - God’s wisdom is the Cross and the plans and purposes of God--the deep things of God. This wisdom is a “secret” or “mystery.” A mystery is not something insolvable but a secret which man cannot penetrate by his own reasoning processes. A mystery is a secret that can only be known as God reveals it and makes it known. God’s wisdom is revelation from Himself, and man must be aided by God if He is going to understand it. A wisdom that has been hidden. God’s wisdom has been and still is hidden from the world. The worldling cannot understand the gospel unless God works upon him to do so. God’s wisdom is understood spiritually by faith and not by any human reasoning. The gospel is so profound; it is so subtle, so mysterious; it so surpasses the most exalted creations of human wisdom that it cannot be understood or appreciated by men unless they are aided by the Spirit of God. Cornerstone Bible Commentary has an interesting note that "Paul’s discussion (hidden wisdom) elaborates on incisive comments Jesus makes in Mt 11:25–26+ and Luke 10:21–22+. Which (His heavenly wisdom in the Gospel) God predestined (which God devised and decreed) before the ages to our glory (for our glorification) - NIV = "God destined for our glory before time began." The cross was not a last minute idea, a divine after-thought, but was included in God's before the world was created. So in eternity past God determined to reveal the plan of salvation in His wisdom, the Gospel. Paul speaks of this in his last letter writing to Timothy explaining that God "has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity (NET = "before time began")." (2Ti 1:9+) Arnold on predestined - Salvation, brought to a believing sinner through the gospel by faith in Jesus Christ was no afterthought in the mind of God. It was a plan set in motion before the world ever began. In the eternal counsels, salvation was pre-planned by God Himself. In eternity past, all three members of the Godhead covenanted together to save sinners through Jesus Christ on the basis of faith. God the Father covenanted with the Son and the Holy Spirit to elect a people to be saved; therefore the Father is the Originator of salvation. God the Son covenanted with the Father and the Holy Spirit to redeem to Himself through His own sacrifice those that the Father elected and gave to the Son; therefore, the Son is the Executor of salvation. God the Holy Spirit covenanted with the Father and the Son to come to this earth and apply the death of Christ to the elect by faith, awakening the hearts of people and bringing them the knowledge of Christ through the new birth so they would become the children of God; therefore the Holy Spirit became the Applier of salvation. The plan of the Godhead to save people is called in the Bible “the eternal covenant.” “Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord,“ (Heb. 13:20+). Theologically this is called the Covenant of Redemption. (See Dr S Lewis Johnson's discussion of The Mysterious Counsel Chamber, or the Covenant of Redemption) To our glory speaks of glory that believers can experience and manifest even now in this present age as we partake of His Word of Truth and the Spirit transforms us from glory to glory (2 Cor 3:18+). However more likely to our glory speaks of the blessed promise of our future glorification, for example as described by John who writes "Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him (Our eternal glorification), because we will see Him just as He is." (1 Jn 3:2+) Arnold on to our glory - The salvation the Trinity planned in eternity was not only for the glory of God but also for our glory. This includes both our future glorification when we shall be sinless and our daily glorification as we are being changed progressively into Christ’s likeness. “And we... are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit” (II Cor. 3:18). The gospel was designed to make men and women become what God originally created people to be. The Westminster Shorter Catechism says, "The chief end of man is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.” Christ somehow fulfills our humanity that has been marred by sin. Salvation was designed for the saint’s glory and happiness. The gospel which is God’s wisdom is designed to produce beautiful, godly, holy people, not only outwardly but inwardly as well—loving, compassionate, strong and yet merciful and tenderhearted people who are filled with grace, beauty and strength. Hodge on our glory - The word “glory” is often used for all the benefits of salvation. It includes all the excellence and blessedness that Christ has secured for his people (see Romans 5:2+ = "we exult in hope of the glory of God" = our future glorification). The idea that the scheme of redemption that the apostle here calls God’s secret wisdom was formed in the divine mind from eternity, far out of the reach of human penetration, and has under the Gospel been made known for our salvation is one often presented by the apostle (see Romans 16:25-26+; Ephesians 3:9+). Predestined (4309)(proorizo from pró = before + horízo = to determine, as by a boundary or limit in turn from horos = boundary, limit <> Source of our English word "horizon" = God's boundary between heaven and earth) literally means to mark out beforehand or set the the limits or boundaries in advance of any place or thing. Though proorizo meant simply to plan in advance, in the New Testament it conveys the idea id a divine decree of God, whereby He determined in advance that something should happen. Used 6x in the NT - Acts 4:28; Ro 8:29; Ro 8:30; 1 Co. 2:7; Eph. 1:5; Eph. 1:11 Glory (1391)(doxa) from dokeo = to think) in simple terms means to give a proper opinion or estimate of something. Glory is something that is a source of honor, fame, or admiration. It describes renown, a thing that is beautiful, impressive, or worthy of praise. Doxa in the Corinthian letters - 1 Co. 2:7; 1 Co. 2:8; 1 Co. 10:31; 1 Co. 11:7; 1 Co. 11:15; 1 Co. 15:40; 1 Co. 15:41; 1 Co. 15:43; 2 Co. 1:20; 2 Co. 3:7; 2 Co. 3:8; 2 Co. 3:9; 2 Co. 3:10; 2 Co. 3:11; 2 Co. 3:18; 2 Co. 4:4; 2 Co. 4:6; 2 Co. 4:15; 2 Co. 4:17; 2 Co. 6:8; 2 Co. 8:19; 2 Co. 8:23 Related Resources: What is the mystery of God referred to in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org What is the mystery of godliness? | GotQuestions.org What were the mystery religions? | GotQuestions.org What does the Bible say about predestination vs. free will? | GotQuestions.org What is predestination? Is predestination biblical? | GotQuestions.org How are predestination and election connected with foreknowledge? | GotQuestions.org Octavius Winslow on 1 Corinthians 2:7 - There is much of deep mystery in revelation. God, considered both in Himself and in His operations, is a mystery stretching far beyond the most sublime power of finite reason. "Can you by searching find out God? can you find out the Almighty unto perfection?" and of His operations may we not exclaim with the inspired penman, "Lo! these are parts of His ways; but how little a portion is heard of Him!" Christ, too, is the great "mystery of godliness." Whether His complex person is regarded—the union of the Divine and human natures in one—or whether we look at His work—His obedience and death constituting a full atonement to Divine justice in behalf of the sins of His people—it must be acknowledged a depth too profound for human thought adequately to fathom. What can poor finite reason accomplish here? What beams can its feeble, flickering light cast upon this world of mystery? And if ever it stands forth invested in its own native impotence, it is when it sits in judgment upon the doctrines and facts of revelation, discarding or retaining such only as are intelligible to its dwarfish capacity. "Which things," says the apostle, "the angels desire to look into." Mark his expressions! He represented not these celestial beings of purity and intellect as scaling the heights and diving into the depths of redemption's mystery, but "which things the angels desire"—scarcely dare—but "desire to look into." And yet for a fallen and unrenewed mind to sit in judgment upon God's truth can only be exceeded in its temerity by the depravity which prompts it. If the truth of God, in its doctrines and facts, is a mystery incomprehensible to unrenewed reason, what shall we say of the truth as experienced in the heart? If reason cannot understand the vast framework of truth, how can it comprehend the secret power by which it operates? The very fact, that to be understood it must be experienced, accounts for the difficulty. The transforming operation of the Holy Spirit upon the mind—giving it a new bias, new inclinations, turning its darkness into light, and kindling its enmity into love; the life of God in the soul, creating the man anew in Christ Jesus—that life which is hidden, ever productive of a holy life that is seen—its hopes and its fears, its defeats and its triumphs—the causes which operate to deaden it, and the spiritual nourishment by which it is supported—all, all is incomprehensible to human reason. Truly "the world knows us not." The cause of this incapacity of reason, in its natural state, to comprehend spiritual and experimental truth is its corruption and perversion by sin. Sin has impaired our mental faculties—enslaved, clouded, and debased our reason. We open God's word, and it declares that since the fall the nature of man has been corrupt, and his reason blind; his understanding darkened, and his heart, the seat of his affections, polluted: "having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart." The natural man, while in that state, so far from being able to explore the wide domain of spiritual truth, hates and flees from it when proposed to his consideration, "receiving not the things of the Spirit of God, they being foolishness unto him." This being the state of man, God's word consequently declares it necessary that, before spiritual truth can be understood, he should be "transformed by the renewing of his mind;" that he should be restored to that sound mind, and enlightened understanding, and spiritual discernment, with which his nature was endowed when it came originally from the hand of God; in a word, that he should be born again, created anew in Christ Jesus; that old things should pass away, and that all things should become new. Then, and then only, will he be able to understand the "truth of God in a mystery." 1 Corinthians 2:8 [the wisdom] which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;
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Phillips - None of the powers of this world have known this wisdom - if they had they would never have crucified the Lord of glory! NLT 1 Corinthians 2:8 But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would not have crucified our glorious Lord. ESV 1 Corinthians 2:8 None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. NIV 1 Corinthians 2:8 None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. GNT 1 Corinthians 2:8 ἣν οὐδεὶς τῶν ἀρχόντων τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου ἔγνωκεν, εἰ γὰρ ἔγνωσαν, οὐκ ἂν τὸν κύριον τῆς δόξης ἐσταύρωσαν. KJV 1 Corinthians 2:8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. YLT 1 Corinthians 2:8 which no one of the rulers of this age did know, for if they had known, the Lord of the glory they would not have crucified; ASV 1 Corinthians 2:8 which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory: CSB 1 Corinthians 2:8 None of the rulers of this age knew this wisdom, for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. NKJ 1 Corinthians 2:8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. NRS 1 Corinthians 2:8 None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. NAB 1 Corinthians 2:8 and which none of the rulers of this age knew; for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. NJB 1 Corinthians 2:8 None of the rulers of the age recognised it; for if they had recognised it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory; GWN 1 Corinthians 2:8 Not one of the rulers of this world has known it. If they had, they wouldn't have crucified the Lord of glory. none: 1Co 2:6 1:26-28 Mt 11:25 Joh 7:48 for: Lu 23:34 Joh 3:19-21 8:19 9:39-41 12:40-43 15:22-25 16:3 Ac 3:17 13:27 2Co 3:14 1Ti 1:13 the Lord: Ps 24:7-10 Ac 3:16,17 7:2 Jas 2:1 1 Corinthians 2 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries GOD'S WISDOM IS NOT HUMANLY DISCOVERED The wisdom (added by translators) which none of the rulers of this age has understood (known in an experiential way, "perceived and recognized and understood") - God's higher, heavenly wisdom (the truth about Him and His message for man) was a "mystery" to them. The point is that these rulers had no personal (experiential) knowledge. They knew the facts about Jesus, but they had no personal, intimate relationship with Him as the result of a proper processing of the facts. Facts about Jesus do not save. Only a personal relationship with Jesus saves. Many people (in America) know the facts about Jesus, but sadly I fear only a small percentage truly understand and remain spiritually dead in their trespasses and sins (Eph 2:1+). Understood...understood (1097)(ginosko) refers to experiential knowledge, not merely the accumulation of known facts and has many shades of meaning in the NT, in this context meaning to comprehend, to come to know, to perceive. As (Wuest) paraphrases 1 Cor 2:8 the sense is "known in an experiential way." Louw-Nida says that in 1 Cor 2:8 ginosko means "to come to an understanding as the result of ability to experience and learn." Of course the only way a sinner can come to that understanding is by the divine bestowal of beneficent grace. THOUGHT- We should never be surprised at what the world says or does. They don’t understand because they can’t understand. They don’t see because they can’t see. They don’t hear because they can’t hear. They are truly lost, truly blind, truly deaf, truly dead—and they don’t even know it. If you are among those who can see and hear and understand the truth, do not take any credit for it. Get down on your knees and thank God for opening your eyes. Thank God for rescuing you from the pit of despair. Thank God for turning your life around. Thank God for giving you eyes to see, ears to hear, and a heart to understand his truth. And then pray like crazy for those who are blind and deaf and without understanding. Ask God to do for them what he has done for you. Speak up and tell them the truth because it is the truth that sets people free. Do not despair if they do not understand. There was a time when you did not understand either. (Pritchard) For if they had understood it they would not have crucified - Stated another way, the crucifixion proved that the rulers did not understand who Jesus was, why He had come and what He accomplished on the Cross. One thinks of Pontius Pilate who asked "What is truth?" (Jn 18:38) not understanding that the Personification of Truth was standing directly in front of him at that very moment! Pilate did not know Who Jesus was. Had he truly known, he would not have given the order to crucify Him! This statement also describes the Jewish religious rulers (especially the hyper-religious Pharisees) who orchestrated the mock trial of Jesus and spurred the crowd to cry 'Crucify, crucify Him." (Lk 23:21+). Paul is saying that they crucified because of their spiritual ignorance. Peter uses this truth in his sermon in Acts 3:17+ "And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance (agnoia ~ agnostic), just as your rulers did also." Sweet little Jesus Boy, They made you be born in a manger. Sweet little Holy Child, We didn’t know Who You was. We didn’t know you come to save us, Lord; To take our sins away. Our eyes was blind, and we could not see, We didn’t know Who You was. Hodge points out "The fact that the rulers of this age were so blind as not to see that Christ was the Lord of glory, Paul cites as proof of their ignorance of God’s wisdom. Had they known the one, they would have known the other. Arnold - God’s wisdom is so superior to man’s wisdom that the rulers could not recognize it when they saw it. What they did was done in ignorance. This is why Christ said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” (Lk. 23:34+).
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Phillips - In the same way, my brothers, when I came to proclaim to you God's secret purpose, I did not come equipped with any brilliance of speech or intellect. NET 1 Corinthians 2:1 When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come with superior eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed the testimony of God. NLT 1 Corinthians 2:1 When I first came to you, dear brothers and sisters, I didn't use lofty words and impressive wisdom to tell you God's secret plan. ESV 1 Corinthians 2:1 And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. NIV 1 Corinthians 2:1 When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. GNT 1 Corinthians 2:1 Κἀγὼ ἐλθὼν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, ἦλθον οὐ καθ᾽ ὑπεροχὴν λόγου ἢ σοφίας καταγγέλλων ὑμῖν τὸ μυστήριον τοῦ θεοῦ. KJV 1 Corinthians 2:1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. YLT 1 Corinthians 2:1 And I, having come unto you, brethren, came -- not in superiority of discourse or wisdom -- declaring to you the testimony of God, ASV 1 Corinthians 2:1 And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. CSB 1 Corinthians 2:1 When I came to you, brothers, announcing the testimony of God to you, I did not come with brilliance of speech or wisdom. NKJ 1 Corinthians 2:1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. NRS 1 Corinthians 2:1 When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. NAB 1 Corinthians 2:1 When I came to you, brothers, proclaiming the mystery of God, I did not come with sublimity of words or of wisdom. NJB 1 Corinthians 2:1 Now when I came to you, brothers, I did not come with any brilliance of oratory or wise argument to announce to you the mystery of God. when: Ac 18:1-4 with: 1Co 2:4,13 1 Cor 1:17 Ex 4:10 Jer 1:6,7 Ro 16:18 2Co 10:10 11:6 the testimony: 1Co 1:6 Isa 8:20 Ac 20:21 Acts 22:18 2Th 1:10 1Ti 1:11 2Ti 1:8 1Jn 4:14 5:11-13 Rev 1:2,9 19:10 Highly recommended sermon by Ray Pritchard - Jesus Christ and Him Crucified Also highly recommended if you are a preacher sermon by Alan Carr - 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 The Biblical Pattern For Preaching 1 Corinthians 2 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passage: 1 Corinthians 1:6+ even as the testimony (marturion) concerning Christ was confirmed in you, Acts 20:21+ solemnly testifying (diamarturomai) to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 22:18+ ( and I saw Him saying to me, ‘Make haste, and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.’ 2 Thessalonians 1:10+ when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed–for our testimony to you was believed. SOPHIA - Personification of Wisdom at Library of Celsus in Ephesus PAUL'S APPROACH NOT WITH ELOQUENCE OR PHILOSOPHY Ray Pritchard summarizes this first section of chapter 2 - It’s the answer to the question, “Paul, why do you what you do?” If we want a ministry with a world-changing impact, then we need to heed his answer. Paul’s message (vv. 1-2), Paul's method (vv. 3-4), Paul's motive (v. 5). God's wisdom is shown by an empty Cross and living Savior, while man's wisdom is exemplified above by a dead statute of stone (SOPHIA - Personification of Wisdom ). The foolishness of a wise statute of stone! (cf Ro 1:21-22, 25) The wisdom of God will take you to Heaven for eternity, but the wisdom of man will take you to Hell forever and ever. Amen or Oh My! Paul will now explain clearly that superior speech is not the key to effective ministry, but only a sacrificed Savior. The Preacher's Outline & Sermon Bible has an interesting comment - The Corinthian church was deeply divided. Two of the issues dividing it were a dispute over what kind of preacher should fill their pulpit, and which former minister had contributed the most to their church (cp. 1 Cor. 1:11-16). The church desperately needed to understand what preaching really was. Only if they understood what God intended preaching to be could they hope to solve their differences. One of the strong solutions to division is sound preaching (ED: A SPECIFICALLY PREACHING OF CHRIST CRUCIFIED).(1 & 2 Corinthians) Matthew
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Phillips - As a matter of fact, in myself I was feeling far from strong; I was nervous and rather shaky. NET 1 Corinthians 2:3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and with much trembling. NLT 1 Corinthians 2:3 I came to you in weakness-- timid and trembling. ESV 1 Corinthians 2:3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, NIV 1 Corinthians 2:3 I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. GNT 1 Corinthians 2:3 κἀγὼ ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ καὶ ἐν φόβῳ καὶ ἐν τρόμῳ πολλῷ ἐγενόμην πρὸς ὑμᾶς, KJV 1 Corinthians 2:3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. YLT 1 Corinthians 2:3 and I, in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling, was with you; ASV 1 Corinthians 2:3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. CSB 1 Corinthians 2:3 I came to you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. NKJ 1 Corinthians 2:3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. NRS 1 Corinthians 2:3 And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. NAB 1 Corinthians 2:3 I came to you in weakness and fear and much trembling, NJB 1 Corinthians 2:3 I came among you in weakness, in fear and great trembling GWN 1 Corinthians 2:3 When I came to you, I was weak. I was afraid and very nervous. BBE 1 Corinthians 2:3 And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt. 1Co 4:10-13 Ac 17:1,6-12 20:18,19 2Co 4:1,7-12,16 6:4 7:5 10:1,10 2Co 11:29,30 12:5-10 13:4 Ga 4:13,14 1 Corinthians 2 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: 2 Cor 3:5-6+ Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God, 6 Who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. Acts 18:9-10+ And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid (present imperative with a negative - STOP BEING AFRAID) any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent; 10 for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city.” PAUL SENSE OF INADEQUACY I was with ("when I faced") you in ("passed into a state of") weakness and in fear and in much trembling -Paul did not come to Corinth with any degree of self-confidence. For a full year and a half (Acts 18:11+) Paul had this attitude! In this context, the description is more about Paul's state of mind then about the state of his physical body. While Paul does use astheneia in Galatians 4:13+ to refer to a bodily illness, in this context Paul uses weakness to express his sense of inadequacy (see "Related Passages" above) In other words, Paul is emphasizing that he had not come to them with confidence in his flesh, but in weakness of his flesh. This is a good position to be in because it enables God to work as Jesus explained to Paul (in a time of physical illness (cf 2 Cor 12:7-8) in 2 Cor 12:9+ declaring "My grace is sufficient (hikanos - adequate, enough) for you, for (MY) power (dunamis) is perfected in (your) weakness (astheneia).” Hodge - It was not in the consciousness of strength—self-confidence and self-reliance—that he appeared among them, but as oppressed with a sense of his weakness and insufficiency. He had a work to do that he felt to be entirely above his powers.
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Phillips - What I said and preached had none of the attractiveness of the clever mind, but it was a demonstration of the power of the Spirit! NET 1 Corinthians 2:4 My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, NLT 1 Corinthians 2:4 And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit. ESV 1 Corinthians 2:4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, NIV 1 Corinthians 2:4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, GNT 1 Corinthians 2:4 καὶ ὁ λόγος μου καὶ τὸ κήρυγμά μου οὐκ ἐν πειθοῖ[ς] σοφίας [λόγοις] ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ἀποδείξει πνεύματος καὶ δυνάμεως, KJV 1 Corinthians 2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: YLT 1 Corinthians 2:4 and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power -- ASV 1 Corinthians 2:4 And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: CSB 1 Corinthians 2:4 My speech and my proclamation were not with persuasive words of wisdom but with a powerful demonstration by the Spirit, NKJ 1 Corinthians 2:4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, NRS 1 Corinthians 2:4 My speech and my proclamation were not with plausible words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, NAB 1 Corinthians 2:4 and my message and my proclamation were not with persuasive (words of) wisdom, but with a demonstration of spirit and power, NJB 1 Corinthians 2:4 and what I spoke and proclaimed was not meant to convince by philosophical argument, but to demonstrate the convincing power of the Spirit, my message: Ac 20:27 not: 1Co 2:1,13 1:17 Jud 14:15 16:5 2Sa 14:17-20 15:2-6 1Ki 22:13,14 2Ch 18:19-21 Pr 7:21 20:19 Jer 20:10 Eze 13:6,10,11 Ro 16:18 Col 2:4 2Pe 1:16 2:18 persuasive words, Ac 26:28 Ga 1:10 but: 1Co 4:20 Joh 16:8-15 Ro 15:19 1Th 1:5 1Pe 1:12 1 Corinthians 2 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries NOT PERSUASIVE WORDS BUT IN SPIRIT AND POWER And my message (logos) and my preaching (kerugma) were not in persuasive (enticing) words (logos) of wisdom - (Wuest) "not couched in specious words of philosophy". He did not rely on logic or rhetoric but the power of the Cross. Paul's preaching was not designed to coerce men into making a decision, for he knew that souls were saved by the grace of God Who Alone draws men to Jesus Christ and Him crucified (cf Jn 6:44). On the other hand this passage could easily be misinterpreted to mean that Paul was rejecting persuasive preaching, but clearly he sought to be persuasive in preaching before King Agrippa giving his sermon in Acts 26:1-17+ and to which "Agrippa replied to Paul, “In a short time you will persuade me to become a Christian.” (Acts 26:18-19+). What he was not seeking to do was to persuade men using human wisdom (words of wisdom). Similarly in Acts 18:4+ when he was in Corinth Luke records "he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade (peitho) Jews and Greeks." But note that his persuasion was in "solemnly testifying (diamarturomai, also used in Acts 20:21, 23, 24+, Acts 28:23+) to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ." (Acts 18:5+, cf accusation of the Corinthian Jews against Paul in Acts 18:13+) So it is not that Paul did not desire to persuade his hearers but simply that he did not use human methods of persuasion (such as "superiority of speech or wisdom" 1 Cor 2:1). Paul knew that it was the inherent power (dunamis) of the inspired Gospel (Ro 1:16+) that convicts and converts hearts, not the skill of the preacher. In a sense, this is great news for preachers as it puts the pressure on God, not on their golden presentation. Paul is not suggesting that the preacher should not prepare his message, for he should, even as he commanded Timothy to "Be diligent (aorist imperative see our need to depend on the Holy Spirit to obey) to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth." (2 Ti 2:15+). A good vocabulary is fine, but flowery oratory is not! 1 Corinthians 1:21+ For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. Alan Carr writes that "When the language becomes so verbose, and the rhetoric becomes so stilted and hard to decipher, it becomes obvious that the preacher has lost his desire to feed the sheep, and is more interested in flaunting his supposed intellect. Learn words and love words. They are the tools of our trade. Just as a carpenter uses the saw, the hammer and the ruler to build his creations; the preacher uses nouns, verbs, propositions and adjectives to build his sermons. True intelligence has the ability to make the profound simple. True brilliance does not flaunt its abilities; true brilliance simplifies the difficult so that all can understand. (ILLUSTRATION) When criticized for his simple speech, D.L. Moody responded by saying, “I have been called to feed Sheep,and not giraffes. I put the cookies on the bottom shelf where the children can reach them.” There is nothing wrong with using expressive language to describe the glorious truths of the Word of God. But, the language should never overshadow the message.(from A Biblical Pattern for Preaching) Hodge on differentiation of my message and my preaching - If these terms are to be distinguished, the former may refer to his private and the latter to his public instructions; or the former is general, including all modes of address, and the latter specific, limited to public discourse. “My instructions in general, and my public preaching in particular.” Both terms, however, may designate different aspects of the same thing. His mode of preaching is described first negatively and then positively. It was not with the enticing words of human wisdom—that is, the persuasive words that human wisdom would suggest. In his endeavors to bring people to the obedience of the faith, he did not rely on his own skill in argument or persuasion. This is the negative statement.
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Phillips - Plainly God's purpose was that your faith should not rest upon man's cleverness but upon the power of God. NET 1 Corinthians 2:5 so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God. NLT 1 Corinthians 2:5 I did this so you would trust not in human wisdom but in the power of God. ESV 1 Corinthians 2:5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. NIV 1 Corinthians 2:5 so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power. GNT 1 Corinthians 2:5 ἵνα ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν μὴ ᾖ ἐν σοφίᾳ ἀνθρώπων ἀλλ᾽ ἐν δυνάμει θεοῦ. KJV 1 Corinthians 2:5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. YLT 1 Corinthians 2:5 that your faith may not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. ASV 1 Corinthians 2:5 that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. CSB 1 Corinthians 2:5 so that your faith might not be based on men's wisdom but on God's power. NKJ 1 Corinthians 2:5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. NRS 1 Corinthians 2:5 so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God. NAB 1 Corinthians 2:5 so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God. NJB 1 Corinthians 2:5 so that your faith should depend not on human wisdom but on the power of God. GWN 1 Corinthians 2:5 so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on God's power. BBE 1 Corinthians 2:5 So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God. but: 1Co 1:17 3:6 Ac 16:14 2Co 4:7 6:7 1 Corinthians 2 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passage: Matthew 16:15-17 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father Who is in heaven (POWER OF GOD). PAUL'S SOLE/SOUL PURPOSE DIVINELY STRENGTHENED FAITH So that - Term of purpose. This is Paul's motive. The purpose of Paul relying on God's supernatural power (of Christ crucified) for speaking, not his natural power (of speech) or the common rhetorical practices of secular speakers was to assure that the results might be all of God, solely and wholly the result of His supernatural power. Your faith (pistis) would not rest on the wisdom (sophia) of men (man's cleverness - 1 Cor 1:17+) - Rest on conveys the idea of "depend on," "based on," Paul does not want their faith in Jesus to depend on his eloquence, on his human wisdom for the latter offers no insight/revelation into the eternal transcendent truths of God's way of salvation. The firm foundation for their faith was to rest on the proclamation of a crucified Christ. Recall that the saints in Corinth had fallen into the seductive snare of following their favorite teacher (1 Cor 1:12+), but this passage should discourage such a practice for no man has the wisdom of God or the power of God. “It is possible for arguments to be logically irrefutable, yet totally unconvincing.” -- Leon Morris Hodge - It might have been easy for him to argue the Corinthians into a conviction of the truth of the Gospel by appealing to its superiority to pagan beliefs and to evidences of its divine origin afforded by prophecy and miracles. He might have exhibited the folly of idolatry and the absurdity of pagan rites and ceremonies and convinced them of the historical truth of Christianity. The conviction thus produced would be rational and important; but it would not be saving faith. Faith founded on such evidence is merely speculative. But - Term of contrast. The contrast is between the natural and the supernatural. Between man's wisdom and God's wisdom. Human reason is true foolishness before God, but God's wisdom manifests supernatural power and is the only true foundation for a firm faith. This truth makes me think of some of Paul's very last written words to Timothy commanding him to "Preach the Word!" (see sermon I preached on this passage)
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Phillips - We do, of course, speak "wisdom" among those who are spiritually mature, but it is not what is called wisdom by this world, nor by the powers-that-be, who soon will be only the powers that have been. NET 1 Corinthians 2:6 Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing. NLT 1 Corinthians 2:6 Yet when I am among mature believers, I do speak with words of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that belongs to this world or to the rulers of this world, who are soon forgotten. ESV 1 Corinthians 2:6 Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. NIV 1 Corinthians 2:6 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. GNT 1 Corinthians 2:6 Σοφίαν δὲ λαλοῦμεν ἐν τοῖς τελείοις, σοφίαν δὲ οὐ τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου οὐδὲ τῶν ἀρχόντων τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου τῶν καταργουμένων· KJV 1 Corinthians 2:6 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 nought: YLT 1 Corinthians 2:6 And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age -- of those becoming useless, ASV 1 Corinthians 2:6 We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought: CSB 1 Corinthians 2:6 However, we do speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. NKJ 1 Corinthians 2:6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. NRS 1 Corinthians 2:6 Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to perish. NAB 1 Corinthians 2:6 Yet we do speak a wisdom to those who are mature, but not a wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age who are passing away. NJB 1 Corinthians 2:6 But still, to those who have reached maturity, we do talk of a wisdom, not, it is true, a philosophy of this age or of the rulers of this age, who will not last long now. GWN 1 Corinthians 2:6 However, we do use wisdom to speak to those who are mature. It is a wisdom that doesn't belong to this world or to the rulers of this world who are in power today and gone tomorrow. those: 1Co 14:20 Job 1:1 Ps 37:37 Mt 5:48 19:21 2Co 13:11 Eph 4:11-13 Php 3:12-15 Col 4:12 Heb 5:14 Jas 3:2 1Pe 5:10 not: 1Co 2:1,13 1:18,19 Lu 16:8 2Co 1:12 4:4 Eph 2:2 Jas 3:15 of the: 1Co 2:8 Job 12:19,21 Ps 2:1-6 Isa 19:11-13 40:23 Ac 4:25-28 come: 1Co 1:28 Ps 33:10 1 Corinthians 2 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: Colossians 1:28+ We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete (teleios) in Christ. 29 For this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power (dunamis) -- NOTE PAUL'S RELIANCE OF GOD'S POWER NOT HIS OWN) which mightily works within me. Hebrews 5:14+ But solid food is for the mature (teleios), who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil. 1 Corinthians 14:20+ Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature (teleios). James 1:4+ And let endurance have its perfect (teleios). result, so that you may be perfect (teleios) and complete, lacking in nothing. Yet we do speak (are in the habit of speaking) wisdom (sophia) - Paul is saying while he did not preach relying on human wisdom, what he did preach was the wisdom of God which is "undiscoverable by human wisdom." (Hodge) Pritchard has an helpful comment on wisdom - Wisdom comes from one of two places—God or the world. God’s wisdom leads us in one direction; the world’s wisdom leads us in another direction (Read . James 3 God’s wisdom and the world’s wisdom stand forever at odds with each other. You can have one or the other, but you can’t have both at the same time. This principle explains so much that happens around us. It tells us why unbelievers think like they do, and it helps us understand why they sometimes ridicule what we believe. Put simply, they lack the true wisdom that comes from God. There are some things the world simply does not know James affirms Pritchard's statement of two sources of wisdom writing - "Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. 18 And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace." (James 3:13-18+) Hodge - In 1 Cor 1:17–31 Paul had asserted the insufficiency of human wisdom, and in 1 Cor 2:1–5 he had said he was not a teacher of human wisdom. Was it to be inferred from this that he despised knowledge, that he was illiterate, or that he taught nonsense? Far from it; he taught the highest wisdom. It is plain from this whole discussion that by the wisdom of the world Paul means the knowledge of God and divine things that people derive from reason. It is also clear that what he says of the worthlessness of that knowledge has reference to it as a means of salvation. The objection urged against him was that he did not teach philosophy. His answer was that philosophy cannot save people. Whatever may be its value within its own sphere and for its own ends, it is worse than useless as a substitute for the Gospel. He was not for banishing philosophy from the schools, but from the pulpit. Let the dead bury the dead; but do not let them pretend to impart life. Arnold - Paul does claim a wisdom for Christianity and it is the greatest wisdom of all. This is God’s wisdom and it is contained in the gospel. The gospel, in its narrowest sense, refers to the truth about salvation. In a wider sense it refers to all of Christianity, a whole way of viewing life from a God-centered perspective. This wisdom, therefore, is a body of truth, explaining the way of salvation and all that is related to salvation. The gospel or the Cross is the key to understanding divine, spiritual wisdom. This is a wisdom which comes from God not man. The “we” probably refers to the Apostles who were given divine revelation from God and later penned this revelation for others. Among those who are mature (teleios)(full-grown spiritually mature Christians who are ripe in understanding) - In other words those who are not mature Christians cannot fully understand the real depths wisdom found in the Gospel. Not everyone interprets mature as referring to believers who are more "mature" in their faith. MacArthur for example says "Mature (teleios) can mean “perfect” (KJV) or “complete,” but can also refer to a person who has full membership in a group, one who is fully initiated. Here Paul uses this term in the same way it is used in other forms by the writer of Hebrews (6:1; 10:14) to refer to salvation. Those who are mature are those who are redeemed and are completely trusting in Jesus Christ. The apostle is not saying that he speaks God’s wisdom only when he is with believers who are advanced in the faith, but only when he is among believers who are truly in the faith—the saved. Hodge interprets those who are mature as "the people of God (believers) as distinguished from the people of the world (unbelievers); and by wisdom, not any higher doctrines, but the simple Gospel, which is the wisdom of God as distinguished from human wisdom." (Click here and see Hodge's comment on verse 6 for his rationale as to why he feels "mature" refers to believers as opposed to unbelievers and not just to more spiritually minded) Leon
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Phillips writes that ereunao means "to search as a lion or a dog does, following the scent of its prey." In the present context the verb searches does not imply that the Spirit did not know something, because He does know as He is God and is therefore omniscient. As