A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger
1 CORINTHIANS 2:10 de, {B}The loose use of the connective de, (a A C D G P Y 33 81 614 _Byz al_)is entirely in Paul’s manner, whereas ga,r, though stronglysupported by î...
Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Verse 1 Corinthians 2:10. _BUT GOD HATH REVEALED THEM UNTO US_] Amanifest proof that the apostle speaks here of the glories of the_Gospel_, and not of the glories of the _future_ world._FOR THE S...
Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
BUT GOD HATH REVEALED THEM - That is, those elevated views andenjoyments to which people everywhere else had been strangers, andwhich have been under all other forms of religion unknown, have beenc...
Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein
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
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible
YET THERE IS A CHRISTIAN WISDOM REVEALED BY GOD'S SPIRIT. Yet there isa true wisdom of which the Christian teachers speak to those who aremature; not a wisdom of this world or of the angels who are...
Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)
But God revealed it through his Spirit, for the Spirit explores allthings, even the deep things of God. For what man knows the things ofthe man unless the spirit of the man which is in him? So no on...
Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)
THE PROCLAMATION AND THE POWER (1 Corinthians 2:1-5)...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
HATH REVEALED. revealed. App-106.BY. through. App-104. 1 Corinthians 2:1.HIS. The texts read "the".SPIRIT. App-101.SEARCHETH. Greek. _ereunao._ See John 5:39. Compare Psalms
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
_for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God_ Inthis and the next verse we gather (1) the personality of the HolyGhost, (2) His distinction from the Father. He not only searches...
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary
1 Corinthians 2:1-16. THE WISDOM OF THE GOSPEL DISCERNIBLE BY THESPIRITUAL FACULTIES ALONEThe Apostle now begins to justify his preaching. It was not that ofone skilled in the fashionable argumenta...
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary
ἘΡΑΥΝΑ͂Ι. So אABC. Rec. (correcting to the more usualClassical form) ἐρευνᾷ, with DEFG.10. ΔΙᾺ ΤΟΥ͂ ΠΝΕΎΜΑΤΟΣ. Though the αὐτοῦ ofthe rec. text is rejected by recent editors, the context here shew...
Charles Box Commentaries
_THINGS FREELY GIVEN US OF GOD 1 CORINTHIANS 2:9-12:_ The benefits ofthe gospel are beyond what could ever be imagined in this life and inthe life to come. Paul described gospel benefits saying, "Bu...
Charles Rose Commentaries
ΉΜΪΝ _dat. pl._ (G1473) ΈΓ я; "нам".Эмфатическое по своему положению впредложении.ΆΠΕΚΆΛΥΨΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΟΚΑΛΎΠΤΩ (G601)открывать (TLNT, 2:244 — 50; TDNT; EDNT; NIDNTT, 3:30912).ΔΙΆ ...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae
DISCOURSE: 1940THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD1 Corinthians 2:10. _The Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deepthings of God_.IN the verse immediately preceding our text, which is a citation fromthe Pr...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae
DISCOURSE: 1939THE GOSPEL A STUPENDOUS MYSTERY1 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 hathprepared for...
College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
BUTLER'S COMMENTSSECTION 2Undiscoverable but Understandable (1 Corinthians 2:6-16)6 Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not awisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spiritsearcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.REVEALED ... BY ... SPIRIT. Inspiration of thoughts (so far as truthessential to...
Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch
21 To this day the great, the noble, and the wise are a small minorityamong the true saints of God. It is a matter of extreme thankfulnessthat this is so. If high birth or wisdom or any other attain...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
THE NATURE OF ST. PAUL'S PREACHING1-5. Paraphrase. 'When I visited you in Corinth I made no attempt toreconcile my message with your Greek philosophy, (2) but kept to theproclamation of the facts o...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
PARAPHRASE. 'There is indeed a wisdom with which the facts of thegospel are in harmony and which we declare to those who are ripe toreceive it. (7, 8) It is not the wisdom of this world, for that le...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
SEARCHETH] i.e. explores, fathoms: Psalms 139:1; Romans 8:27. THE DEEPTHINGS] lit. 'the depths of God': i.e. His counsels....
EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries
SERVANTS OF CHRIST1 CORINTHIANS_HILDA BRIGHT_CHAPTER 2WHAT PAUL *PREACHED 2:1-5V1 Christian *brothers and *sisters, when I came to you I did notcome with clever words or great ideas. I *pr...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
BUT GOD HATH REVEALED THEM UNTO US. — Here the emphatic word is“us.” The latter part of 1 Corinthians 2:8 are parenthetical, andthe sense goes back to the beginning of 1 Corinthians 2:8. “None ofth...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)
CHAPTER 5DIVINE WISDOMIN the preceding paragraph Paul has explained why he had proclaimedthe bare facts regarding Christ and His crucifixion and trusted to theCross itself to impress the Corinth...
Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)
to 1 Corinthians 3:2. § 8. THE REVEALING SPIRIT. The world's rulerscommitted the frightful crime of “crucifying the Lord of glory,”because in fact they have only “the spirit of the world,” whereas“...
Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)
The true reading, ἡμῖν γάρ (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 1:26), linksthis ver. to the foregoing by way of illustration: “For to _us_(being of those that love Him) God revealed (them), through theSpirit”: _c...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary
GOD'S WISDOM SPIRITUALLY REVEALED1 Corinthians 2:6The perfect are those who are full grown and matured in Christianexperience. They need strong meat. For them there are blessedunveilings of the s...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible
The apostle reminds the Corinthian Christians that when he first cameto them he did not come with excellency of speech, or of wisdom, butwith "the Word of the Cross." Yet there must be no foolish im...
Gary Hampton Commentaries
The Spirit Reveals God's WisdomPaul indicated he was ready to speak with wisdom from God if hislisteners were ready to hear it. However, he would not speak with aworldly wisdom, which would have re...
Geneva Study Bible Commentary
(9) But God hath revealed [them] unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit(k) searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.(9) A question: if it surpasses the capacity of men, how can it beunders...
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
But to us God hath revealed them by his Spirit; these mysteries, andsecrets of the divine wisdom. --- For the Spirit searcheth all things:the divine Spirit, the Holy Ghost, searcheth all things, and...
Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians
“But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit; for the Spiritsearcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.”The δέ is strongly adversative: “This wisdom was hidden, _but_ ithas been reveale...
Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians
With 1 Corinthians 2:10 the apostle passes to the development of thesecond term of his theme: λαλοῦμεν, _we speak._ This wisdom,being God's conception, and inaccessible to the mind of man, how canP...
Hawker's Poor man's commentary
(6) Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not thewisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come tonaught: (7) But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even...
Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistlegive us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostlespeaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary
_THE RELATION OF THE SEEN TO THE UNSEEN_‘Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into theheart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that loveHim. But God hath reveale...
John Calvin's Bible Commentary
10._But God hath revealed them to us. _Having shut up all mankind inblindness, and having taken away from the human intellect the power ofattaining to a knowledge of God by its own resources, he now...
John Darby's Synopsis
It was in this spirit that Paul had come among them at first; he wouldknow nothing but Christ, [2] and Christ in His humiliation andabasem*nt, object of contempt to senseless men. His speech was not...
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
BUT GOD HATH REVEALED THEM UNTO US,.... Should it be said, that sincethis wisdom is so hidden and mysterious, the doctrines of the Gospelare so unknown, so much out of the sight and understanding of...
John Trapp Complete Commentary
But God hath revealed _them_ unto us by his Spirit: for the Spiritsearcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.Ver. 10. _But God hath revealed_] The Chinese use to say ofthemselves, that all...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
_But_ This ignorance fulfils what is written concerning the blessingsof the Messiah's kingdom; _eye hath not seen_, &c. No merely naturalor unenlightened man hath either seen, heard, or known; _the...
Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)
UNTO US; the apostles and their fellow-disciples, who were taught ofthe Holy Spirit.SEARCHETH; fully understands, and therefore can reveal to us....
Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible
BUT GOD HATH REVEALED THEM UNTO US BY HIS SPIRIT; FOR THE SPIRITSEARCHETH ALL THINGS, YEA, THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD....
Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible
The revelation of the Spirit:...
Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible
It was through Paul that the Corinthians had been brought to God; andhe here reminds them that when he first came there, he had avoided theuse of high-sounding speech and intellectual arguments: it...
Mark Dunagan Commentaries
BUT UNTO US GOD REVEALED THEM THROUGH THE SPIRIT: FOR THE SPIRITSEARCHETH ALL THINGS, YEA, THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD.'us' -God initially revealed such "things" to the Apostles and N.T.prophets. (Eph...
Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible
10-16 God has revealed true wisdom to us by his Spirit. Here is aproof of the Divine authority of the Holy Scriptures, 2 Peter 1:21. Inproof of the Divinity of the Holy Ghost, observe, that he know...
Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible
GOD HATH REVEALED THEM UNTO US BY HIS SPIRIT; God by his Spirit hathopened our understandings to understand the Holy Scriptures, the typesand prophecies of Christ, and what the holy prophets have sp...
McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries
But unto us [inspired apostles] _God revealed them through the Spirit_[Here the defective knowledge gained by the world-rulers through theirwisdom or philosophy stands in sharp contrast to the heave...
NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IIFor although the Spirit of the Saviour that is in Him "searcheth allthings, even the deep things of God,"[242]Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IIFor it is no...
Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes
1 Corinthians 2:10 But G1161 God G2316 revealed G601 (G5656) us G2254through G1223 His G846 Spirit G4151
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible
‘But to us God has revealed them through His Spirit, for the Spiritsearches all things, yes, the deep things of God.'For at this end of the ages the Spirit has been poured out from aboveto illumina...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible
THIS MESSAGE IS REVEALED TO MEN BY THE ONE HOLY SPIRIT ENLIGHTENINGTHE MIND AND HEART (2:9-16).1 Corinthians 2:9 are connecting verses. They confirm what has beensaid about the wonder of what God...
Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)
1 Corinthians 2:10. BUT UNTO US GOD REVEALED THEM THROUGH THE SPIRIT.[1] Though this is true of believers generally, the reference here, asappears from 1 Corinthians 2:3, is to the apostles.[1] No...
Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament
BUT UNTO US GOD REVEALED THEM(ημιν γαρ απεκαλυψεν ο θεος). So with γαρ B37 Sah Cop read instead of δε of Aleph A C D. " Δε issuperficially easier; γαρ intrinsically better" (Findlay). Paulexplai...
Sermon Bible Commentary
1 Corinthians 2:9I. In the text we have the revelation given us as to the things whichGod hath prepared for them that love Him. There seems to be wonderfulbeauty and expressiveness in this thought...
Sermon Bible Commentary
1 Corinthians 2:6Mystery Revealed.I. The redemption of Jesus Christ is a great mystery of the Divinethought and heart. The Apostle uses a singular term to designate thoseto whom the revelation is...
Summarized Bible Commentary
CONTENTS: Christian revelation not indebted to human wisdom. Spiritualverities not discoverable to human wisdom.CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul.CONCLUSION: The Christian on his knees ca...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1 Corinthians 2:2. _I determined not to know any thing among you, saveJesus Christ and him crucified._ That is, to know him in the glory ofhis person, as revealed in the oracles of truth. “I and the...
The Bible Study New Testament
BUT IT WAS TO US. That is, _to we who love him._ Those things whichhuman talents could not discover, God made known by means of hisSpirit (compare John 14:26). THE SPIRIT SEARCHES EVERYTHING. That i...
The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 2:6 God’s Spirit bridges thegap between the deep things of God and the human heart, graciouslypreparing human beings to understand the message of the cross. Seea...
The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide
CHAPTER II.SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTERHe proceeds to exalt the spiritual wisdom of Christ above all naturaland animal wisdom. Therefore he says:I. That he knew and preached nothing but Christ cruci...
The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide
_But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit._ S. Paul hereanticipates an objection. It might be said, "If eye hath not seen,neither have entered into the heart of man, the wisdom and the glory...
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary
_CRITICAL NOTES_(_For many points, see Homiletic Analysis_.)1 Corinthians 2:1. I.—Slightly emphatic; _q.d_. “I was myself alsoin complete harmony of spirit and method with the lines of God’sproce...
The Pulpit Commentaries
EXPOSITION1 CORINTHIANS 2:1_St. Paul's own method._1 CORINTHIANS 2:1AND I; "I too;" I in accordance with God's method. WHEN I CAME TOYOU. The date of his first visit was in A.D. 52, an
Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency ofspeech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God (1Corinthians 2:1).Paul didn't come as one of the Corinthian philosopher...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Corinthians 12:8; 1 Corinthians 14:30; 1 Corinthians 2:11; 1 John2:20;...
Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)
Searcheth [ε ρ ε υ ν α]. See on John 5:39. Not, searcheth inorder to discover; but of the ever active, accurate, careful soundingof the depths of God by the Spirit....
Wells of Living Water Commentary
PAUL THE PREACHER1 Corinthians 2:1INTRODUCTORY WORDSThe Apostle, Paul, now is speaking of the kind of an entrance he hadamong the Corinthians. He had been very happy to move among them andprea...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes
But God hath revealed — Yea, and "freely given," 1 Corinthians 2:12.Them to us — Even inconceivable peace, and joy unspeakable. By hisSpirit — Who intimately and fully knows them. For the Spiritsea...
