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Which things also we speak, not in words which man`s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.
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Commentators emphasize that Paul claims divine inspiration not only for the spiritual truths he received but also for the very words he used to communicate them. Scholars describe a process where the Holy Spirit reveals truth, helps believers understand it, and then provides the specific language for the apostles to teach it accurately.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Which things also we speak. These great, glorious, and certain truths, we, the apostles, preach and explain.
Not in the words w…
Which things also we speak (α κα λαλουμεν). This onomatopoetic verb λαλεω (from λα-λα), to utter sounds. In the papyri the word ca…
19th Century
Anglican
Not in the words.—Not only the gospel truths themselves, but the very form and manner in which those truths are taught is the resu…
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Paul now reverts to the nature of his own ministry (cf. vv.4–5). He and other associates do not speak “in words taught... by human wisdom but in wo…
16th Century
Protestant
Which things also we speak, not in the learned words, etc. He speaks of himself, for he is still engaged in commending his ministry. Now i…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Which things also we speak; Namely, the things which have not been seen by the eye, heard by the ear, or understood …
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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 pro…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Apostle had said, “We speak wisdom among the perfect.” Therefore, after indicating that it is a mark of this wisdom not to be known…
