1 Corinthians 2:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. ”

• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  For what man ... - The design of this is, to illustrate what he had just said by a reference to the way in which man acquires the knowledge of himself. The purpose is to show that the Spirit has...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (10) For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the (l) spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. (10) He sets it forth in comparison, which...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 a...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  spirit . App-101.:6. things . Add "also". no man . no one. Greek. oudeis. but . save, as 1 Corinthians 2:2 .

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  11. For what man knoweth? Two different things he intends to teach here: first, that the doctrine of the Gospel cannot be understood otherwise than by the testimony of the Holy Spirit; and...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man - The word...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Knoweth no man— Knoweth no one. These words must signify the perfect acquaintance with all the divine schemes and purposes which the Holy Spirit had, and which the Apostle's argument directly pro...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. What man ... - literally, who of MEN knoweth...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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 fac...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  What man... — Better, Who of men knoweth the things of a man? but the spirit of the man which is in him knoweth them. The things of God knoweth no man. — These words cannot be taken as an asse...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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 Cor...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  God's Wisdom Spiritually Revealed 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 The perfect are those who are full grown and matured in Christian experience. They need strong meat. For them there are blessed unveilings...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 i...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For what man knoweth the things of a man ,.... The thoughts of a man's heart, the conceptions of his mind, the schemes he is drawing there, his designs, purposes, and intentions; these can never be...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Ver. 11. Save the Spirit, &c. ] Man knows hi...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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;...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Discoveries of the Gospel; Spiritual Things Spiritually Discerned. A. D.  57.       6 Howbeit we sp...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Look, as it is with a man, no man knoweth his secret thoughts, and counsels, and meanings, save only his own soul that is within him; so it is as to the things of God, until God by his Spirit hath re...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  This Message Is Revealed To Men by the One Holy Spirit Enlightening the Mind and Heart (2:9-16). 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 are connecting verses. They confirm what has been said about the wonder of w...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - 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 also in complete harmony of spirit and method with the lines of God’s...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  1 Corinthians 2:6-16 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 revela...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 2:1-46 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...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The revelation of the Spirit:

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 2:10 ; Jeremiah 17:9 ; Proverbs 14:10 ; Proverbs 20:27 ; Proverbs 20:5 ; Romans 11:33 ; Romans 11:34

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Paul the Preacher 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 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...

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• 1 Corinthians 2:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  For what man knoweth the things of a man — All the inmost recesses of his mind; although men are all of one nature, and so may the more easily know one another. So the things of God knoweth no one...

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