1 Corinthians 2:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. ”

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But the natural man - ψυχικὸς , δὲ ἄνθρωπος psuchikos de anthrōpos. The word “natural” here stands opposed evidently to “spiritual.” It denotes those who are governed and influenced...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(13) But the (p) natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are (q) spiritually discerned. (13) Again he a...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - 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...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

natural . Greek. psuchikos. Elsewhere, 1 Corinthians 15:44 ; 1 Corinthians 15:44 ; 1 Corinthians 15:46 , and (translated "sensual") James 3:15 . Jude 1:19 . Compare psuche. App-110. foolis...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. But the animal man. (125) By the animal man he does not mean (as is commonly thought) the man that is given up to gross lusts, or, as they say, to his own sensuality, but any man tha...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1942 THE NATURAL MAN’S IGNORANCE OF DIVINE THINGS 1 Corinthians 2:14 . The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them , because they are spiritually discerned. But the natural man - Ψυχικος...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But the natural man, &c.— The natural man and the spiritual man are opposed by St. Paul in these verses; the one signifying a man who has no higher principles to build on, than those of natural...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. Natural man, х psuchi...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - 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...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But the natural man. — To understand this and other passages in which St. Paul speaks of “natural” and “spiritual” men, it is important to recollect that our ordinary manner of speaking of man as c...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - 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...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - 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...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - 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...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - 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...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the natural man ,.... Not a babe in Christ, one that is newly born again, for though such have but little knowledge of spiritual things, yet they have a taste, and do relish and desire, and rece...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them , because they are spiritually discerned. Ver. 14. But the natural...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But the natural man The man who has only the powers of nature, the faculties derived from Adam, but not a supernatural principle of saving grace; who has a soul in his body, (as the word ψυχικος, d...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - 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...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Discoveries of the Gospel; Spiritual Things Spiritually Discerned. A. D. 57. 6 Howbeit we sp...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; There are great disputes here, who is meant by the natural man, qucikov anyrwpov. Some think that by the natural man here is meant the carnal man: thus, 1 Corinthians 15:44 , the nat...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - 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...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - 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...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - Scofield Reference Notes

natural man Paul divides men into three classes: Greek, "psuchikos", meaning "of the senses" ( James 3:15 ); ( Jude 1:19 ) or "natural," that is, the Adamic man, unrenewed through the new b...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - 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...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - 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...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - 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...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Word and spiritual discernment:
1 Corinthians 2:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:18 ; 1 Corinthians 1:23 ; 1 Corinthians 15:44 ; 1 Corinthians 15:46 ; 1 Corinthians 2:12 ; 1 John 2:20 ; 1 John 2:27 ; 1 John 5:20 ; 2 Corinthians 4:4-6 ; Acts 16:14 ; Acts...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - 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...
1 Corinthians 2:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But the natural man — That is, every man who hath not the Spirit; who has no other way of obtaining knowledge, but by his senses and natural understanding. Receiveth not — Does not understand or co...

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 2:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 2:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Scofield Reference Notes

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 2:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes