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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:12-14

Speech in the power of the Spirit. The personal references in St. Paul's Epistles are suitable to the epistolary style of correspondence, and necessary as the vindication of a man who was seriously attacked and slandered. Generally his allusions arc more or less directed to his claim as an apostle. Because this did not take precisely the same grounds as the claims of the earlier apostles, it was easy for his enemies to question and even deny his rights. St. Paul's chief argument is that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:14

The natural man. The Greek word is ψυχικὸς (psychical); literally, soulish, i.e. the man who lives the mere life of his lower understanding, the unspiritual, sensuous, and egoistic man. He may be superior to the fleshly, sensual, or carnal man, who lives only the life of the body ( σωματικὸς ); but is far below the spiritual man ( πνευματικός ) . St. Paul ( 1 Thessalonians 5:23 ) recognizes the tripartite nature of man—body, soul, spirit. Receiveth not ; i.e. "does not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:14-15

The natural and the spiritual man. This is not a common division of men, or one that can be recognized from a worldly point of view. The world knows learned men and ignorant men, rich men and poor men, but not natural men and spiritual men. This distinction is wholly made from the Christian standpoint, but it becomes the all important one, in the presence of which all merely worldly classifications of men become insignificant. Modern theories of man's nature may be reviewed. Some regard... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:14-16

Natural man and spiritual man. The natural man, who had not been forgotten by St. Paul in the first chapter, now comes under closer inspection. We can see him from the point of view occupied in the second chapter What is said of him? He "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." Nature is represented here as very different from grace, and the difference has the breadth of contrast.... read more

Albert Barnes

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

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 by the natural instincts; the animal passions and desires, in opposition to those who are influenced by the Spirit of God. It refers to unregenerate people; but it has also not merely the idea of their being unregenerate, but that of their being influenced by the animal passions or desires. See the note on 1... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 2:14

1 Corinthians 2:14. 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 , derived from ψυχη , a soul, implies,) but no divine inspiration in that soul; or who is not truly enlightened and renewed by the Word and Spirit of God, and therefore has no other way of obtaining knowledge but by his senses and natural understanding; receiveth not Does not... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1-16

Worldly and spiritual wisdom (2:1-16)Paul reminds the Corinthians that when he was among them he did not try to impress them with any great show of learning. He preached the plain gospel without trying to make it attractive to any one class of people (2:1-2). During his time in Corinth, Paul had been physically weak and lacked his usual boldness. As a result his preaching was not at all impressive. Yet this was no great disappointment to him, because he wanted his converts to stand in the power... read more

E.W. Bullinger

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

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 . foolishness . See 1 Corinthians 1:18 . spiritually . Greek. pneumatikos. Only here and Revelation 11:8 . discerned . App-122 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:14

Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judgedThe natural man ... is rendered from the Greek "physical man," and has the meaning indicated by Macknight, being that of "an animal man."[36] It is an abuse of this passage to make it mean that unregenerated people cannot understand spiritual things until God, in some independent action, opens their hearts, or regenerates them. The... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:14-15

1 Corinthians 2:14-15. 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 reason; the other, a man who founds his faith and religion on divine revelation, and, experiences the power thereof in his heart. This is what appears to be meant by natural, or rather animal man,— ψυχικος,— and spiritual, as they stand opposed in these two verses. There are... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:12-14

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:14

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:14-15

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:14-16

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 2:14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1-16

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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:14

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:14-15

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