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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 2:6-16

3. The Spirit’s ministry of revealing God’s Wisdom 2:6-16Paul’s reference to the Holy Spirit’s power (1 Corinthians 2:4-5) led him to elaborate on the Spirit’s ministry in enlightening the minds of believers and unbelievers alike. The Corinthians needed to view ministry differently. The key to this change would be the Holy Spirit’s illumination of their thinking. People who are pursuing true wisdom (sophia) cannot perceive it except as the Holy Spirit enlightens them.Paul constructed his... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 2:8

The rulers of this age are probably the intellectual trend-setters Paul mentioned above (1 Corinthians 2:7). Those responsible for the death of Christ were members of this group (cf. Acts 3:17-18; Acts 4:25-28). If they had understood the central place that Jesus Christ occupied in God’s plan, they would not have crucified Him, thus assuring their own doom (cf. Luke 23:34)."The key [to this section of Paul’s argument] is 1 Corinthians 2:8. The rulers of this age (whether understood as political... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 Corinthians 2:8

2:8 age (o-8) Or 'worlds' (ver. 7), 'world' (ver. 8). I add this in note to keep up the connection with 'world' in ver. 6. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:1-16

The Nature of St. Paul’s Preaching1-5. 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 facts of Christ’s life and death upon the Cross. (3) It was with much anxiety and self-distrust that I preached the gospel to you; (4) and the success I obtained was due not to my way of commending the truth, but solely to the spirit and power which animated me; (5) and so God’s purpose was fulfilled, that... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Corinthians 2:8

(8) They would not have crucified.—The conduct of the princes and rulers of this world, alike Jewish and Gentile, illustrates and proves the previous assertion (John 8:19; John 19:9).Lord of glory.—In striking contrast to the ignominy of the crucifixion. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Corinthians 2:1-16

The Great Expiation 1 Corinthians 2:2 The Corinth of St. Paul's day had inherited a revival of philosophy, and was a home of culture so much as to induce a rivalry with Athens herself. But it was not in an atmosphere of intellectual restlessness, in a society where energy was dissipated in an excessive love of dialectic, that the Apostle's ministry was carried on. It was a wisdom of the world, worldly; brilliant yet pretentious, that led men no nearer to solving the deeper problems of life.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Chapter 5DIVINE WISDOMIN 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 Corinthians and lead them to God, and why he had resisted the temptation to appeal to the Corinthian taste for rhetoric and philosophy by exhibiting Christianity as a philosophy. He believed that where conversion was the object of preaching no method could compare in efficiency with the simple presentation of... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:1-16

CHAPTER 2 1. The Apostle’s Preaching. (1 Corinthians 2:1-5 ). 2. The Revelation of the Spirit. (1 Corinthians 2:6-13 ). 3. The Helplessness and Ignorance of the Natural Man. (1 Corinthians 2:14-16 ). The Apostle had been among them and declared unto them the testimony of God. This he had not done with excellency of speech or wisdom. He preached unto them the Person of Jesus Christ and Him crucified. He, who is the wisdom of God, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:8

2:8 {7} Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known [it], they would not have crucified the {h} Lord of glory.(7) He takes away another objection: why then, how comes it to pass that this wisdom was so rejected by men of the highest authority, that they crucified Christ himself? Paul answers: because they did not know Christ such as he was.(h) That mighty God, full of true majesty and glory: now this place has in it a most evident proof of the divinity of Christ, and of the... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:1-16

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 was not through these things that they had been converted, nor did the testimony of God require any such thing. And certainly the whole Christian course should be consistent with its beginning. For Paul had been thoroughly purposed in coming there not to be turned aside in any way from the one... read more