E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 2:15
judgeth = discerneth. judged . As discerned, above. read more
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E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 2:16
hath known = knew. LORD . App-98 . that he may = who shall. instruct . Greek. sumbibazo. See Acts 9:22 . Quoted from Isaiah 40:14 . Christ . App-98 . 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
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:15
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, and he himself is judged of no man.This applies to the company of inspired apostles and evangelists who delivered the great corpus of Christian doctrine. Such men, "endowed with the Holy Spirit could discern and discriminate what is of God, and teach all things God revealed."[38]He that is spiritual judgeth ... himself is judged of no man ... In context, this applied to Paul himself, especially, as an affirmation of the authority he was about to... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:16
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.David Lipscomb and Adam Clarke concurred in rendering this verse, "Who hath known the mind of the Lord that he should teach it (that is, teach the truth)?"[42] This would appear to be preferable, because the thought of any mortal "instructing God" is evidently not in the passage at all.The thought is that `none of you uninspired men have any notion whatever of what the truth of God may be.'But... 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
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:16
1 Corinthians 2:16. That he may instruct him.— "Him, refers here to spiritual man in the former verse, says Mr. Locke; for St. Paul is shewing, not that a natural man, and a mere philosopher, cannot instruct Christ;—this nobody, pretending to be a Christian, could imagine;—but that a man, by his bare natural parts, not knowing the mind of the Lord, could not instruct, could not judge, could not correct a preacher of the Gospel, who built upon revelation, as he did." Many interpreters, however,... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:14
14. natural man—literally, "a man of animal soul." As contrasted with the spiritual man, he is governed by the animal soul, which overbears his spirit, which latter is without the Spirit of God ( :-). So the animal (English Version, "natural") body, or body led by the lower animal nature (including both the mere human fallen reason and heart), is contrasted with the Spirit-quickened body ( :-). The carnal man (the man led by bodily appetites, and also by a self-exalting spirit, estranged from... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:15
15. He that is spiritual—literally, "the spiritual (man)." In :-, it is "A [not 'the,' as English Version] natural man." The spiritual is the man distinguished above his fellow men, as he in whom the Spirit rules. In the unregenerate, the spirit which ought to be the organ of the Holy Spirit (and which is so in the regenerate), is overridden by the animal soul, and is in abeyance, so that such a one is never called "spiritual." judgeth all things—and persons, by their true standard (compare 1... read more
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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