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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:1-16

Christ Crucified For Us And The New Birth Through the Spirit Are the Two Central Foundations of Christianity (1:10-4:21). Paul begins this section by revealing his concern that the Corinthians are in danger of splitting up into different parties around the teaching of certain leading teachers (1 Corinthians 1:10-17), and concentrating on secondary aspects of that teaching, rather than being united around the one central truth of Christ crucified, the one fact which is central to the Christian... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:6-8

‘Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are perfect. But a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world which are coming to nought. But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds to our glory, which none of the rulers of this world knew, for had they known it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.’ Having spoken of foolishness he now wants to correct any misapprehension. It is not really foolishness... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:8

‘Which none of the rulers of this world know, for if they had known it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.’ This refers back in his mind to both ‘wisdom’ and ‘glory’. They did not know the wisdom of God, and thus they did not recognise the glory which came in the Lord Jesus, the glory of Christ. He was in the world as God’s word and God’s light, and the world did not know Him (John 1:9). Though they considered themselves wise and were themselves arrayed in splendour and glory, the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:6-16

1 Corinthians 2:6-Nehemiah : . 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 are its rulers and are coming to nought, but God’ s wisdom in a mystery now disclosed, a hidden wisdom predestined before time to secure our perfection; not known to the world-rulers, who otherwise would not have crucified the Lord of Glory. By “ rulers of the world”... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:8

Which none of the princes of this world knew; which Divine wisdom neither Caiaphas, nor Pontius Pilate, nor any considerable number of the rulers of this age, whether amongst the Jews or amongst the heathens, understood, though they heard of it. For had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory; for if they had so known it, as to have believed and been persuaded of it, they would never have nailed to the cross that person, who was the Head and Fountain of it, and the Lord... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1-16

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 procedure” (as set out in 1 Corinthians 1:17-31). This verse takes up the personal thread from 1 Corinthians 1:17. Speech.—Lit. “word.” Compare with 1 Corinthians 1:18, 1 Corinthians 4:20, inter alia. Proclaiming.—No more; that is his function, simple and restricted. Testimony.—Notice the striking and... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:6-16

1 Corinthians 2:6-16 The Gospel and the Intellect. I. The natural man in Paul's eyes is like an undeveloped organism. A man as he grows, in the true sense of growing, as he attains his full stature or perfection, becomes spiritual. The natural man is stunted; growth has been in some abnormal way arrested. The natural man only exists to become the spiritual man, just as a chrysalis only exists to become a butterfly. Who are the natural men nowadays? (1) Those who tell us that matter can explain... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Corinthians 2:8

DISCOURSE: 1938IGNORANCE OF THE GOSPEL, FATAL1 Corinthians 2:8. Had they known if, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory.IT has been supposed, that there is such a transcendent excellence in virtue, that if it were embodied upon earth, it would be universally revered and honoured. But virtue has been embodied in the person of God’s only dear Son; and yet, instead of receiving from man all the homage which might have been expected, it has been treated with all possible indignity, even... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:1-16

Chapter 2And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God ( 1 Corinthians 2:1 ).Paul didn't come as one of the Corinthian philosophers, trying to stand in the streets and persuade them by the brilliant oratory to believe and to accept Jesus Christ. I wonder where the place of oratory is in the pulpit. It's interesting how that we so often admire the great orators in the pulpit. But I often wonder if oratory has any... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 2:1-16

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 the Father are one,” says our blessed Lord; having unity of essence, and harmony of will. To know him in his mysterious incarnation, as the WORD made flesh, John 1:14; and to know him as crucified for us. Leviticus 16:0. Isaiah 53:0. Hebrews 9:0. The tragic cross is the school of angels, and the... read more