The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:9
The surprising freshness of the new dispensation. The precise words, as quoted by the apostle, are not found in the Old Testament. They are probably Isaiah 64:4 , given from memory and modified by the thought of phrases found in other parts of Isaiah. Only an unreasonable sentiment concerning verbal inspiration would make difficulty about the inexactness of quotations given from memory. The sense of a passage may be precisely indicated when the words are set in a different order and... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 2:9
But as it is written. The whole sentence in the Greek is unfinished. The thought seems to be, "But God has revealed to us things which eye hath not seen, etc., though the princes of this world were ignorant of them." Scriptural quotations are often thus introduced, apart from the general grammar of the sentence, as in the Greek of 1 Corinthians 1:31 . Eye hath not seen, etc. The Revised Version is here more literal and accurate. The quotation as it stands is not found in the Old... read more