The
First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Church at Corinth
Chapter
2:10-11
10
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the spirit
searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of a man,
which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the
Spirit of God.
Related
Scripture:
1 Corinthians 10 - Ephesians 3:18
1 Corinthians 10 - Ephesians 3:18
1
Corinthians 11 - Job 32:8
Commentary:
“The apostle speaks here of the subject-matter of the divine revelation under the gospel. These are such as eye hath not seen nor ear heard. Observe: The great truths of the gospel are things lying out of the sphere of human discovery: Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard them, nor have they entered into the heart of man. [Read Isaiah 64:4, 65:17] Were they objects of sense, could they be discovered by an eye of reason, and communicated by the ear to the mind, as matters of common human knowledge may, there had been no need of a revelation. But, lying out of the sphere of nature, we cannot discover them but by the light of revelation. And therefore we must take them as they lie in the scriptures, and as God has been pleased to reveal them. We here see by whom this wisdom is discovered to us: God hath revealed them to us by his Spirit. The scripture is given by inspiration of God. Holy men spoke of old as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, [2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21]. And the apostles spoke by inspiration of the same Spirit, as he taught them, and gave them utterance. Here is a proof of the divine authority of the holy scriptures. Paul wrote what he taught: and what he taught was revealed of God by his Spirit, that Spirit that searches all things, yea, the deep things of God, and knows the things of God, as the spirit of a man that is in him knows the things of a man.
“The apostle speaks here of the subject-matter of the divine revelation under the gospel. These are such as eye hath not seen nor ear heard. Observe: The great truths of the gospel are things lying out of the sphere of human discovery: Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard them, nor have they entered into the heart of man. [Read Isaiah 64:4, 65:17] Were they objects of sense, could they be discovered by an eye of reason, and communicated by the ear to the mind, as matters of common human knowledge may, there had been no need of a revelation. But, lying out of the sphere of nature, we cannot discover them but by the light of revelation. And therefore we must take them as they lie in the scriptures, and as God has been pleased to reveal them. We here see by whom this wisdom is discovered to us: God hath revealed them to us by his Spirit. The scripture is given by inspiration of God. Holy men spoke of old as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, [2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21]. And the apostles spoke by inspiration of the same Spirit, as he taught them, and gave them utterance. Here is a proof of the divine authority of the holy scriptures. Paul wrote what he taught: and what he taught was revealed of God by his Spirit, that Spirit that searches all things, yea, the deep things of God, and knows the things of God, as the spirit of a man that is in him knows the things of a man.
The
man knows his own mind because his mind is one with himself. The
Spirit of God knows the things of God because he is one with God. And
as no man can come at the knowledge of what is in another man’s
mind till he communicates and reveals it, so neither can we know the
secret counsels and purposes of God till they are made known to us by
his Holy Spirit. We cannot know them at all till he had proposed them
objectively (as it is called) in the external revelation; we cannot
know or believe them to salvation till he enlightens the faculty,
opens the eye of the mind, and gives us such a knowledge and faith of
them. And it was by this Spirit that the apostles had received the
wisdom of God in a mystery, which they spoke.” - Matthew Henry -
Theologian
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