1 Corinthians 2:13
1599 Geneva Bible
13 [a]Which things also we speak, not in the (A)words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the holy Ghost teacheth, [b]comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.
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- 1 Corinthians 2:13 Now he returneth to his purpose, and concludeth the argument which he began verse 6, and it is thus: the words must be applied to the matter, and the matter must be set forth with words which are meet and convenient for it: now this wisdom is spiritual and not of man, and therefore it must be delivered by a spiritual kind of teaching, and not by enticing words of man’s eloquence, that the simple, and yet wonderful majesty of the holy Ghost may therein appear.
- 1 Corinthians 2:13 Applying the words unto the matter, to wit, that as we teach spiritual things, so [must] our kind of teaching be spiritual.
1 Corinthians 2:13
New International Version
13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom(A) but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.[a]
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- 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual
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