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1 Corinthians 12:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.


1 Corinthians 12:1Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 12:19 words
GreekMeaning
ΠερὶPeri
ConcerningprepositionG4012
δὲde
nowwordG1161
τῶνtōn
thearticleG3588
πνευματικῶνpneumatikōn
spiritual giftsadjectiveG4152
ἀδελφοίadelphoi
brothersnounG80
οὐou
notadverbG3756
θέλωthelō
I do wantverbG2309
ὑμᾶςhymas
youpronounG4771
ἀγνοεῖνagnoein
to be ignorantverbG50
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 12:1

This whole place is very obscure: but the obscurity is produced by our ignorance of the facts referred to and by their cessation, being such as then used to occur but now no longer take place. And why do they not happen now? Why look now, the cause too of the obscurity has produced us again another question: namely, why did they then happen, and now do so no more? This however let us defer to another time, but for the present let us state what things were occurring then.…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 29 on First Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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