1 CORINTHIANS 2:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.”
These are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God — 'revealed to us' (apekalypsen) is gospel unveiling. The Spirit (pneuma) 'searches all things' (panta erauna) and knows 'the deep things' (ta bathē, from which 'depths' derives). The Spirit's omniscience—knowing even God's deepest counsels—makes the Spirit the only adequate revealer of God's hidden wisdom. The Corinthians possess this Spirit; they should trust its testimony over their own sophistic reasoning.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 2:10
“But as it is written, Things which eye saw not and ear heard not, and which entered not into the heart of man, whatsoever things God prepared for them that love Him.” Where are these words written? Why, it is said to have been “written,” then also, when it is set down, not in words, but in actual events, as in the historical books ; or when the same meaning is expressed, but not in the very same words, as in this place: for the words, “They to whom it was not told about Him…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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