1 CORINTHIANS 2:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.”
The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments — the Spirit-filled person (pneumatikos) 'judges all things' (anakrinetai panta) with spiritual discernment. Yet this same person 'is not judged by no one' (hypʼ oudenos anakrinetai)—or more precisely, is not subject to human court. The irony: the Corinthians, boasting in wisdom, are about to be judged by Paul for taking fellow believers to pagan courts (ch. 6).
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 2:15
“The natural man receives not the things of the Spirit.” It is necessary then to lay it aside first. “What then,” some man will say; “is the wisdom from without stigmatized? And yet it is the work of God.” How is this clear? Since He made it not, but it was an invention of yours. For in this place he calls by the term “wisdom” curious research and superfluous elegance of words. But should any one say that he means the human understanding; even in this sense the fault is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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