1 Corinthians 2:10
But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
But God
This phrase emphasizes the divine initiative and intervention. In the Greek, "God" (θεός, theos) is the subject, highlighting His sovereignty and active role in revelation. Historically, this underscores the Christian belief that understanding and wisdom are not human achievements but gifts from God. It is a reminder of the grace and mercy of God, who chooses to reveal Himself to humanity.

has revealed
The Greek word for "revealed" is "ἀπεκάλυψεν" (apekalypsen), which means to uncover or disclose. This term is significant in the context of divine revelation, indicating that what was once hidden is now made known. In the scriptural context, it suggests that the mysteries of God, previously concealed, are now accessible through divine action.

it to us
The "us" refers to the apostles and, by extension, all believers. This inclusion signifies the communal aspect of revelation, where the truths of God are shared within the body of Christ. Historically, this reflects the early Christian community's understanding of being recipients of divine knowledge, entrusted with the message of the Gospel.

by the Spirit
The Holy Spirit (πνεῦμα, pneuma) is the agent of revelation. In the conservative Christian perspective, the Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, actively involved in guiding believers into all truth. This phrase underscores the role of the Holy Spirit in illuminating the minds and hearts of believers, enabling them to comprehend spiritual truths.

The Spirit searches
The Greek word "ἐρευνᾷ" (ereuná) means to examine or investigate thoroughly. This portrays the Spirit as actively engaged in understanding and revealing the depths of God's wisdom. It suggests a dynamic and ongoing process of revelation, where the Spirit continually explores and discloses divine truths to believers.

all things
This phrase indicates the comprehensive scope of the Spirit's knowledge. In the context of 1 Corinthians, it contrasts human wisdom with divine wisdom, emphasizing that the Spirit's understanding is not limited but encompasses all aspects of God's creation and purpose.

even the deep things of God
The "deep things" (βάθη, báthē) refer to the profound and unfathomable aspects of God's nature and plans. This phrase highlights the depth and richness of divine wisdom, which surpasses human understanding. In a historical and scriptural context, it reassures believers that through the Spirit, they have access to the profound mysteries of God, which are otherwise beyond human comprehension.

Persons / Places / Events
1. Paul the Apostle
The author of 1 Corinthians, addressing the church in Corinth, providing guidance and teaching on spiritual wisdom and understanding.

2. The Holy Spirit
The third person of the Trinity, who reveals the deep things of God to believers, enabling them to understand divine truths.

3. The Church in Corinth
The recipients of Paul's letter, a diverse and often troubled congregation in a major Greek city known for its commerce and immorality.
Teaching Points
The Role of the Holy Spirit in Revelation
The Holy Spirit is essential for understanding God's wisdom, which is beyond human comprehension. Believers should seek the Spirit's guidance in their study of Scripture and daily life.

The Depth of God's Wisdom
God's wisdom is profound and infinite. Christians are encouraged to delve deeper into their relationship with God, trusting the Spirit to reveal more of His nature and will.

Spiritual Discernment
The Spirit enables believers to discern spiritual truths. This discernment is crucial for living a life that aligns with God's purposes and resisting worldly influences.

Dependence on God for Understanding
Human wisdom is limited. Believers must rely on God, through the Holy Spirit, to gain true understanding and insight into His plans and purposes.

The Transformative Power of Revelation
As the Spirit reveals God's truths, believers are transformed in their thinking and actions, becoming more Christ-like and effective in their witness.
Bible Study Questions
1. How does the role of the Holy Spirit in revealing God's wisdom impact your daily Bible study and prayer life?

2. In what ways can you cultivate a deeper relationship with the Holy Spirit to better understand the "deep things of God"?

3. How does understanding the depth of God's wisdom influence your perspective on current challenges or decisions you face?

4. Can you identify a time when the Holy Spirit provided you with discernment or insight that you could not have achieved on your own? How did it affect your faith journey?

5. How do the teachings in 1 Corinthians 2:10 connect with Jesus' promise in John 14:26 about the Holy Spirit's role in teaching and reminding us of His words? How can this connection encourage you in your spiritual growth?
Connections to Other Scriptures
John 14:26
Jesus promises that the Holy Spirit will teach and remind believers of all He has said, emphasizing the Spirit's role in revelation and understanding.

Romans 8:27
This verse highlights the Spirit's ability to search hearts and intercede for believers, aligning with the Spirit's deep knowledge of God.

Ephesians 1:17-18
Paul prays for the Ephesians to receive the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, which parallels the Spirit's role in revealing God's mysteries.
Divine RevelationR. Watson.1 Corinthians 2:10
Spiritual Sight Restored1 Corinthians 2:10
The Agency of the Holy SpiritJ. Lyth, D. D.1 Corinthians 2:10
The Deep Things of GodNewman Smyth, D. D.1 Corinthians 2:10
The Deep Things of God AreJ. Lyth, D. D.1 Corinthians 2:10
The Gospel SchoolD. Thomas, D. D.1 Corinthians 2:10
The Office of the Holy Spirit1 Corinthians 2:10
The Revealed Communications of the Spirit AreJ. Lyth, D. D.1 Corinthians 2:10
The Spirit as a TeacherC. H. Spurgeon.1 Corinthians 2:10
The Things of God Revealed by the SpiritT. Chalmers, D. D.1 Corinthians 2:10
The Wisdom of GodJohn Thomas, M. A.1 Corinthians 2:10
True Religion a RevelationD. Rhys Jenkins.1 Corinthians 2:10
Spiritual WisdomH. Bremner 1 Corinthians 2:6-10
Contents of the RevelationC. Lipscomb 1 Corinthians 2:6-13
True WisdomE. Hurndall 1 Corinthians 2:6-16
The Revelation of Things Unseen and UnheardJ.R. Thomson 1 Corinthians 2:9, 10
The True WisdomD. Fraser 1 Corinthians 2:9, 10
The Revelation of the Things of GodJ. Waite 1 Corinthians 2:9, 10, 14
The Holy Spirit as the RevealerH. Bremner 1 Corinthians 2:10-16
People
Corinthians, Paul
Places
Corinth
Topics
Aside, Deep, Depths, Divine, Drawn, However, Including, Makes, Nature, Reveal, Revealed, Revelation, Search, Searches, Searcheth, Spirit, Teaching, Veil, Yea, Yes
Dictionary of Bible Themes
1 Corinthians 2:10

     1403   God, revelation

1 Corinthians 2:6-10

     5548   speech, divine

1 Corinthians 2:6-12

     6710   privileges

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

     1180   God, wisdom of

1 Corinthians 2:7-10

     1444   revelation, NT
     5195   veil

1 Corinthians 2:8-10

     3248   Holy Spirit, conviction

1 Corinthians 2:9-10

     1115   God, purpose of
     3130   Holy Spirit, Counsellor
     5499   reward, divine
     9413   heaven, inheritance

1 Corinthians 2:9-11

     8135   knowing God, nature of

1 Corinthians 2:9-12

     1614   Scripture, understanding

1 Corinthians 2:9-14

     8281   insight

1 Corinthians 2:9-16

     8164   spirituality

1 Corinthians 2:10-11

     1020   God, all-knowing
     1170   God, unity of
     1511   Trinity, relationships in
     3015   Holy Spirit, divinity
     3045   Holy Spirit, sovereignty
     5191   thought

1 Corinthians 2:10-12

     3203   Holy Spirit, and assurance

1 Corinthians 2:10-13

     3281   Holy Spirit, inspiration

1 Corinthians 2:10-16

     5345   influence

Library
May the Thirtieth Finding the Deep Things
"The Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God." --1 CORINTHIANS ii. 7-12. The deep things of God cannot be discovered by unaided reason. "Eye hath not seen:" they are not to be apprehended by the artistic vision. "Ear hath not heard:" they are not unveiled amid the discussion of the philosophic schools. "Neither hath entered into the heart of man:" even poetic insight cannot discern them. All the common lights fail in this realm. We need another illumination, even that provided
John Henry Jowett—My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year

November the Eighth the Organ of Spiritual vision
1 CORINTHIANS ii. 9-16. Our finest human instruments fail to obtain for us "the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him." Art fails! "Eye hath not seen." The merely artistic vision is blind to the hidden glories of grace. Philosophy fails! "Neither hath ear heard." We may listen to the philosopher as he spins his subtle theories and weaves his systematic webs, but the meshes he has woven are not fine enough to catch "the deep things of God." Poetry fails! "Neither hath it entered
John Henry Jowett—My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year

The Apostle's Theme
'I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.'--1 COR. ii. 2. Many of you are aware that to-day I close forty years of ministry in this city--I cannot say to this congregation, for there are very, very few that can go back with me in memory to the beginning of these years. You will bear me witness that I seldom intrude personal references into the pulpit, but perhaps it would be affectation not to do so now. Looking back over these long years, many thoughts
Alexander Maclaren—Romans, Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)

Heaven
I have hinted that this passage is most commonly applied to heaven, and I shall myself also so apply it in some measure, this morning. But any one who reads the connexion will discover that the apostle is not talking about heaven at all. He is only speaking of this--that the wisdom of this world is not able to discover the things of God--that the merely carnal mind is not able to know the deep spiritual things of our most holy religion. He says, "We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 2: 1856

Natural or Spiritual?
This morning I propose--and O that God the Holy Spirit may bear witness in our hearts!--I propose, first of all, to dwell a little while upon the great truth that natural men do not receive the things of the Spirit of God, but count them foolishness; in the second place, I shall show, for a moment only, that the reason of the rejection of the things of God cannot be because they are really foolish, for they are not so; thirdly, we shall come to the inference that the reason why the natural man rejects
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 7: 1861

1 Corinthians ii. 12
We have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God. And, therefore, he goes on to say, our language is different from that of others, and not always understood by them; the natural man receiveth not the things of God, for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. That is, they are discerned only by a faculty which he has not, namely, by the Spirit; and, therefore, as beings devoid of reason cannot understand the truths
Thomas Arnold—The Christian Life

My Life in Christ
MY LIFE IN CHRIST or Moments of Spiritual Serenity and Contemplation, of Reverent Feeling, of Earnest Self-Amendment, and of Peace in God: EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF ST. JOHN OF KRONSTADT (ARCHPRIEST JOHN ILIYTCH SERGIEFF) Translated, with the Author's sanction, from the Fourth and Supplemented Edition BY E. E. GOULAEFF, ST. PETERSBURG NOTE. I do not precede my book by any introduction: let it speak for itself. Everything contained in it is but a gracious enlightenment which was bestowed upon my
John Calvin—My Life in Christ

The Personality of the Holy Spirit.
Before one can correctly understand the work of the Holy Spirit, he must first of all know the Spirit Himself. A frequent source of error and fanaticism about the work of the Holy Spirit is the attempt to study and understand His work without first of all coming to know Him as a Person. It is of the highest importance from the standpoint of worship that we decide whether the Holy Spirit is a Divine Person, worthy to receive our adoration, our faith, our love, and our entire surrender to Himself,
R. A. Torrey—The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit

No Minister Ought to Keep a Faithful Person from the Communion, that Does Desire and Ask It, Whilst He Doth not Know his Conscience Defiled with Mortal Sin.
The Council of Trent, treating of the Preparation which Priests and Layman ought to make for the worthy Receiving of the Holy Eucharist, hath these following words, (Sess. 13, Cap. 17.) The Custom of the Church makes it clear, that Examination and Proof is necessary in order to the Communion; that no man, knowing himself guilty of mortal Sin, though he may seem Contrite to himself, come to the Sacrament, unless he have before been at Sacramental Confession. Which comprehends all Christians, and even
Miguel de Molinos—The Spiritual Guide which Disentangles the Soul

And These Signs are Sufficient to Prove that the Faith of Christ Alone Is...
80. And these signs are sufficient to prove that the faith of Christ alone is the true religion. But see! you still do not believe and are seeking for arguments. We however make our proof "not in the persuasive words of Greek wisdom [1128] " as our teacher has it, but we persuade by the faith which manifestly precedes argumentative proof. Behold there are here some vexed with demons;'--now there were certain who had come to him very disquieted by demons, and bringing them into the midst he said,--Do
Athanasius—Select Works and Letters or Athanasius

Letter xv (Circa A. D. 1129) to Alvisus, Abbot of Anchin
To Alvisus, Abbot of Anchin He praises the fatherly gentleness of Alvisus towards Godwin. He excuses himself, and asks pardon for having admitted him. To Alvisus, Abbot of Anchin. [18] 1. May God render to you the same mercy which you have shown towards your holy son Godwin. I know that at the news of his death you showed yourself unmindful of old complaints, and remembering only your friendship for him, behaved with kindness, not resentment, and putting aside the character of judge, showed yourself
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux—Some Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux

Of Certain Outward Temptations and Appearances of Satan. Of the Sufferings Thereby Occasioned. Counsels for those who Go On
Unto Perfection. 1. Now that I have described certain temptations and troubles, interior and secret, of which Satan was the cause, I will speak of others which he wrought almost in public, and in which his presence could not be ignored. [1] 2. I was once in an oratory, when Satan, in an abominable shape, appeared on my left hand. I looked at his mouth in particular, because he spoke, and it was horrible. A huge flame seemed to issue out of his body, perfectly bright, without any shadow. He spoke
Teresa of Avila—The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus

Letter Lix. To Marcella.
An answer to five questions put to Jerome by Marcella in a letter not preserved. The questions are as follows. (1) What are the things which eye hath not seen nor ear heard (1 Cor. ii. 9)? Jerome answers that they are spiritual things which as such can only be spiritually discerned. (2) Is it not a mistake to identify the sheep and the goats of Christ's parable (Matt. xxv. 31 sqq.) with Christians and heathens? Are they not rather the good and the bad? For an answer to this question Jerome refers
St. Jerome—The Principal Works of St. Jerome

On the Words of the Gospel, John v. 25,"Verily, Verily, I Say unto You, the Hour Cometh, and Now Is, when the Dead Shall Hear The
1. Our hope, Brethren, is not of this present time, nor of this world, nor in that happiness whereby men are blinded that forget God. This ought we above all things to know, and in a Christian heart hold fast, that we were not made Christians for the good things of the present time, but for something else which God at once promiseth, and man doth not yet comprehend. For of this good it is said, "That eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man, what things God
Saint Augustine—sermons on selected lessons of the new testament

"Seek First the Kingdom of God," &C.
Matt. vi. 33.--"Seek first the kingdom of God," &c. It may seem strange, that when so great things are allowed, and so small things are denied, that we do not seek them. The kingdom of God and his righteousness are great things indeed, great not only in themselves, but greater in comparison of us. The things of this world, even great events, are but poor, petty, and inconsiderable matters, when compared with these. Yet he graciously allows a larger measure of these great things relating to his kingdom
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning

"That which we have Seen and Heard, Declare we unto You, that Ye Also May have Fellowship with Us,"
1 John i. 3.--"That which we have seen and heard, declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us," &c. There are many things that you desire to hear, and it may be are usually spoken of in public, which the generality of men's hearts are more carried after. But truly, I should wrong myself and you both if I should take upon me to discourse in these things, which, it may be, some desire, for direction or information concerning the times, for I can neither speak of them with so much
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning

"Because the Carnal Mind is Enmity against God, for it is not Subject to the Law of God, Neither Indeed Can Be. "
Rom. viii. 7.--"Because the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be." Unbelief is that which condemns the world. It involves in more condemnation than many other sins, not only because more universal, but especially because it shuts up men in their misery, and secludes them from the remedy that is brought to light in the gospel. By unbelief I mean, not only that careless neglect of Jesus Christ offered for salvation, but that which is the
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning

Preface. And as to Christ Thy Lord
Preface. and as to Christ thy Lord, most comely "as the lily among thorns," being his "love among the daughters," Cant. ii. 2. so also, thou, in a special way, art the dearly beloved and longed for, the joy and crown, of every sincere servant of Christ in the gospel, Phil. iv. 1. Thou art, if not the only, yet the chief object of their labours, their work being either to confirm and strengthen thee in thy way, that thou mayest so stand fast in the Lord, or remove impediments, make crooked things
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning

The Ministry of the New Covenant
"Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, known and read of all men; being made manifest that ye are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God: not in tables of stone, but in tables that are hearts of flesh. And such confidence have we through Christ Godward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God: who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the
Andrew Murray—The Two Covenants

The Book of the Covenant
"And Moses took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do and be obedient. And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words."-EX. xxiv. 7, 8; comp. HEB. ix. 18-20. HERE is a new aspect in which to regard God's blessed Book. Before Moses sprinkled the blood, he read the Book of the Covenant, and obtained the
Andrew Murray—The Two Covenants

The Death of the Righteous
'For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.' Phil 1:1I. Paul was a great admirer of Christ. He desired to know nothing but Christ, and him crucified. I Cor 2:2. No medicine like the blood of Christ; and in the text, For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.' I. For to me to live is Christ. We must understand Paul of a spiritual life. For to me to live is Christ, i.e.' Christ is my life; so Gregory of Nyssa; or thus, my life is made up of Christ. As a wicked man's life is made up of sin,
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity

These Discussions, Therefore, Concerning the Different Deserts of Married Women...
19. These discussions, therefore, concerning the different deserts of married women, and of different widows, I would not in this work enter upon, if, what I am writing unto you, I were writing only for you. But, since there are in this kind of discourse certain very difficult questions, it was my wish to say something more than what properly relates to you, by reason of certain, who seem not to themselves learned, unless they essay, not by passing judgment to discuss, but by rending to cut in pieces
St. Augustine—On the Good of Widowhood.

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