1 Corinthians 2:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἃ καὶ λαλοῦμεν, οὐκ ἐν διδακτοῖς ἀνθρωπίνης σοφίας λόγοις, ἀλλʼ ἐν διδακτοῖς Πνεύματος Ἁγίου· πνευματικοῖς πνευματικὰ συγκρίνοντες.

Transliteration

Which things (ha) also we laloumen, not in didaktois anthrōpinēs sophias logois, but in didaktois of Pneumatos Hagiou; pneumatikois pneumatika synkrinontes.

Grammar Details

*ha*: relative pronoun, accusative neuter plural - which things/what
*laloumen*: present active indicative, 1st person plural - we speak
*didaktois*: dative masculine plural verbal adjective - taught/instructed
*anthrōpinēs*: genitive feminine singular adjective - human/of human origin
*sophias*: genitive feminine singular - of wisdom
*logois*: dative masculine plural - words/speeches
*Pneumatos*: genitive neuter singular - of Spirit
*Hagiou*: genitive neuter singular adjective - Holy
*pneumatikois*: dative masculine plural adjective - spiritual/of the Spirit
*pneumatika*: accusative neuter plural adjective - spiritual things
*synkrinontes*: present active participle, nominative masculine plural - comparing/combining/interpreting

Word Meanings

*laloumen*: speak/say/tell
*didaktois*: taught/instructed/learned
*anthrōpinēs*: human/belonging to humans
*sophias*: wisdom/skill/intelligence
*logois*: words/messages/sayings
*Pneumatos*: Spirit/breath/wind
*pneumatikois*: spiritual/of the Spirit/Spirit-given
*pneumatika*: spiritual things/spiritual truths
*synkrinontes*: comparing/combining/interpreting/explaining

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 1:17 : 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
1 Cor 2:4 : 4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
1 Pet 1:12 : 12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
2 Pet 1:16 : 16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
1 Cor 9:11 : 11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
1 Cor 10:3-5 : 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
1 Cor 12:1-3 : 1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. 3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
1 Cor 14:2 : 2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
Eph 5:19 : 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
1 Cor 2:1 : 1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
Luke 12:12 : 12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
Acts 2:4 : 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

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