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Nowδὲweἡμεῖςdid notοὐreceiveἐλάβομενthe spiritτὸ πνεῦμαof the worldτοῦ κόσμουbutἀλλὰthe Spiritτὸ πνεῦμαwho isτὸfromἐκGod,τοῦ θεοῦso thatἵναwe may knowεἰδῶμενthe thingsτὰfreely givenχαρισθένταto usἡμῖνbyὑπὸGod.τοῦ θεοῦ
1 Corinthians 2:12
Study it in the app“Now we did not receive the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God.”
The Spirit helps us know what God has freely given usThe Holy Spirit
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 2:12, word by word
- receiveἐλάβομενelabomen
receive
To be given something, like the Spirit.
Where else “elabomen” appears- the spiritπνεῦμαpneuma
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneuma” appears- of the worldκόσμουkosmou
world against God
People who live with their backs to God.
Where else “kosmou” appears- Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- we may knowεἰδῶμενeidōmen
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “eidōmen” appears- freely givenχαρισθένταcharisthenta
grant
To give something at no cost, out of kindness.
Where else “charisthenta” appears
The context
11For who among men knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man that is in him? So also no one has known the things of God except the Spirit of God.
12 · This verse (above)
13These things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual things with spiritual words.