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These thingsἃwe alsoκαὶspeak,λαλοῦμενnotοὐκinἐνwordsλόγοιςtaughtδιδακτοῖςby humanἀνθρωπίνηςwisdomσοφίαςbutἀλλ’inἐνwordstaughtδιδακτοῖςby the Spirit,πνεύματοςinterpretingσυγκρίνοντεςspiritual thingsπνευματικὰwith spiritual words.πνευματικοῖς
1 Corinthians 2:13
Study it in the app“These things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual things with spiritual words.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 2:13, word by word
- speakλαλοῦμενlaloumen
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “laloumen” appears- wordsλόγοιςlogois
word
What someone says or teaches.
Where else “logois” appears- taughtδιδακτοῖςdidaktois
taught
Taught, instructed.
Where else “didaktois” appears- by humanἀνθρωπίνηςanthrōpinēs
human
Human; "in human terms", speaking as people do.
Where else “anthrōpinēs” appears- wisdomσοφίαςsophias
wisdom
Wisdom.
Where else “sophias” appears- by the Spiritπνεύματοςpneumatos
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneumatos” appears- interpretingσυγκρίνοντεςsynkrinontes
interpret
To explain things by means of others.
Where else “synkrinontes” appears- spiritual thingsπνευματικὰpneumatika
spiritual
Given or moved by the Spirit of God.
Where else “pneumatika” appears
Translation note
It can also be understood “explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.”
The context
12Now 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.
13 · This verse (above)
14But the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are examined spiritually.