1 Corinthians 2:12

But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God.
American Standard Version

Treated in 7 passages across the library.

  1. A Plain Account of Christian Perfection · John Wesley

    Section 25 cites 1 Cor. 2:12

    …e Spirit which is of God; that we may know the things which are freely given us of God.’ (1 Cor. 2:12.) “Now surely sanctification is one of ‘the things which are freely given us of God.’ And…

  2. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The First Fruits of the Spirit cites 1 Cor. 2:12

    … which is of God; that they might know the things which are freely given to them of God” (1 Cor. 2:12); which Spirit “beareth witness with their spirits, that they are the children of God.” A…

  3. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XI. It is no sign that affections are right, or that they are wrong, that they make persons that have them exceeding confident that what they experience is divine, and that they are in a good estate cites 1 Cor. 2:12

    … by what means Christians (and not only the apostles and martyrs) were wont to know this: 1 Cor. 2:12, "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that…

  4. Absolute Surrender · Andrew Murray

    Separated unto the Holy Spirit cites 1 Cor. 2:12

    …Paul said: “We have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is of God” (1 Cor. 2:12). That is the great want in every worker—the spirit of the world going out, and the Spiri…

  5. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    February cites 1 Corinthians 2:12

    …irit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.” (1 Corinthians 2:12) Dear reader, have you received the spirit which is of God, wrought by the Holy Ghost in …

  6. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Regenerating Work of the Holy Spirit cites 1 Corinthians 2:12-14

    …parted to us. We receive the mind that sees as God sees, thinks God's thoughts after Him (1 Corinthians 2:12-14); affections in ha rmony with the affections of God. (“The fruit of the Spirit is love, j…

  7. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Holy Spirit as a Teacher cites 1 Corinthians 2:9-13

    …ep things of God which are hidden from and are foolishness to the natural man. We read in 1 Corinthians 2:9-13, “ What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepa…

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