1 Corinthians 2:12

We, for our part, have not received the spirit of the world. We have received the Spirit who comes from God, so that we may recognize all that God has graciously given us.
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Treated in 12 passages across the library.

  1. Communion with God · John Owen

    That this communion is distinctly with the Father, Son, and Spirit cites 1 Cor. ii. 12

    …being given unto us “that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God,” 1 Cor. ii. 12. I have chosen this special instance because, as I told you, it is comprehensive, and…

  2. 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…

  3. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    The World cites 1 Cor. ii. 12

    …2.) "We have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God." (1 Cor. ii. 12.) "Christ gave Himself for us, that He might deliver us from this present evil world."…

  4. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites 1 Cor. 2:12

    …which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God,” (1 Cor. 2:12), what can they oppose to this, without offering insult to the Spirit of God? But if it…

  5. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    February cites 1 Corinthians 2:12

    …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. 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…

  7. A Plain Account of Christian Perfection · John Wesley

    Section 25 cites 1 Cor. 2:12

    …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…

  8. 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.”…

  9. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 8 — Of the Power of the Church in Articles of Faith cites 1 Cor. 2:12

    …from whom they can, without deception, learn the things which have been given to them (1 Cor. 2:12); in other words, “what is the hope of their calling, and what the riches of the glory of…

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

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

    …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…

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

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

    …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…

  12. The Holy Spirit, or Power from on High · A. B. Simpson

    The Holy Spirit in the First Epistle to the Corinthians cites 1 Corinthians 2:6-16

    …it, filling it with life, and enduing it with power for service. I. THE SPIRITUAL MIND. 1 Corinthians 2:6-16. The last verse of this wonderful chapter expresses the particular truth of which the…

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