1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER TWO

OBSERVATION STAGE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The purpose of the observation stage is to maintain focus on the text at hand within the normative rules of language, context and logic  which limits the observer to the content offered by the letter of 1 Corinthians especially the previous chapter one. This will serve to avoid going on unnecessary tangents elsewhere; and more importantly, it will provide the framework for a proper and objective comparison with passages located elsewhere in Scripture.

Remember that something elsewhere may be true, but in the text at hand it may not be in view.

Manuscript Evidence from The New Testament And Translation Commentary, Philip W. Comfort, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Ill., 2008.

OR MOVE TO FIRST VERSE OF CHAPTER TWO 

[1 Cor 1:26-31]:

[Commentary on 1 Cor 1:26-31]:

[Compare Ro 1:18-20 ]:

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I) [1 Cor 2:1-16]:

A) [1 Cor 2:1-5]:

a) [(1 Cor 2:1) Manuscript Evidence For 1 Cor 2:1]:

b) [(1 Cor 2:4) Manuscript Evidence For 1 Cor 2:4)]:

2) [(1 Cor 2:1) Commentary On 1 Cor 2:1-5]:

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PAUL SILENCES HIS CRITICS BECAUSE HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE FLESH EXCEEDED THEIRS

CIRCUMCISED ON THE EIGHTH DAY

OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL, OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN

HEBREW OF HEBREWS

IN REGARD TO THE LAW, A PHARISEE 

AS FOR ZEAL, PERSECUTING THE CHURCH 

[Compare Acts 22:3]:

AS FOR LEGALISTIC RIGHTEOUSNESS, FAULTLESS

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(2 cont) [(1 Cor 2:1) Commentary On 1 Cor 2:1-5 cont.]:

b) [(1 Cor 2:1) Compare Manuscript Evidence for 1 Cor 2:1]:

c) [Compare 1 Cor 1:6]:

2 cont2) [(1 Cor 2:1-5) Commentary On 1 Cor 2:1-5, (cont2)]: 

2 cont3) [(1 Cor 2:1) Commentary On 1 Cor 2:1-5, (cont3))]:

d) [(1 Cor 2:1-5) Compare Commentary On 1 Cor 2:1-5 By Bible Knowledge Commentary]:

i) [Compare Phil 2:12 ]: 

i_a) IN THE SAME WAY THAT EPH 6:13 USES THE VERB RENDERED "WORK OUT" IN PHIL 2:12 TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THINGS WITH ONE'S ALREADY RECEIVED SPIRITUAL ARMOR, SO THE VERB IN PHIL 2:12 PORTRAYS EXERCISING THE RESULTS OF ONE'S ALREADY RECEIVED SALVATION

[Compare Eph 6:13]:

d cont.) [(1 Cor 2:1-5) Compare Commentary On 1 Cor 2:1-5 By Bible Knowledge Commentary, (cont.)]: 

ii) [Compare 2 Cor 10:7-12]:

ii_b) [(2 Cor 10:7-12) Compare Expositor's Bible Commentary On 2 Cor 10:7-12]:

e) [(1 Cor 2:2-5) Commentary On 1 Cor 2:2-5 By Expositor's]:

B) [1 Cor 2:6-16]:

1) [(1 Cor 2:6-16) Manuscript Evidence For 1 Cor 2:6-16]:

a) [(1 Cor 2:10) Manuscript Evidence For 1 Cor 2:10]:

b) [(1 Cor 2:13a) Manuscript Evidence For 1 Cor 2:13a]:

c) [(1 Cor 2:13-15; 3:1a) Manuscript Evidence For 1 Cor 2:13-15: 3:1a]:

d) [(1 Cor 2:16) Manuscript Evidence For 1 Cor 2:16]:

2) [(1 Cor 2:6-9) Commentary On 1 Cor 2:6-9]:

a) [Compare Isa 65:17]:

b) [(1 Cor 2:6-9) Compare Bible Knowledge Commentary On 1 Cor 2:6-9]:

i) [Compare Mt 11:25]:

c) [(1 Cor 2:6-9) Compare Expositor's Bible Commentary On 1 Cor 2:6-9]:   

c cont.) [(1 Cor 2:6-9) Compare Expositor's Bible Commentary On 1 Cor 2:6-9, cont]:

c cont2.) [(1 Cor 2:6-9) Compare Expositor's Bible Commentary On 1 Cor 2:6-9, cont2]:

3) [(1 Cor 2:6-16) Commentary On 1 Cor 2:9-16]:

a) [Compare Isa 65:17]:

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[Ro 1:19]:

THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT GOD IS PLAIN TO MEN WHO SUPPRESS THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD, WHICH KNOWLEDGE DECLARES THAT HE EXISTS, IS THE SOVEREIGN CREATOR, IS RIGHTEOUS AND REQUIRES MAN TO BE RIGHTEOUS

THE PHRASE "GOD HAS MADE IT PLAIN TO THEM" IMPLIES THAT GOD HAS PROVIDED INFORMATION TO MAN ABOUT HIMSELF IN A MANNER WHICH IS READILY DISCERNIBLE, I.E., NATURAL REVELATION

[BKC, NT, p. 442]:

[Ro 1:20]:

FOR SINCE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD GOD'S INVISIBLE QUALITIES - HIS ETERNAL POWER AND DIVINE NATURE - HAVE BEEN CLEARLY SEEN, BEING UNDERSTOOD FROM WHAT HAS BEEN MADE, SO THAT ALL MANKIND OF ALL AGES ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE - INCLUDING THOSE WHO DO NOT WORSHIP GOD AT ALL

GOD'S ETERNAL POWER AND DIVINE NATURE AND WHAT CAN BE KNOWN ABOUT HIM HAS BEEN MADE PLAIN AND CAN CLEARLY BE SEEN IN CREATION

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c) [(1 Cor 2:9-16) Compare Expositor's Bible Commentary On 1 Cor 2:9-16]:

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