12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. …
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. …
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-16)In this part of the chapter the apostle shows them that though he had not come to them with the excellency of human wisdom, with any of the boasted knowledge and literature of the Jews or Greeks, yet he had communicated to them a treasure of the truest and the highest wisdom: We speak wisdom among those who are perfect (1 Cor. 2:6), among those who are well instructed in Christianity, and come to…
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