ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 2 v10

THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD. CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA: Those who possess the Spirit seek out the deep things of God, that is, the hidden secrets that surround prophecy. STROMATEIS 2.7.3.24

THE LIMITS OF HUMAN SEARCHING. ORIGEN: Only the Spirit can search everything. The human soul cannot do this, which is why it needs to be strengthened by the Spirit if it is ever going to penetrate the depths of God. COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 1.10.6-10.25

ONLY GOD CAN REVEAL GOD. AMBROSIASTER: God revealed these things through his Spirit to believers, because the things of God cannot be understood without the Spirit of God, who is of God and therefore knows everything about him. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.26

ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD IS BEYOND OUR SEARCHING. CHRYSOSTOM: If the Spirit, who knows the secret things of God, had not revealed them to us, there is no way that we could ever have known them. The word search does not imply that the Spirit was ignorant but refers rather to accurate, detailed knowledge. It is the same usage as when Paul speaks of God, saying that he searches the human heart.27HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 7.7.28

THE SPIRIT’S UNDERSTANDING. THEODORET OF CYR: Whoever has received the revelation of the Spirit has also received the Spirit’s understanding. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 177.29

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