1st Corinthians Chapter 2 verse 12 Holy Bible
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.
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But we have not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes from God, so that we may have knowledge of the things which are freely given to us by God.
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But *we* have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which [is] of God, that we may know the things which have been freely given to us of God:
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Now 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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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 by God.
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And we the spirit of the world did not receive, but the Spirit that `is' of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us,
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1st Corinthians 2 : 12 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - The spirit of the world. The heathen world in its heathen aspect is regarded as under the power of the devil (2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 6:11, 12). Freely given to us by God. The word "freely" is here involved in the verb (χαρισθέντα) "graciously bestowed." It is different from the phrase used in "Freely ye have received," which is gratuitously (δωρεὰν, Matthew 10:8). All God's gifts are "without money and without price" (Isaiah 55:1), and not "to be bought with money" (Acts 18:20).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) We.--This must not be confined to the Apostles exclusively. Though referring primarily to them, it includes all the members of the Christian Church as one with its teachers and rulers. The "things freely given us of God" mean all spiritual things.