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1Cor.2:1. And when I came to you, brethren, I came to proclaim to you the testimony of God, not in excellence of speech or wisdom. “And I came to you, brothers, not by excellent speech or wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.” The Apostle calls eloquence a word, and wisdom the art of speech, and says: “When I came to you, I took advantage of neither one nor the other.” 1Cor.2:2. For I have determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. “For you do not judge what is in you, even Jesus Christ, and Him who was crucified.” By the way, he used the word: “I did not judge,” letting them know that he could offer them a word about theology, but he taught one doctrine about the Economy, boasting about the Master’s suffering. 1Cor.2:3. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in great trembling. “And I was in you in weakness and fear and trembling.” He was subjected to abuse, torture, and imprisonment. 1Cor.2:4. And my word and my preaching are not in convincing words of human wisdom, but in the manifestation of the spirit and power. “And my word and my preaching are not in words exceeding human wisdom, but in the manifestation of the Spirit and power.” Because the evidence of the sermon was the miracle-working of the Spirit. Very appropriately, the Apostle placed the power of the Spirit along with the weakness of suffering. 1 Corinthians 2:5. So that your faith rests not on human wisdom, but on the power of God. “Let your faith not lie in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.” It was precisely for this reason that the Lord did not allow us to use eloquence, so that your faith would not be subject to suspicion, as if carried away not by the power of words, but guided by the power of the Spirit. 1 Corinthians 2:6. We preach wisdom among the perfect, but the wisdom is not of this age and not of the passing authorities of this age. “But we speak wisdom among those who are perfect: wisdom is not of this world, nor of the princes of this world that pass away.” since in what was said before he called preaching violence, using the name given by the infidels, it necessarily shows that for those who have accepted the true and perfect faith it really is and is called wisdom. “Princes” of the “century” he calls sophists, poets, philosophers and rhetoricians, as those who have acquired fame in real life through their eloquence. 1 Corinthians 2:7. But we preach the wisdom of God, secret, hidden, which God ordained before the ages for our glory. “But we speak the hidden wisdom of God in mystery, which God first ordained for our glory.” The Apostle does not say that with a “verb” in the mystery, but that we communicate to people the wisdom hidden in the mystery, which God did not order now out of any repentance, but from ancient times and from the beginning he provided, thereby arranging our glory, because not only salvation, but also glory, is given to believers. 1 Corinthians 2:8. Which none of the authorities of this age has known; for if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. “No one of the princes of this age understood: if they had understood, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.” He called Pilate, Herod, Anna, Caiaphas and other Jewish leaders the princes of this age; He says that they did not know God’s secret and therefore crucified the Lord. That is why the crucified Lord said: “Father, let them go, for they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34). And if they knew that saving suffering would scatter them throughout the universe and would grant salvation to the pagans, they would not have dared to betray the Lord to suffering. Therefore, the Lord recognized them as worthy of leniency. But when, after His Resurrection from the dead, after His Ascension into heaven, after the Descent of the All-Holy Spirit, after the many different miracles of the Apostles, they remained in unbelief, then they were besieged. He called the Crucified Lord Lord of glory not because he attributes suffering to the Divine, but because he wants to show the excessiveness of the iniquity of those who sinned. 1 Corinthians 2:9. But, as it is written: eye has not seen, ear has not heard, and what God has prepared for those who love Him has not entered into the heart of man. “But as it is written: eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has the heart of man breathed what God has prepared for those who love Him” (Isa. 64:4). Since the Apostle mentioned the ignorance of the Jews and said that the secret of the Economy was hidden, he necessarily added that what no one had heard of, what no one had ever seen and what the most insatiable mind had not thought about, God prepared for everyone to have ardent love for Him. There should be no doubt about the testimony, 1 for it is enough that the blessed tongue said: “as it is written.” And the book of Chronicles informs us that many other prophecies were written. 1 Corinthians 2:10. But God revealed this to us by His Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. “God has revealed to us food by His Spirit.” This is sufficient as proof of the truth of the testimony, for he who received the revelation of the Spirit of God in the same revelation also received the knowledge of the testimony. “The Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.” He said: “tests,” meaning not ignorance, but accurate knowledge. For soon he says the same about God: “Test the hearts” 2. But if ignorance is signified in the second place, then so does the first. And if in the second there is knowledge, then likewise in the first. Just as knowledge shows equality, so ignorance shows inequality. For it will turn out that God does not know the hearts of men, and the Spirit does not know the depths of God. And one more thing: if testing is a sign of ignorance, and He tests everything, it will mean that He does not know everything. But we have spoken about this at greater length in other places. Therefore, let us turn to interpretation. 1 Corinthians 2:11. For which man knows what is in a man except the spirit of man that dwells in him? Likewise, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. “Who is the message from man who is in man, even the spirit of man living in him? In the same way, no one knows God’s message, but the Spirit of God.” The Apostle showed that testing is not a sign of ignorance, for he added that He is also “the message of God,” just as we know our own thoughts. 1 Corinthians 2:12. But we did not receive the spirit of this world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we might know the things freely given to us by God. “We have not received the spirit of this world, but the Spirit that is from God, that we know that which is given to us from God.” The Apostle showed that the All-Holy Spirit is not a part of creation, but has existence from God. For this is expressed in the words: “We have not received the Spirit of the world,” that is, we have not received the spirit of creation, and the revelation of mysteries was not communicated to us through an Angel, but the Spirit Himself emanating from the Father taught us the hidden mysteries. 1 Corinthians 2:13. Which we proclaim not in words learned from human wisdom, but in words learned from the Holy Spirit, comparing spiritual with spiritual. “We speak not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit.” Therefore, we have no need for human wisdom; the teaching of the Spirit is sufficient for us. "Spiritual with spiritual judgment." For we have the testimony of the Old Testament and with it we confirm the New Testament, because the Old is spiritual. In order to indicate the prototypes of our mysteries, we present the environment of the lamb and the blood with which Prague is anointed, the crossing of the sea, currents from stone, the giving of manna and thousands of similar events - and with these prototypes we prove the truth. 1 Corinthians 2:14. The natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, because he considers them foolishness; and cannot understand, because this must be judged spiritually. “A spiritual person does not accept the Spirit of God, for he has foolishness: and he cannot understand, he strives beyond the spirit.” The Apostle calls a “spiritual” person one who is content with his own thoughts alone, does not allow the teaching of the Spirit and cannot recognize it. 1 Corinthians 2:15. But the spiritual one judges everything, but no one can judge him. “The spiritual one is vying for everything, but he himself is not vying for a single one.” For whoever has been granted the grace of the Spirit is himself able to teach others, but has no need to be taught by others. 1 Corinthians 2:16. For who has known the mind of the Lord so that he can judge him? And we have the mind of Christ. “Who can understand the mind of the Lord and explain it?” “We are the mind of Christ imams.” The Apostle sufficiently proved that the Divine teaching has no need for anything. For if not only the God of all has no need for anything, but His wisdom is also incomprehensible, and He communicated this wisdom to us, then we also have no need for the teaching of the so-called wise men. Blessed Theodoret appends this remark for the likely reason that in the above-mentioned place in the prophet Isaiah the words cited by the Apostle are not accurately read. 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