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nishes through us seems to be a better reading. That doctrine comprehends both wisdom and words. — ^nvgccnxoTg wsv/jjarixdy spiritual things to [with; Engl. Yers. and Vulg.] spiritual) We interpret [But Engl. Yers. and Yulg. comparing) spiritual things and spiritual words in a manner suitable to spiritual men, ver. 6, 15, so that they may be willing and able to receive them; ffvyxpi vu, ffvyxpipu, ffuyxp/ffic, are frequently used by the lxx. for example, in respect to the interpretation of dreams, Gen xl. and xli. ; Dan. ii. iv. v. vii.
14. Yuyizbg, the natural [animal] man) whatsoever and how great soever he may be, who is without the Spirit of God. Ephraim Syrus well remarks : u The apostle called men, who lived according to nature, natural , -^vyixovg ; those who lived contrary to nature, carnal , ffapxixcvg ; but those are spiritual , msu/uumcoi, who even change their nature into the spirit, i.e. con- form their natural disposition to what is spiritual,” [/^ap/xo^asiw rr\v cpvaiv tig ro -TraD^a], f. 92. So flesh and blood , Matt. xvi. 17, note. — ou d'eyera /, does not receive) although they be offered, yet he does not wish to avail himself of the offer ; comp. d'e%aff6 g, receive . Here presently after there follows the corresponding phrase, he cannot . Comp. Rom. viii. 7. The reason is added to each [aetiology, see Appen.], by the words, for , and because. [Each forms an antithesis to the mind of Paul expressed at 1 Tim. i. 15, faithful and worthy of all ACCEPTATION, 'xnsrhg xal rta<sr\g anohoyjg ac'iog. — Y. g.] — ra rov msuftarog,1 the things of the Spirit) In like manner, the things of God , ver. 11.— pup/u, folly) Whereas he seeks wdsdom, i. 22. — ov dvvarai , he cannot) he has not the spirit and the power. — yvuvui, to know) the things of the Spirit of God. — mtufLurixtog) only spiritually.
15. 'o) There is great beauty here in the addition of the article [the spiritual man] ; ^vyjxbg [a natural man] is without
reads bt'bocKTa). But fgy Vulg. Syr. read hbotxy- * Ay/ov is placed before or after mevpcxTog in the later Syr. and Bee. Text. But A BCD corrected later, G, Origen 1, 1976, Vulg. omit uylov (Vulg. corrected by Victor has Sancti). — Ed.
1 The Germ. Vers, does not conceal that rov Qeov is added, although the omission on the margin of both editions is considered to be better established. — E. B.
ABCD(A)G$ Vulg. Orig. Hilary 64, read rov Stov. But Syr. Version, Iren, and Hilary, 344, omit the words. — Ed.
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