As children we have probably all played Hide and Go Seek where a few children hide and another child tries to find everyone. We may have also played Hot and Cold where one child hides something and another child has to search for what was hidden while being guided by whether he is hot (near) or cold (far). We all love a hidden treasure or a secret mystery. We all rejoice in finding what was hidden. The Heavenly Father hid a mystery before the ages. The secret that was hidden could not be found unless certain conditions were met. None of the heavenly beings could find it even though they searched. The devil, the incorporeal satan, the angels and the demons, did not know this treasure existed. Today no one can find it until they become spiritual or non-carnal. Paul prays for people to have a jam-packed full perception and recognition of the Father’s inclinations in wisdom and ethereal intellect. The journey to ethereal intelligence leads us to the hidden secrets, the treasures, and the mystery that was hidden eons ago. Paul also sets a proof for all people who would call themselves prophets and or spiritual. If people do not fulfill this requirement, this proof, then they are not prophets or spiritual. The treasures that we find on this journey are for our own glory as the children of the Most High God because the spiritual ones are becoming a holy sacerdotal order.
Paul says that he doesn’t stop praying for the Colossians. He asks for them to be jam packed with full knowledge of the Almighty, Most High, Eternal, Heavenly Fathers will.
Colossians 1:9 G1223 On account of G3778 this G2532 also, G1473 we G575 from G3739 which G2250 day G191 heard, G3756 cease not G3973 G5228 [2for G1473 3you G4336 1praying], G2532 and G154 asking G2443 that G4137 you should be filled with G3588 the G1922 full knowledge G3588 G2307 of his will G1473,…
4137 LSJ Gloss:πληρόω to make full
Dodson:πληρόω I fill, fulfill, complete.
Thayer:
1) to make full, to fill up, i.e. to fill to the full
1a) to cause to abound, to furnish or supply liberally
1a1) I abound, I am liberally supplied
2) to render full, i.e. to complete
2a) to fill to the top: so that nothing shall be wanting to full measure, fill to the brim
2b) to consummate: a number
2b1) to make complete in every particular, to render perfect
2b2) to carry through to the end, to accomplish, carry out, (some undertaking)
2c) to carry into effect, bring to realisation, realise
2c1) of matters of duty: to perform, execute
2c2) of sayings, promises, prophecies, to bring to pass, ratify, accomplish
2c3) to fulfil, i.e. to cause God's will (as made known in the law) to be obeyed as it should be, and God's promises (given through the prophets) to receive fulfilment
πληρόω
plēroō play-ro'-o From G4134; to make replete, that is, (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc. KJV Usage: accomplish, X after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply.
1922 LSJ Gloss:ἐπίγνωσις full knowledge
Dodson:ἐπίγνωσις knowledge, discernment, recognition
knowledge of a particular point (directed towards a particular object); perception, discernment, recognition, intuition.
Thayer:
1) precise and correct knowledge
1a) used in the NT of the knowledge of things ethical and divine
ἐπίγνωσις
epignōsis ip-ig'-no-sis From G1921; recognition, that is, (by implication) full discernment, acknowledgement KJV Usage: (ac-) knowledge (-ing, -ment).
2307 LSJ Gloss:θέλημα will
Dodson:θέλημα will, wish, desire
an act of will, will; plur: wishes, desires.
Thayer:
1) what one wishes or has determined shall be done
1a) of the purpose of God to bless mankind through Christ
1b) of what God wishes to be done by us
1b1) commands, precepts
2) will, choice, inclination, desire, pleasure
θέλημα
thelēma thel'-ay-mah From the prolonged form of G2309; a determination (properly the thing), that is, (actively) choice (specifically purpose, decree; abstractly volition) or (passively) inclination KJV Usage: desire, pleasure, will.
Paul is suggesting that it is possible to have an over abundant recognition or intuition of the desires of the Heavenly Father. If he is praying this then it must be something we can attain to. Paul is not just praying for overabundant intuition of the Fathers purposes, but for people to attain to this overabundant intuition in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.
Colossians 1:9... G1722 in G3956 all G4678 wisdom G2532 and G4907 [2understanding G4152 1spiritual];
4678 LSJ Gloss:σοφία skill
Dodson:σοφία wisdom wisdom, insight, skill (human or divine), intelligence.
Thayer:
1) wisdom, broad and full of intelligence; used of the knowledge of very diverse matters
1a) the wisdom which belongs to men
1a1) spec. the varied knowledge of things human and divine, acquired by acuteness and experience, and summed up in maxims and prov
σοφία
sophia sof-ee'-ah From G4680; wisdom (higher or lower, worldly or spiritual) KJV Usage: wisdom.
4907 Dodson:σύνεσις understanding a putting together in the mind, hence: understanding, practical discernment, intellect.
Thayer:
1) a running together, a flowing together with
2) knowledge
2a) understanding
2b) the understanding, i.e the mind so far forth as it understands
For Synonyms see entry G5826
σύνεσις
sunesis soon'-es-is From G4920; a mental putting together, that is, intelligence or (concretely) the intellect KJV Usage: knowledge, understanding.
4152LSJ Gloss:πνευματικός of spirit, spiritual
Dodson:πνευματικός spiritual.
Thayer:
1) relating to the human spirit, or rational soul, as part of the man which is akin to God and serves as his instrument or organ
1a) that which possesses the nature of the rational soul
2) belonging to a spirit, or a being higher than man but inferior to God
3) belonging to the Divine Spirit
3a) of God the Holy Spirit
3b) one who is filled with and governed by the Spirit of God
4) pertaining to the wind or breath; windy, exposed to the wind, blowing
πνευματικός
pneumatikos phyoo-mat-ik-os' From G4151; non-carnal, that is, (humanly) ethereal (as opposed to gross), or (daemoniacally) a spirit (concretely), or (divinely) supernatural, regenerate, religious KJV Usage: spiritual.
Wisdom is broad and full intelligence in many things. Just as the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Wisdom, we can have wisdom through the Holy Spirit. Paul prays for broad and full intelligence and ethereal practical discernment, or spiritually putting things together in our mind. This is sophia and sunesis pneumatikos, broad intelligence and divine intellect.
What is Paul praying? For people to have an over abundant recognition of the desires of the Heavenly Father in broad intelligence and divine intellect. Paul is praying for people to be spiritually smart in all things concerning the Father’s will. The idea of knowledge and intelligence comes up three times in three different ways; epignōsis, full knowledge; sophia, broad and full intelligence; sunesis pneumatikos, spiritual intellect and knowledge. He is praying for an overflowing, complete knowledge of the Father’s desire through insight and spiritual intelligence. Solomon suggested this as well.
Proverbs 4:7 G746 [2 is the beginning G4678 1Wisdom], G2932 acquire G4678 wisdom! G2532 And G1722 in G3956 all G2934.3 of your possessing G1473 G2932 acquire G4907 understanding!
746 LSJ Gloss:ἀρχή a beginning, origin, first cause
Dodson:ἀρχή ruler, beginning (a) rule (kingly or magisterial), (b) plur: in a quasi-personal sense, almost: rulers, magistrates, (c) beginning.
Thayer:
1) beginning, origin
2) the person or thing that commences, the first person or thing in a series, the leader
3) that by which anything begins to be, the origin, the active cause
4) the extremity of a thing
4a) of the corners of a sail
5) the first place, principality, rule, magistracy
5a) of angels and demons
ἀρχή
archē ar-khay' From G756; (properly abstract) a commencement, or (concrete) chief (in various applications of order, time, place or rank) KJV Usage: beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule.
The Holy Spirit is the archē, first in rank, the Spirit of Wisdom. Therefore procure or obtain wisdom and through possession of wisdom acquire spiritual understanding. Solomon is suggesting for his sons to put an effort into spiritual wisdom and understanding. In other words, they should strive for it. It is not going to find them, they have to find sophia. Sophia is the beginning. Paul tells us where to find treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Colossians 2:2 G2443 that G3870 [2should be comforted G3588 G2588 1their hearts], G1473 G4822 being instructed G1722 in G26 love, G2532 and G1519 in G3956 all G4149 riches G3588 of the G4136 full assurance G3588 of the G4907 understanding, G1519 in G1922 full knowledge G3588 of the G3466 mystery G3588 of the G2316 God G2532 and G3962 father G2532 and G3588 of the G5547 Christ;
3466 LSJ Gloss:μυστήριον a mystery
Dodson:μυστήριον anything hidden, a mystery a mystery, secret, of which initiation is necessary; in the NT: the counsels of God, once hidden but now revealed in the Gospel or some fact thereof; the Christian revelation generally; particular truths or details of the Christian revelation.
Thayer:
1) hidden thing, secret, mystery
1a) generally mysteries, religious secrets, confided only to the initiated and not to ordinary mortals
1b) a hidden or secret thing, not obvious to the understanding
1c) a hidden purpose or counsel
1c1) secret will
1c1a) of men
1c1b) of God: the secret counsels which govern God in dealing with the righteous, which are hidden from ungodly and wicked men but plain to the godly
2) in rabbinic writings, it denotes the mystic or hidden sense
2a) of an OT saying
2b) of an image or form seen in a vision
2c) of a dream
μυστήριον
mustērion moos-tay'-ree-on From a derivative of μύω muō (to shut the mouth); a secret or “mystery” (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites) KJV Usage: mystery.
Paul is speaking to those who have not yet met him, that they should be instructed in love and in the wealth of full assurance of sunesis into epignōsis of the mustērion. What is the mystery? 1 Corinthians 2:7, 1 Corinthians 15:51, Ephesians 3:3-ff, Colossians 1:26-27, Romans 11:25. The mystery was hidden from the eons and if the devil would have known he would never have crucified Jesus. The mystery is that the nations would be joint-heirs, joint-bodies, and joint-partners of salvation. Salvation is now opened to all who receive Jesus as Lord and Savior, and the koinōnia, fellowship of all those who join in Jesus as Messiah, have Christ within, which is the hope of glory. We are simply waiting for the number of nations to come into the sheepfold before the harpazo occurs. This mystery, at the last trump when the dead in Christ rise, putting on incorruption and those on the earth are caught up and changed into immortality. Paul wants people to have a wealth of full assurance of understanding and full knowledge of the mystery. Because in the mystery, the hidden secrets are hidden treasures of sophia and gnōsis.
Colossians 2:3 G1722 in G3739 which G1510.2.6 are G3956 all G3588 the G2344 treasures G3588 of the G4678 wisdom G2532 and G3588 of the G1108 knowledge G614 concealed.
2344 LSJ Gloss:θησαυρός a store laid up, treasure
Dodson:θησαυρός a treasure, store a store-house for precious things; hence: a treasure, a store.
Thayer:
1) the place in which good and precious things are collected and laid up
1a) a casket, coffer, or other receptacle, in which valuables are kept
1b) a treasury
1c) storehouse, repository, magazine
2) the things laid up in a treasury, collected treasures
θησαυρός
thēsauros thay-sow-ros' From G5087; a deposit, that is, wealth (literally or figuratively) KJV Usage: treasure.
1108 LSJ Gloss:γνῶσις a judicial inquiry
Dodson:γνῶσις knowledge, doctrine, wisdom.
Thayer:
1) knowledge signifies in general intelligence, understanding
1a) the general knowledge of Christian religion
1b) the deeper more perfect and enlarged knowledge of this religion, such as belongs to the more advanced
1c) esp. of things lawful and unlawful for Christians
1d) moral wisdom, such as is seen in right living
For Synonyms see entry G5826
γνῶσις
gnōsis gno'-sis From G1097; knowing (the act), that is, (by implication) knowledge KJV Usage: knowledge, science.
614 LSJ Gloss:ἀπόκρυφος hidden, concealed
Dodson:ἀπόκρυφος hidden away, secret hidden away, secret, stored up.
Thayer:
1) hidden, secret
2) stored up
ἀπόκρυφος
apokruphos ap-ok'-roo-fos From G613; secret; by implication treasured KJV Usage: hid, kept secret.
It is called a mystery because it conceals something. The treasures it conceals are broad intellect and deeper more perfect knowledge. If one throws away the mystery, the hidden secrets, that one throws away wisdom and knowledge. To have spiritual understanding we have to know the mystery, and within the mystery is a storehouse of precious valuables.
Gnōsis is like a judicial inquiry. The United State recently lived though a judicial inquiry that lasted a few years. This denotes effort and time. Within the secret doctrine there is intelligence in spiritual things and a secret judicial inquiry. The word “secret” denotes hidden intelligence. The mystery was hidden intelligence, because if the devil knew about the nations entering into the Body of Christ and the harpazo, he would not have murdered Jesus. The spiritual understanding of this hidden intelligence is not for everyone, only for those who pursue and acquire wisdom. Therefore, as we will see shortly, not everyone can understand this spiritual mystery. Paul says that this mystery was preordained before the aiōn or ages.
1 Corinthians 2:7 G235 But G2980 we speak G4678 wisdom G2316 of God G1722 in G3466 a mystery, G3588 the one G613 being concealed, G3739 which G4309 God predefined G3588 G2316 G4253 before G3588 the G165 eons G1519 for G1391 our glory; G1473
1391 LSJ Gloss:δόξαa notion
Dodson:δόξα honor, renown, glory splendor honor, renown; glory, an especially divine quality, the unspoken manifestation of God, splendor.
Thayer:
1) opinion, judgment, view
2) opinion, estimate, whether good or bad concerning someone
2a) in the NT always a good opinion concerning one, resulting in praise, honour, and glory
3) splendour, brightness
3a) of the moon, sun, stars
3b) magnificence, excel
δόξα
doxa dox'-ah From the base of G1380; glory (as very apparent), in a wide application (literally or figuratively, objectively or subjectively) KJV Usage: dignity, glory (-ious), honour, praise, worship.
Paul speaks the sophia of God in a hidden secret mystery, that was before the ages for our glory. The mystery is for the glory of the Children of God. This secret hidden mystery is not for the devil. It is not for the incorporeal satan. It is not for the angels. It is not for the demons. The secret hidden mystery, preordained before the age, was for the dignity, honor, splendor and praise of the children of the Most High God of this age. The secret hidden mystery was not for anyone else of any other age, but for this age only. The rulers of this age did not ginōskō this hidden mystery.
1 Corinthians 2:8 G3739 which G3762 not one G3588 of the G758 rulers G3588 G165 of this eon G3778 G1097 has known. G1487 For if G1063 G1097 they knew, G3756 [3not G302 2would G3588 5the G2962 6Lord G3588 G1391 7of glory G4717 1they 4have crucified].
The god of this world, the incorporeal satan, the fallen angels, and the demons, did not have a judicial inquiry regarding the hidden secret mystery of this age. Otherwise Jesus would still be alive. The concealed mystery shot a hole in their plan to destroy humanity. The nations have equal opportunity to be saved, filled with Christ, members of the Body, and to put on incorruption and immortality at the sound of the last trump. Some portion of humanity will be redeemed.
Notice what Paul suggests, there is a spirit of the cosmos.
1 Corinthians 2:12 G1473 But we G1161 G3756 [2not G3588 3the G4151 4spirit G3588 5of the G2889 6world G2983 1received],
2889
κόσμος
kosmos kos'-mos Probably from the base of G2865; orderly arrangement, that is, decoration; by implication the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively [morally])
KJV Usage: adorning, world.
2983
λαμβάνω
lambanō lam-ban'-o A prolonged form of a primary verb, which is used only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively [probably objective or active, to get hold of; whereas G1209 is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one; while G138 is more violent, to seize or remove ]) KJV Usage: accept, + be amazed, assay, attain, bring, X when I call, catch, come on (X unto), + forget, have, hold, obtain, receive (X after), take (away, up).
We have not taken hold of the pneuma of the kosmos. Instead we take hold of the pneuma of the Almighty, Most High, Eternal, God. There are two different spirits spoken of here. We have to keep this in mind otherwise we will believe anyone and everyone who claims to be a child of the Living God.
1537
ἐκ, ἐξ
ek ex ek, ex A primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence motion or action proceeds), from, out (of place, time or cause; literally or figuratively; direct or remote) KJV Usage: after, among, X are, at betwixt (-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for (-th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, . . . ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with (-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion .
There are two spirits, one of the cosmos and one from out of the Living God. Which one have we taken hold of?
1 Corinthians 2:12...G2443 that G1492 we should know G3588 the things G5259 [3by G3588 G2316 4God G5483 1being granted G1473 2to us].
1492 Dodson:οἶδα I know, remember I know, remember, appreciate.
Thayer:
1) to see
1a) to perceive with the eyes
1b) to perceive by any of the senses
1c) to perceive, notice, discern, discover
1d) to see
1d1) i.e. to turn the eyes, the mind, the attention to anything
1d2) to pay attention, observe
1d3) to see about something
1d31) i.e. to ascertain what must be done about it
1d4) to inspect, examine
1d5) to look at, behold
1e) to experience any state or condition
1f) to see i.e. have an interview with, to visit
2) to know
2a) to know of anything
2b) to know, i.e. get knowledge of, understand, perceive
2b1) of any fact
2b2) the force and meaning of something which has definite meaning
2b3) to know how, to be skilled in
2c) to have regard for one, cherish, pay attention to (
1Th. 5:12)
For Synonyms see entry G5825
εἴδω
eidō i'-do A primary verb; used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent, G3700 and G3708; properly to see (literally or figuratively); by implication (in the perfect only) to know KJV Usage: be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) known (-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wist, wot.
5483 LSJ Gloss:χαρίζομαι to say
Dodson:χαρίζομαι I show favor to, forgive (a) I show favor to, (b) I pardon, forgive, (c) I show kindness.
Thayer:
1) to do something pleasant or agreeable (to one), to do a favour to, gratify
1a) to show one's self gracious, kind, benevolent
1b) to grant forgiveness, to pardon
1c) to give graciously, give freely, bestow
1c1) to forgive
1c2) graciously to restore one to another
1c3) to preserve for one a person in peril
χαρίζομαι
charizomai khar-id'-zom-ahee Middle voice from G5485; to grant as a favor, that is, gratuitously, in kindness, pardon or rescue KJV Usage: deliver, (frankly) forgive, (freely) give, grant.
We take hold of the pneuma out from the Living God so that we can see and perceive what God graciously gives us. The spirit of the cosmos will not grant us favor, broad intelligence, full understanding, or full knowledge of the mystery. This is why we see so many books written against the precepts of the mystery. Many people who claim to be children of God write books against the hidden secrets of the mystery because they have not taken hold of, or acquired, wisdom. We hear people say foolish things about the hidden secrets of the mystery simply because the hidden secrets of the mystery are not for them. They cannot know them in their present state. Paul explains, he does not speak about the mystery with human wisdom. That would be utilizing the spirit of the cosmos.
1 Corinthians 2:13 G3739 Which G2532 also G2980 we speak G3756 not G1722 in G1318 [2instructed G442 3by human G4678 4wisdom G3056 1words],
442 LSJ Gloss:ἀνθρώπινος of, from
Dodson:ἀνθρώπινος belonging to human beings, human belonging to human beings (especially as contrasted with God), human (as contrasted with divine).
Thayer:
1) human
1a) applied to things belonging to men
ἀνθρώπινος
anthrōpinos anth-ro'-pee-nos From G444; human KJV Usage: human, common to man, man[-kind], [man-]kind, men’s, after the manner of men.
This tells us that there is a human wisdom and a spiritual wisdom. If one has the pneuma of the kosmos one may have sophia anthrōpinos. If one has the pneuma of Theos, that one has the pneuma of Pneuma Hagion. We have two different spirits and two different wisdoms. If we have the spirit of the Living God, the Holy Spirit instructs our spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:13...G235 but G1722 by G1318 words instructed G4151 [2spirit G39 1of holy]; G4152 [3in spiritual ways G4152 1spiritual things G4793 2being interpreted].
4793 LSJ Gloss:συγκρίνω to compound
Dodson:συγκρίνω I combine, compare I join together, combine, compare, interpret, explain.
Thayer:
1) to joint together fitly, compound, combine
2) to interpret
3) to compare
συγκρίνω
sugkrinō soong-kree'-no From G4862 and G2919; to judge of one thing in connection with another, that is, combine (spiritual ideas with appropriate expressions) or collate (one person with another by way of contrast or resemblance) KJV Usage: compare among (with).
Pneumatikos joins together with pneumatikos. The Holy Spirit joins with our spirit. They collate. They connect. The Spirit of the Living God combines with our spirit so that when we speak of these mysteries and hidden secrets we speak from the Holy Spirit. Again, this is why so many people can have seemingly logical arguments about what they believe about the Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, the harpazo, redemption, etc, but if they are denying the mystery, they are speaking human wisdom from the spirit of the cosmos. Now Paul speaks more plainly.
1 Corinthians 2:14 G5591 But the physical G1161 G444 man G3756 does not G1209 receive G3588 the things G3588 of the G4151 spirit G3588 G2316 of God;…
5591 LSJ Gloss:ψυχικός of the soul
Dodson:ψυχικός animal, natural, sensuous.
Thayer:
1) of or belonging to breath
1a) having the nature and characteristics of the breath
1a1) the principal of animal life, which men have in common with the brutes
1b) governed by breath
1b1) the sensuous nature with its subjection to appetite and passion
ψυχικός
psuchikos psoo-khee-kos' From G5590; sensitive that is, animate (in distinction on the one hand from G4152, which is the higher or renovated nature; and on the other from G5446, which is the lower or bestial nature) KJV Usage: natural, sensual.
444 LSJ Gloss:ἄνθρωπος manfaced
Dodson:ἄνθρωπος a man, one of the human race.
Thayer:
1) a human being, whether male or female
1a) generically, to include all human individuals
1b) to distinguish man from beings of a different order
1b1) of animals and plants
1b2) of from God and Christ
1b3) of the angels
1c) with the added notion of weakness, by which man is led into a mistake or prompted to sin
1d) with the adjunct notion of contempt or disdainful pity
1e) with reference to two fold nature of man, body and soul
1f) with reference to the two fold nature of man, the corrupt and the truly Christian man, conformed to the nature of God
1g) with reference to sex, a male
2) indefinitely, someone, a man, one
3) in the plural, people
4) joined with other words, merchantman
ἄνθρωπος
anthrōpos anth'-ro-pos From G435 and ὤψ ōps (the countenance; from G3700); manfaced, that is, a human being KJV Usage: certain, man.
1209 LSJ Gloss:δέχομαι to take, accept, receive
Dodson:δέχομαι I take, receive, accept, welcome.
Thayer:
1) to take with the hand
1a) to take hold of, take up
2) to take up, receive
2a) used of a place receiving one
2b) to receive or grant access to, a visitor, not to refuse intercourse or friendship
2b1) to receive hospitality
2b2) to receive into one's family to bring up or educate
2c) of the thing offered in speaking, teaching, instructing
2c1) to receive favourably, give ear to, embrace, make one's own, approve, not to reject
2d) to receive. i.e. to take upon one's self, sustain, bear, endure
3) to receive, get
3a) to learn
For Synonyms see entry G5877
δέχομαι
dechomai dekh'-om-ahee Middle voice of a primary verb; to receive (in various applications, literally or figuratively) KJV Usage: accept, receive, take.
The natural soulish animate human does not accept or welcome the spirit of the Most High God. This is why they cannot speak about hidden secret mysteries that the Heavenly Father predestined before the age of mankind. The human without the Holy Spirit joining their own human spirit is like an animal, they have the spirit of the cosmos and the wisdom of man. This is why they don’t take hold of, or welcome, the spirit of the Living God. As Solomon instructed, Wisdom is the origin, the beginning, and the first in order.
Notice the difference between the lower animate man as compared to higher renovated man. We were not created in a bestial form so as to attain to a higher form, that is from ape to man. We were created in a spiritual form but we lost our higher form, and became lower, or animate. Humans are created in the image of the Elohim, with a spiritual nature that was lost in the fall. It seems children are far more spiritual than adults which suggests we become less spiritual as we age until we procure wisdom. Think about John leaping in Elizabeth’s womb at the arrival of Mary, pregnant with Jesus. The person who believes in Jesus, but rejects the things of the Holy Spirit, has not acquired wisdom or spiritual understanding. Therefore spiritual matters are thought of as foolish instead of treasured.
3472 LSJ Gloss:μωρία silliness, folly
Dodson:μωρία folly, absurdity folly, absurdity, foolishness.
Thayer:
1) foolishness
μωρία
mōria mo-ree'-ah From G3474; silliness, that is, absurdity KJV Usage: foolishness.
Our spirit is instructed by the Holy Spirit. We were not meant to be spiritually dead or to take up the spirit of the cosmos in human wisdom. The person who rejects the Holy Spirit is incapable and not strong enough to ginōskō the secret hidden treasures of the mystery.
1410 LSJ Gloss:δύναμαι to be able, capable, strong enough
Dodson:δύναμαι I am powerful, am able (a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.
Thayer:
1) to be able, have power whether by virtue of one's own ability and resources, or of a state of mind, or through favourable circumstances, or by permission of law or custom
2) to be able to do something
3) to be capable, strong and powerful
δύναμαι
dunamai doo'-nam-ahee Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible KJV Usage: be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power.
The animate man is not powerful enough to comprehend the mystery. Why? We cannot learn about the mystery on our own strength or power. The devil, the incorporeal satan, the fallen angels, and the demons could not know the mystery on their own power either. The secret hidden treasure of the mystery is spiritually investigated.
4153 Dodson:πνευματικῶσ spiritually spiritually, in a spiritual way; from a spiritual point of view.
Thayer:
1) spiritually: i.e. by the aid of the Holy Spirit
πνευματικῶς
pneumatikōs pnyoo-mat-ik-oce' Adverb from G4152; non-physically, that is, divinely, figuratively KJV Usage: spiritually.
350 LSJ Gloss:ἀνακρίνω to examine closely, to question, interrogate
Dodson:ἀνακρίνω I examine, inquire into I examine, inquire into, investigate, question.
Thayer:
1) examine or judge
1a) to investigate, examine, enquire into, scrutinise, sift, question
1a1) specifically in a forensic sense of a judge to hold an investigation
1a2) to interrogate, examine the accused or witnesses
1b) to judge of, estimate, determine (the excellence or defects of any person or thing
ἀνακρίνω
anakrinō an-ak-ree'-no From G303 and G2919; properly to scrutinize, that is, (by implication) investigate, interrogate, determine KJV Usage: ask, question, discern, examine, judge, search.
Pneumatikōs anakrinō, divinely scrutinized. Remember the Holy Spirit instructs our spirit, pneumatikos combines with pneumatikos. The mystery and all the treasures of spiritual understanding and the full knowledge of the Father’s will is not available to those who reject the Spirit of Wisdom.
1 Corinthians 2:15 G3588 But the G1161 G4152 spiritual G350 examines G3303 indeed G3956 all things, G1473 but he G1161 G5259 [2by G3762 3no one G350 1is examined].
The pneumatikos anakrinōs, the divine ethereal, scrutinizes everything, yet is not under anyone’s scrutiny. The spiritual investigates everything, but it is not investigated because it is from the Lord. This is why Paul prays for us to know the Father’s will.
1 Corinthians 2:16 G5100 For who G1063 G1097 knew G3563 the mind G2962 of the Lord? G3739 Who G4822 instructs G1473 him? G1473 But we G1161 G3563 [2 the mind G5547 3of Christ G2192 1have]
3563 Dodson:νοῦς the mind, reasoning faculty the mind, the reason, the reasoning faculty, intellect.
Thayer:
1) the mind, comprising alike the faculties of perceiving and understanding and those of feeling, judging, determining
1a) the intellectual faculty, the understanding
1b) reason in the narrower sense, as the capacity for spiritual truth, the higher powers of the soul, the faculty of perceiving divine things, of recognising goodness and of hating evil
1c) the power of considering and judging soberly, calmly and impartially
2) a particular mode of thinking and judging, i.e thoughts, feelings, purposes, desires
νοῦς
nous nooce Probably from the base of G1097; the intellect, that is, mind (divine or human; in thought, feeling, or will); by implication meaning KJV Usage: mind, understanding.
4822 LSJ Gloss:συμβιβάζω to bring together
Dodson:συμβιβάζω I unite, prove, instruct (a) I unite or knit together, (b) I put together in reasoning, and so: I conclude, prove, (c) I teach, instruct.
Thayer:
1) to cause to coalesce, to join together, put together
1a) to unite or knit together: in affection
2) to put together in one's mind
2a) to compare
2b) to gather, conclude, consider
3) to cause a person to unite with one in a conclusion or come to the same opinion, to prove, demonstrate
3a) to teach, instruct, one
συμβιβάζω
sumbibazō soom-bib-ad'-zo From G4862 and βιβάζω bibazō (to force; causatively [by reduplication] of the base of G939); to drive together, that is, unite (in association or affection), (mentally) to infer, show, teach KJV Usage: compact, assuredly, gather, instruct, knit together, prove.
Who ginōskōs the intellectual faculty of the Lord that proves him? Certainly not someone without the Spirit of Wisdom from the Heavenly Father. Certainly not someone who has the spirit of the cosmos and human wisdom. Certainly not someone whose spirit is not joined with the Holy Spirit. The word “But” can read “On the other hand”. So Paul is saying On the other hand we have the intellect of the Messiah. This is why he prayed for us to be completely filled with the full knowledge of the Father’s will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. Paul wants us to know the mystery that the Father hid from everyone else. This is for our glory as children of the Most High God.
Paul’s very next sentence explains our problem. Paul could not speak to the Corinthians as spiritual people, but only as carnal people.
1 Corinthians 3:1 G2532 And G1473 I, G80 brethren, G3756 was not G1410 able G2980 to speak G1473 to you G5613 as G4152 to spiritual ones, G235 but G5613 as G4559 fleshly ones, G5613 as G3516 infants G1722 in G5547 Christ.
4559 LSJ Gloss:σαρκικός fleshly, sensual
Dodson:σαρκικός fleshly, carnal fleshly, carnal, earthly.
Thayer:
1) fleshly, carnal
1a) having the nature of flesh, i.e. under the control of the animal appetites
1a1) governed by mere human nature not by the Spirit of God
1a2) having its seat in the animal nature or aroused by the animal nature
1a3) human: with the included idea of depravity
1b) pertaining to the flesh
1b1) to the body: related to birth, linage, etc
σαρκικός
sarkikos sar-kee-kos' From G4561; pertaining to flesh, that is, (by extension) bodily, temporal, or (by implication) animal, unregenerate KJV Usage: carnal, fleshly.
Infants in Christ cannot understand pneumatikos. Humans can stay infants, drinking milk for as long as they want. This means that they will stay fleshy and carnal, and will not grow up to become non-carnal. The infant can write many books, not understand the gifts of the spirit, the mystery the Father hid, or find the secret treasures. You decide if you wish to follow a carnal infant or a supernaturally regenerated child of the Most High God. The summation here is that infants are carnal, sometimes with a spirit of the cosmos and human wisdom, and they simply cannot understand the hidden secret treasures of the mystery. Now Paul has a strong warning for those ignorant of pneumatikos.
1 Corinthians 12:1 G4012 But concerning G1161 G3588 the G4152 spirituals, G80 brethren, G3756 I do not G2309 want G1473 you G50 to be ignorant.
2 G1492 You know G3754 that G3753 when G1484 you were nations, G1510.7.5 G4314 [2to G3588 3the G1497 5idols G3588 G880 4voiceless G5613 6even as G302 G71 7you were led G520 1being led away].
Remember that the mystery is that the nations are fellow heirs of the same body and partakers in salvation with those Jews who believe on Jesus as Messiah. Before the nations came to know Christ they were led astray by dumb idols. However, now we are to understand that no one speaking in the pneuma of Theos says Jesus is anathema.
1 Corinthians 12:3 G1352 Therefore G1107 I make known G1473 to you, G3754 that G3762 no one G1722 [2in G4151 3spirit G2316 4of God G2980 1speaking] G3004 says, G331 Jesus is anathema; G* G2532 and G3762 no one G1410 is able G2036 to say, G2962 Lord G* Jesus, G1508 except G1722 by G4151 [2spirit G39 1holy]
No one is cursing Jesus when they are speaking in the Spirit of God. And no one is capable of saying Lord Jesus, except in the Holy Spirit. No one is actually strong enough without the Holy Spirit residing within to say Lord Jesus. If the Holy Spirit teaches our spirit, and our spirit and the Holy Spirit combine, we will be able to call Jesus our Lord though speaking in the Holy Spirit. Take note of Paul’s warning, no one is able to say Jesus is Lord unless that one speaks by way of the Holy Spirit. Infants do not speak, or at least not intelligibly. Acquire Wisdom as Wisdom is first.
Paul gives us a test for people who believe that they are a prophet or spiritual. That person is to epiginōskō what Paul writes.
1 Corinthians 14:37 G1536 If any G1380 thinks G4396 to be a prophet G1510.1 G2228 or G4152 spiritual, G1921 let him recognize G3739 what G1125 I write G1473 to you! G3754 that G2962 [3of the Lord G1510.2.6 1they are G1785 2commandments].
1922 Dodson:ἐπιγινώσκωI come to know, discern, recognize I come to know by directing my attention to him or it, I perceive, discern, recognize; aor: I found out.
Thayer:
1) to become thoroughly acquainted with, to know thoroughly
1a) to know accurately, know well
2) to know
2a) to recognise
2a1) by sight, hearing, of certain signs, to perceive who a person is
2b) to know i.e. to perceive
2c) to know i.e. to find out, ascertain
2d) to know i.e. to understand
ἐπιγινώσκω
epiginōskō ep-ig-in-oce'-ko From G1909 and G1097; to know upon some mark, that is, recognise; by implication to become fully acquainted with, to acknowledge KJV Usage: (ac-, have, take) know (-ledge, well), perceive.
1785 LSJ Gloss:ἐντολή an injunction, order, command, behest
Dodson:ἐντολή an ordinance, injunction, command an ordinance, injunction, command, law.
Thayer:
1) an order, command, charge, precept, injunction
1a) that which is prescribed to one by reason of his office
2) a commandment
2a) a prescribed rule in accordance with which a thing is done
2a1) a precept relating to lineage, of the Mosaic precept concerning the priesthood
2a2) ethically used of the commandments in the Mosaic law or Jewish tradition
ἐντολή
entolē en-tol-ay' From G1781; injunction, that is, an authoritative prescription KJV Usage: commandment, precept.
What Paul writes are entolē, the precepts and injunctions of the Lord. Whoever claims to know something, or claims to speak for the Lord, or believes himself to be pneumatikos, that one must agree with the ordinances, commands, and prescriptions that Paul has written. What did Paul write? That we should know the will of the Father in wisdom and spiritual understanding. That we should know the mystery that Paul revealed to the church. That this mystery was preordained before the ages for our glory. That we are one Body, the Body of Christ. That we will either put on incorruption or immortality in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump. That there are spiritual gifts for the children of the Living God, and that they have a proper usage in a gathering.
Clearly there are many who reject and refuse Paul’s words. Are they prophets or spiritual? No. Maybe those who reject Paul’s words are infants who are speaking incoherently. Maybe those who reject Paul’s words have the spirit of the cosmos and have human wisdom. Isn’t it interesting that Paul himself wrote into his letter a proof for people who would call themselves prophets and spiritual. If you are a prophet, or you believe yourself to be spiritual, prove it by saying what Paul says. There are so many people who overthrow the faith of others by disagreeing with Paul. Paul wants all of us to prove who we say we are. If we are connected with the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit will teach us and combine with our spirit. If we are carnal and fleshy, we will promote something different, and truly the devil will elevate anyone who disagrees with Paul. Remember, if the devil had only known the mystery then Jesus would still be alive.
Peter gives us a clue as to why we are to have a completely full knowledge of the Fathers will in broad intelligence and divine intellect. It is because we are becoming something else, something different, something spiritual for the purposes of the Father.
1 Peter 2:5 G2532 also G1473 yourselves, G5613 as G3037 [2stones G2198 1living], G3618 are being built up G3624 [2house G4152 1a spiritual], G2406 [2priesthood G39 1a holy], G399 to offer G4152 spiritual G2378 sacrifices, G2144 well-received G3588 G2316 to God G1223 through G* Jesus G5547 Christ.
3624 LSJ Gloss:οἶκος a house, abode, dwelling
Dodson:οἶκος a house, household (a) a house, the material building, (b) a household, family, lineage, nation.
Thayer:
1) a house
1a) an inhabited house, home
1b) any building whatever
1b1) of a palace
1b2) the house of God, the tabernacle
1c) any dwelling place
1c1) of the human body as the abode of demons that possess it
1c2) of tents, and huts, and later, of the nests, stalls, lairs, of animals
1c3) the place where one has fixed his residence, one's settled abode, domicile
2) the inmates of a house, all the persons forming one family, a household
2a) the family of God, of the Christian Church, of the church of the Old and New Testaments
3) stock, family, descendants of one
For Synonyms see entry G5867
οἶκος
oikos oy'-kos Of uncertain affinity; a dwelling (more or less extensive, literally or figuratively); by implication a family (more or less related, literally or figuratively) KJV Usage: home, house (-hold), temple.
2406 LSJ Gloss:ἱεράτευμα a priesthood
Dodson:ἱεράτευμα the act or office of priesthood.
Thayer:
1) the office of a priest
2) the order or body of priests
ἱεράτευμα
hierateuma hee-er-at'-yoo-mah From G2407; the priestly fraternity, that is, a sacerdotal order (figuratively) KJV Usage: priesthood.
We are living stones being constructed into an oikos pneumatikos, a spiritual house. What kind of a house is a spiritual house? A temple. We are a spiritual family of a holy priesthood that will carry up or bring pneumatikos thusia, spiritual sacrifice offerings, approved and favorable to the Almighty, Most High, Eternal, Heavenly Father through Jesus Christ. This is our destiny if we so choose. This is the reason for sophia and sunesis pneumatikos, broad intelligence and divine intellect. With the Holy Spirit connecting and combining with our spirit we can be instructed in the mysteries, the hidden secret treasures, and the abundant recognition, or intuition, of the desires of the Heavenly Father.
Paul gave us the proof. If anyone rejects the mystery that Paul revealed, then that one is not prophetic or spiritual. This is our proof as to which spirit a person has, the spirit of the Father or the spirit of the cosmos; and which wisdom a person has, the wisdom of men or the wisdom of the Holy Spirit. This is the reason that we are to have wisdom and spiritual understanding, something the rulers of this cosmos don’t have. This journey leads us to our own glory as sons and daughters of the Almighty, Most High, Eternal, Heavenly Father, and towards becoming part of a sacerdotal order which is well received by the Father through Jesus Christ.
