KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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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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| KJV Verse | Original Greek | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Greek word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Greek word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Now” | δὲ | But, and, etc | Now |
| “we” | ἡμεῖς | We (only used when emphatic) | we |
| “have received,” | ἐλάβομεν | To take. While G0138 is more violent, to seize or remove. | received |
| “not” | οὐ | The absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not | not |
| “the” | τὸ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
| “spirit” | πνεῦμα | A current of air, i.e., breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e., (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit | spirit |
| “of” | κόσμου | Orderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)) | of |
| “the” | τοῦ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
| “world,” | κόσμου | Orderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)) | world |
| “but” | ἀλλὰ | Properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) | but |
| “the” | τὸ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
| “spirit” | πνεῦμα | A current of air, i.e., breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e., (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit | spirit |
| “which is” | τὸ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | which is |
| “of” | ἐκ | A primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct or remote) | of |
| “God;” | θεοῦ | A deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism) | God |
| “that” | ἵνα | In order that (denoting the purpose or the result) | that |
| “we might know” | εἰδῶμεν | 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 tense only) to know | might know |
| “the things that” | τὰ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | things |
| “are freely given” | χαρισθέντα | To grant as a favor, i.e., gratuitously, in kindness, pardon or rescue | are freely given |
| “to us” | ἡμῖν· | To (or for, with, by) us | to us |
| “of” | ὑπὸ | Under, i.e., (with the genitive case) of place (beneath), or with verbs (the agency or means, through); (with the accusative case) of place (whither (underneath) or where (below) or time (when (at)) | of |
| “God.” | θεοῦ | A deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism) | God |
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10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12 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.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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