Paul corrects this notion by teaching that such wisdom is spiritual in two senses of the word: 1. God’s wisdom does not come from intellectual inquiry but through revelation from God’s Spirit. Only the Spirit, who “searches all things, even the deep things of God” (2:10), knows the thoughts of God (v. 11). While God’s wisdom is hidden to this world (v. 8), God has revealed it to us “by his Spirit” (v. 10). Christians have not received the spirit of this world but the Holy Spirit, who is from God
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