Zhēnyán 8:9

9 Yǒu cōngming de yǐwéi míngxiǎn , dé zhīshi de yǐwéi zhèngzhí .

Zhēnyán 8:9 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 8:9

They [are] all plain to him that understandeth
Whose understanding is enlightened by the Spirit of God; who is a spiritual man, that has a discerning, and can judge of spiritual things: as for the carnal man, let him have what natural knowledge or wisdom he will, he cannot know these things; for they are spiritually discerned, and can only be discerned by spiritual men. The Bible is a sealed book to others, learned or unlearned; the mysteries or doctrines of the Gospel are hid in parables from such; but those to whom Christ has given an understanding to know him, these know them, and they are plain unto them: for though there are some things hard to he understood in the Scriptures, as in Paul's epistles, and some sublime truths in the Gospel; yet those which are necessary to salvation are easily understood; that faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Jesus Christ came into the world to save the chief of sinners, is a very plain one;

and right to them that find knowledge;
a spiritual and experimental knowledge of Christ and his truths. The Targum is,

``to them who desire knowledge;''

and so the Syriac version; that seek for it heartily and diligently, in a right way, in the use of proper means, under the direction and by the assistance of the Spirit of God.

Zhēnyán 8:9 In-Context

7 Wǒde kǒu yào fāchū zhēnlǐ . wǒde zuǐzēngwù xiéè .

8 Wǒ kǒu zhōng de yányǔ , dōu shì gōngyì , bìng wú wānqū guāi pì .

9 Yǒu cōngming de yǐwéi míngxiǎn , dé zhīshi de yǐwéi zhèngzhí .

10 Nǐmen dāng shòu wǒde jiàoxun , bù shòu bái yín . níng dé zhīshi , shēng guo huángjīn .

11 Yīnwei zhìhuì bǐ zhēnzhū ( huò zuò hóngbǎoshí ) gèng mĕi . yīqiè kĕ xǐaì de , dōu bùzú yǔ bǐjiào .