1 Corinthians 2:9 (WEB)
But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”
Catechism · 3
"I Believe in Life Everlasting"
“Scripture speaks of it in images: life, light, peace, wedding feast, wine of the kingdom, the Father's house, the heavenly Jerusalem, paradise: "no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him."” — Catechism footnote: 1 Cor 2:9.
Grace and Justification
“It surpasses the power of human intellect and will, as that of every other creature.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Cor 2:7-9.
I Believe in God
“By sending his only Son and the Spirit of Love in the fullness of time, God has revealed his innermost secret:” — Catechism footnote: Cf. I Cor 2:7-16; Eph 3:9-12.
Fathers and councils · 66
Gregory of Nyssa
“…in this life, are above comprehension so that it is not possible to behold them with the eye, nor to receive them by hearing, nor to contain them in the heart.” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. ii. 9
Read the whole comment“For how is that possible with things which “eye hath not seen, neither ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man”?” — editor's note: Is. lxiv. 4; 1 Cor. ii. 9.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“…in a paternal manner those things which neither the eye has seen, nor the ear has heard, nor has [thought concerning them] arisen within the heart of man, For there is the one Son, who accomplished His Father’s will; and one human race also in which the mysteries of God are wrought, “which the angels desire to…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9; Isa. lxiv. 4.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“Ye who believe these words, O men, will be partakers with the righteous, and will have part in these future blessings, which “eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“But swear, says Justinus, if you wish to know “what eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and the things which have not entered into the heart;” that is, if you wish to know Him who is good above all, Him who is more exalted, (swear) that you will preserve the secrets (of the Justinian) discipline, as…” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 4; 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“And immediately the gate was opened, and the Father, without the angels, entered, (advancing) towards the Good One, and beheld “what eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and what hath not entered into the heart of man to (conceive).”” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 4; 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“And when he has sworn this oath, he goes on to the Good One, and beholds “whatever things eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and which have not entered into the heart of man;” and he drinks from life-giving water, which is to them, as they suppose, a bath, a fountain of life-giving, bubbling water.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“‘For eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of men those things which God hath prepared for them that love him.’” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…which Thou art, of what nature the eternal life of the saints would be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.; Isa. lxiv. 4.
Read the whole comment“By enemies to this dispensation, which has been wrought through Jesus Christ and Him crucified, we ought generally to understand all who forbid belief in things unknown, and promise certain knowledge: as all heretics do, and they who in the superstition of the Gentiles are called philosophers.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 6–10.
Read the whole comment“What “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, or hath entered into the heart of man.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 4; 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“…and while thinking and burning at the thought of some ineffable thing, which neither eye hath seen, nor ear heard, nor into the heart of man hath ascended, he hath not said, this or that I have in Heaven, but, “what have I in Heaven?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“But because he said that there was another life which neither eye hath seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it gone up into the heart of man, therefore the unwise in heart were troubled.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“What “the eye hath not seen, nor the ear heard, nor hath risen up into the heart of man.”…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“There is a sort of joyfulness which the ear of man hath not heard, nor his eye seen, nor hath it entered into his heart to conceive.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“But it is a great thing to have the heart established, and not to be moved, while they rejoice who love what they see, and mock at him who hopeth for what he seeth not; “what the Lord hath prepared for them that love Him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“That indeed, “Neither ear hath heard, nor hath it entered into man’s heart:” only let us love, only let us grow in grace: ye see, then, that battles are not wanting, and that we fight with our lusts.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“Therefore, we are to see a certain vision, my brethren, “which neither eye hath seen, nor ear hath heard, nor hath entered into the heart of man:” a certain vision, a vision surpassing all earthly beautifulness, of gold, of silver, of groves and fields; the beautifulness of sea and air, the beautifulness…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“That therefore which God promiseth us is ineffable sweetness and a good, as the Scripture saith, and as ye have often heard by us rehearsed, which “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“…of the rolling sky, and without the invasion of the night, “which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man,” there is no greater reason why our discourse should become valueless in our own estimate, when we are engaged in teaching the uninstructed, than this,—namely,…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9
Read the whole comment“…hath not seen, neither hath ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man (to conceive),—the rest which God hath prepared for them that love Him.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9
Read the whole comment“Understanding corresponds to the pure in heart, the eye being as it were purged, by which that may be beheld which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, and what hath not entered into the heart of man: and of them it is here said, “Blessed are the pure in heart.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 4 and 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“On the words of the Gospel, John v. 25,“Verily, verily, I say unto you, the hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the son of God; and they that hear shall live,”etc.; and on the words of the apostle, “things which eye saw not,” etc., 1 Cor. ii. 9” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“But those who received peace to proclaim it to the people have made Wisdom herself an object of contemplation, so far as human hearts could lay hold on that which “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither has ascended into the heart of man.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“Desire it we can, long for it we can, pant after it we can; but worthily conceive it, worthily unfold it in words, we cannot.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“For what is faith, but believing what you see not?” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 4; 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“…he may know that he is still ignorant of, as they are yet to be known in that life which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man hath perceived.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis III.7Book III
“From which comparison it may be conceived how great are the comeliness, and splendour, and brilliancy of a spiritual body; and how true it is, that “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive, what God hath prepared for them that love Him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9; cf. Isa. lxiv., 4.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…things, which ‘the eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him,’ through our Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom to Almighty God be glory for ever and ever.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“…those things which the eye hath not seen, nor the ear heard, and which have not entered into the heart of man, which God hath prepared for those that love Him, through His only Son, our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ; through Whom, to the Father alone, by the Holy Ghost, be glory and dominion for ever and ever.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9; Is. lxiv. 4.
Read the whole comment“…the peril of the sinners and their fire at the day of judgment, and receive what is laid up for the saints in the kingdom of heaven, which “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man,” whatsoever things are prepared for them that live a virtuous life, and love the God and Father, in…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…been said by Paul, ‘Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him,’ and as God also said to Abraham, that the stars could not be numbered by him; and it is likewise said, ‘Who shall number the grains of sand by the sea-shore,…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9
Read the whole comment“…and all that “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him”?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9
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Clement of Alexandria
“What glory, tell me, O blessed One, which “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man;” and “they shall be glad in the kingdom of their Lord for ever and ever!” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“Then shalt thou see my God, and be initiated into the sacred mysteries, and come to the fruition of those things which are laid up in heaven reserved for me, which “ear hath not heard, nor have they entered into the heart of any.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“How then, if that is truly the promise after our departure hence, say they that they know “what eye hath not known, nor hath entered into the mind of man,” who have not perceived by the Spirit, but received from instruction “what ear hath not heard,” or that ear alone which “was rapt up into the third heaven?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“And eyes anointed by the Word, and ears pierced for perception, make a man a hearer and contemplator of divine and sacred things, the Word truly exhibiting the true beauty “which eye hath not seen nor ear heard before.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“For those things which are really good, are what “neither ear hath heard, not hath ever entered into the heart” respecting Him who is really King, and the realities truly good which await us.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment““Lo, I make new things,” saith the Word, “which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 4; 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“For the Spirit searcheth all things, even the deep things of God.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9, 10.
Read the whole comment“For I will bring thee to a rest of ineffable and unutterable blessings, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of men; into which angels desire to look, and see what good things God hath prepared for the saints and the children who love Him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9; 1 Pet. i. 12.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Dost thou deny His goodness, Who hath given us what “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9; Isa. lxiv. 4.
Read the whole comment“Paul, in fine, was therefore chosen because he so believed and so taught, since, as it is written, God “hath revealed to us by His Spirit that which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9, 10.
Read the whole comment“The reason why you were told before not to believe only what you saw was that you might not say perchance, This is that great mystery “which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“…which it is said: “That eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man, what things God hath prepared for them that love Him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
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John Chrysostom
“For if “the peace of God surpasseth all understanding” ( Philip. iv. 7 ), and “the things which are prepared for them that love Him have not entered into the heart of man” ( 1 Cor. ii. 9 ); much more He Himself, the God of peace, the Creator of all things, doth by a wide measure exceed our reasoning.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““For eye hath not seen,” it is said, “nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.” ( 1 Cor. ii. 9.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““What eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and what hath not entered into the heart of man” ( 1 Cor. ii. 9 ), (he did not say, that they simply surpass [what we imagine]; but none hath ever conceived) “the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.”” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““Eye hath not seen,” (it is said,) “ear hath not heard, neither have, entered into the heart of man” ( 1 Cor. ii. 9 ), and these things again shall be during boundless ages.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“So that in mentioning this, he hath mentioned also the resurrection of our bodies, and the manifestation of His miracles here, and our partaking of His kingdom, and the good things, which “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“…tabernacles, and the untold glory of the King, and those good things, “which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man;”where is the spiritual bridechamber, and the apartments of the heavens, and the virgins that bear the bright lamps, and they who have the marriage garment;…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Mark
“But their being frightened shews that “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man to conceive the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.” [1 Cor 2:9]” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“That God gives more than we ask Him for, and that He often grants us things which “eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither have they entered into the heart of man,” I knew indeed before from the mystic declaration of the sacred volumes; but now, dearest Rufinus, I have had proof of it in my own case.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“Emerge, I pray you, for a while from your prison-house, and paint before your eyes the reward of your present toil, a reward which “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“But, as it is written, Eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 8, 9.
Read the whole comment“(1) What are the things which eye hath not seen nor ear heard (1 Cor. ii. 9)?” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“But now she enjoys the true riches and those good things which eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither have they entered into the heart of man.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“For I have read that the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, while it promisessuch things as eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
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Tertullian
“So again in Isaiah, “Ye shall eat the good of the land,” the expression means the blessings which await the flesh when in the kingdom of God it shall be renewed, and made like the angels, and waiting to obtain the things “which neither eye hath seen, nor ear heard, and which have not entered into the heart of man.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…the great kindness of our bountiful God, Who asks for little and bestows great things, both in the present and in the future, upon those who truly love Him; bearing all things, enduring all things for their love and hope of Him, giving thanks for all things favourable and unfavourable alike: I mean pleasant and…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“As to what concerns us, it is not only the Peace of God which passeth all understanding and knowledge, nor only the things which God hath stored up in promise for the righteous, which “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor mind conceived” except in a very small degree, nor the accurate knowledge of the Creation.” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 4; 1 Cor. ii. 9.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- OrigenCatena Aurea on Matthew
“The knowledge of that day and hour the Son reserves in store for the fellow-heirs of the promise, that all may know at once, i.e. in the day when it shall come upon them, “what things God hath prepared for them that love him.” [1 Cor 2:9]” — the author cites it
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Aphrahat
“For there is there that which eye hath not seen and ear hath not heard, and which hath not come up into the heart of man, that which is unspeakable and which a man cannot utter.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.
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Leo the Great
“…see; and through the unspeakable joy of eternal contemplation obtains that “which eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has entered into the heart of man.”” — editor's note: Is. lxiv. 4 ; 1 Cor. ii. 9.
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Synod of Laodicea (c. 363)
- Synod of Laodicea (c. 363), Synod of Laodicea, Excursus on the Worship of the Early ChurchEditor's excursus
“St. Paul is by some learned writers supposed to have quoted in several places the already existing liturgy, especially in I. Cor. ij.” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 65
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Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
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Cited together in Letters Letter 59.
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Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.19 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.4.
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Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.21.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.22.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.22.
Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 17.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 4.
Cited together in The Great Catechism Chapter 42.
Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 8.
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Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 8.
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Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.19 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Plato, on the Cause of the Universe.
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Cited together in Letters Letter 14.
Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.4.
Cited together in Against Eunomius III.5.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 12.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 4.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.22.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.4.
Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 4.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.4.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 24:36–41 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 24:36–41 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 24:36–41 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 24:36–41 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 24:36–41 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 16:1–8 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 16:1–8 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 16:1–8 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 16:1–8 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 16:1–8 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in Against Eunomius III.5.
Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 4.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.