20 Sam Creve, Mark Janse, Kristoffel Demoen indeed to both God and man. But the Divine πνεῦμα can be identified with the Divine inspiration, and the πνεῦμα received by man, will be in fact a part of God’s πνεῦμα. In this way the next passage can be under- stood: (3a) Ἡμῖν δὲ ἀπεκάλυψεν ὁ θεὸς διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος· τὸ γὰρ πνεῦμα πάντα ἐραυνᾷ, καὶ τὰ βάθη τοῦ θεοῦ. Τίς γὰρ οἶδεν ἀνθρώπων τὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰ μὴ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τὸ ἐν αὐτῷ; οὕτως καὶ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐδεὶς ἔγνωκεν εἰ μὴ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ. ἡμεῖς δὲ οὐ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ κόσμου ἐλάϐομεν, ἀλλὰ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα εἰδῶμεν τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ χαρισθέντα ἡμῖν. (1 Cor 2,10-12) (3b) These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For what human being knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God’s except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God. (NRSV) Due to the theological content of Paul’s letters and the context in which they were written, the central meaning in the Corpus Paulinum is πνεῦμα (2) (c. 75%). Indeed Paul’s first concern has been to communicate to the Gentiles the possibility, realized by the coming of the Messiah, to receive God’s πνεῦμα, their guarantee of salvation and eternal life. 1.2. σάρξ flesh (1) metonymy physical humanity (2) metaphor seat of characteristics and conduct (3) The historically oldest meaning of σάρξ is “substance around the skeleton” that is, in opposition to κρέας, not meant for consumption (1).