1 Corinthians 2:15

“But he that is spiritual, etc.] Meaning not any particular individual person, not the pope of Rome, as his adherents vainly imagine, whom they fancy to be a supreme and infallible judge in things spiritual, from whose judgment is no appeal, and who himself comes not under the judgment of any; for he is so far from being a spiritual man, or having judgment in spiritual things, that he stands described as the man of sin, the son of perdition, the wicked one, the beast, to whom a mouth is given, speaking great things and blasphemies; but a set of men are here meant, and not such who are only outwardly reformed in their lives and conversations, who are at best but moral, and not spiritual men;…”

“He that is spiritual--literally, "the spiritual (man)." In Co1 2:14, it is "A [not 'the,' as English Version] natural man." The spiritual is the man distinguished above his fellow men, as he in whom the Spirit rules. In the unregenerate, the spirit which ought to be the organ of the Holy Spirit (and which is so in the regenerate), is overridden by the animal soul, and is in abeyance, so that such a one is never called "spiritual." judgeth all things--and persons, by their true standard (compare Co1 6:2-4; Jo1 4:1), in so far as he is spiritual. "Discerneth . . . is discerned," would better accord with the translation of the same Greek (Co1 2:14). Otherwise for "discerned," in Co1 2:14,…”

“But he that is spiritual - The man who is enlightened by the Holy Spirit in contradistinction from him who is under the influence of the senses only. Judgeth - Greek: “Discerns.” (margin); the same word as in the previous verse. It means that the spiritual man has a discernment of these truths in regard to which the sensual man was blind and ignorant. All things - Not absolutely all things; or not that he is omniscient; but that he has a view of those things to which the apostle had reference - that is, to the things which are revealed to man by the Holy Spirit. Yet he himself is judged - Greek, as in the margin, “is discerned;” that is, his feelings, principles, views, hopes, fears, joys,…”

“But the spiritual man - He that hath the Spirit. Discerneth all the things of God whereof we have been speaking. Yet he himself is discerned by no man - No natural men. They neither understand what he is, nor what he says. 1 Corinthians 2:16”

“2:15 Those who are spiritual: People who have the Spirit have a true understanding of divine revelation.”

“he that: Co1 3:1, Co1 14:37; Gal 6:1; Col 1:9 judgeth: or, discerneth, Sa2 14:17; Kg1 3:9-11; Psa 25:14; Pro 28:5; Ecc 8:5; Joh 7:17; Eph 4:13, Eph 4:14; Phi 1:10 \*Gr: Th1 5:21; Heb 5:14; Jo1 4:1 yet: Co1 4:5; Sa2 12:16-23; Act 15:1-5, Act 16:3; Gal 2:3-5 judged: or, discerned 1 Corinthians 2:16”