But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
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Ambrosiaster
AD 400
Who can condemn a man who tells the truth? When such a person states that all the enemies of the faith regard falsehoods as true, their accusations are reduced to nothing because they are condemned by the judgment of the truth. Commentary on Paul’s Epistles.
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things. He is called spiritual, as we have seen, who follows faith and wisdom and the teaching of the Holy Spirit, who has the Holy Spirit as the ruler of his soul. So Chrysostom, Anselm, S. Thomas.
Judgeth all things1. Hence Calvin and the Anabaptists make the private and fanatical spirit of each spiritual Prayer of Manasseh , i.e, each one of the faithful, the arbiter of controversies of faith, and the interpreter of Scripture; but wrongly, for all Christians are not spiritual, but only the perfect, as was said at ver14.
2. Others cannot know whether a man has this spirit, whether he is spiritual, nay, whether he is even faithful. Therefore this private and secret spirit cannot be the public judge of all things; but this is the province of Councils and the Pope. For it is known that these are spiritual, that they are governed by the Holy See, who appointed them teachers, and by them governs and teaches the Church.
3. The Fathers were spiritual to ...
And again: "He that is spiritual judgeth all things.".
He therefore (i.e., the spiritual man) sifts and tries them all, but he himself is tried by no man:
