American Standard Version
1 Corinthians 2:16
16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
1 Corinthians 2:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
- New International Version (NIV)for, “Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
Context of 1 Corinthians 2:16
14Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged. 15But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, and he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
Read all of 1 Corinthians 21 Corinthians 2:16 word by word
τίς γὰρ ἔγνω νοῦν κυρίου, ὃς συμβιβάσει αὐτόν; ἡμεῖς δὲ νοῦν Χριστοῦ ἔχομεν.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 2:16
- Job 15:8Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
- Job 22:2Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.
- Job 40:2Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
- Isaiah 40:13Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
- Jeremiah 23:18For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, that he should perceive and hear his word? who hath marked my word, and heard it?
- Romans 11:34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
- John 15:15No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you.
- John 16:13Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.
- John 17:6I manifested thy name unto the men whom thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept thy word.
- Genesis 1:12And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Ephesians 3:3how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words,
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 2:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16For who hath known the mind of the Lord - Who that is still an animal man can know the mind of God? so as to instruct him, viz. the spiritual man, the same that is spoken of, 1 Corinthians 2:15. But the words may be better understood thus: How can the animal man know the mind of the Lord? and how can any man communicate that knowledge which he has never acquired, and which is foolishness to him, because it is spiritual, and he is animal? This quotation is…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16For who hath known - This passage is quoted from Isaiah 40:13. The interrogative form is a strong mode of denying that anyone has ever known the mind of the Lord. The argument of Paul is this, “No one can understand God. No one can fully comprehend his plans, his feelings, his views, his designs. No one by nature, under the influence of sense and passion, is either disposed to investigate his truths, or loves them when they are revealed. But the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-16Verses 10-16 God has revealed true wisdom to us by his Spirit. Here is a proof of the Divine authority of the Holy Scriptures, 2Pe 1:21. In proof of the Divinity of the Holy Ghost, observe, that he knows all things, and he searches all things, even the deep things of God. No one can know the things of God, but his Holy Spirit, who is one with the Father and the Son, and who makes known Divine mysteries to his church. This is most clear testimony, both to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16This quote from Isaiah 40:13 illustrates how divine wisdom goes beyond human understanding (see also Romans 11:34). But we have the mind of Christ: Connected to Christ, believers receive the Spirit of Christ, which reveals Christ’s thoughts to them.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. For--proof of 1Co 2:15, that the spiritual man "is judged of no man." In order to judge the spiritual man, the ordinary man must "know the mind of the Lord." But "who of ordinary men knows" that? that he may instruct him--that is, so as to be able to set Him right as His counsellor (quoted from Is 40:13, 14). So the Septuagint translates the Greek verb, which means to "prove," in Ac 9:22. Natural men who judge spiritual men, living according to the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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