1 Corinthians 2:16
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For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

who.

Job 15:8 Hast thou heard God's counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?

Job 22:2 Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge?

Job 40:2 Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? surely he that reproveth God, ought to answer him.

Isaiah 40:13,14 Who hath forwarded the spirit of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor, and hath taught him? . . .

Jeremiah 23:18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath seen and heard his word? Who hath considered his word and heard it?

Romans 11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor?

may.

John 15:15 I will not now call you servants: for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth. But I have called you friends. because all things, whatsoever I have heard of my Father, I have made known to you.

John 16:13-16 But when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will teach you all truth. For he shall not speak of himself: but what things soever he shall hear, he shall speak. And the things that are to come, he shall shew you. . . .

John 17:6-8 I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou hast given me out of the world. Thine they were: and to me thou gavest them. And they have kept thy word. . . .

Genesis 1:12 And the earth brought forth the green herb, and such as yieldeth seed according to its kind, and the tree that beareth fruit, having seed each one according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Ephesians 3:3,4 How that, according to revelation, the mystery has been made known to me, as I have written above in a few words: . . .

Context
Spiritual Wisdom
15But the spiritual man judgeth all things: and he himself is judged of no man. 16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
Cross References
Isaiah 40:13
Who hath forwarded the spirit of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor, and hath taught him?

Jeremiah 23:18
For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath seen and heard his word? Who hath considered his word and heard it?

John 15:15
I will not now call you servants: for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth. But I have called you friends. because all things, whatsoever I have heard of my Father, I have made known to you.

Romans 11:34
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor?

1 Corinthians 12:8
To one indeed, by the Spirit, is given the word of wisdom: and to another, the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit:

Lexicon
“For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

who
Τίς (Tis)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

has known
ἔγνω (egnō)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications.

[the] mind
νοῦν (noun)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3563: Probably from the base of ginosko; the intellect, i.e. Mind; by implication, meaning.

of [the] Lord,
Κυρίου (Kyriou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

[so as]
ὃς (hos)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

to instruct
συμβιβάσει (symbibasei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4822: From sun and bibazo (by reduplication) of the base of basis); to drive together, i.e. Unite, to infer, show, teach.

Him?”
αὐτόν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

we
ἡμεῖς (hēmeis)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

have
ἔχομεν (echomen)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

[the] mind
νοῦν (noun)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3563: Probably from the base of ginosko; the intellect, i.e. Mind; by implication, meaning.

of Christ.
Χριστοῦ (Christou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.


Additional Translations
“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

"For who has known the mind of the Lord? Who will instruct Him?" But we have the mind of Christ.

For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

For who has known the mind of [the] Lord, who shall instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

For who has penetrated the mind of the Lord, and will instruct Him? But *we* have the mind of Christ.

"For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?" But we have Christ's mind.

for who did know the mind of the Lord that he shall instruct Him? and we -- we have the mind of Christ.
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