1 Corinthians 2:16 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹⁶ “For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ For who has known or understood the mind (the counsels and purposes) of the Lord so as to guide and instruct Him and give Him knowledge? But we have the mind of Christ (the Messiah) and do hold the thoughts (feelings and purposes) of His heart. [Isa. 40:13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ “Who has known the mind of the Lord, who will advise him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ For who has known the mind of the Lord, so that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

1 Corinthians 2:16 Cross References

Genesis 1:12

The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Job 15:8

Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?

Job 22:2

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

Job 40:2

“Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

Jeremiah 23:18

For who among them has stood in the council of the Lord to perceive and to hear his word, or who has given heed to his word and listened?

John 15:15

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

Romans 11:34

“For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?”

1 Corinthians 12:8

To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,