1 Corinthians 2:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For 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 th...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(16) For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may (t) instruct him? But we have (u) the mind of Christ. (16) A reason from the former saying: for he is called spiritual, who has learned that...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Yet there Is a Christian Wisdom Revealed by God's Spirit. Yet there is a true wisdom of which the Christian teachers speak to those who are mature; not a wisdom of this world or of the angels who a...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hath known . knew. LORD . App-98. that he may . who shall. instruct . Greek. sumbibazo. See Acts 9:22 . Quoted from Isaiah 40:14 . Christ . App-98.
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. For who hath known ? It is probable that Paul had an eye to what we read in the 40 chapter of Isaiah. The Prophet there asks, Who hath been God’s counselor? Who hath weighed his Spir...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1943 ADVANTAGES OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN 1 Corinthians 2:15-16 . He that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For who hath 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 - Who that is still an animal man can know the mind of God?...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That he may instruct him.— "Him, refers here to spiritual man in the former verse, says Mr. Locke; for St. Paul is shewing, not that a natural man, and a mere philosopher, cannot instruct Chr...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. For - proof that the spiritual man "is judged of no man." In order to judge him, the natural...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Nature of St. Paul's Preaching 1-5. Paraphrase. 'When I visited you in Corinth I made no attempt to reconcile my message with your Greek philosophy, (2) but kept to the proclamation of the fac...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For. — This is the proof that the enlightened spiritual man cannot be judged by any one who is not thus enlightened. “Who (thus uninstructed) can know the mind of the Lord Jesus, that he may instru...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 DIVINE WISDOM IN the preceding paragraph Paul has explained why he had proclaimed the bare facts regarding Christ and His crucifixion and trusted to the Cross itself to impress the Cor...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Wisdom Spiritually Revealed 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 The perfect are those who are full grown and matured in Christian experience. They need strong meat. For them there are blessed unveilings...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The apostle reminds the Corinthian Christians that when he first came to them he did not come with excellency of speech, or of wisdom, but with "the Word of the Cross." Yet there must be no foolish i...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to naught: (7) But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For who hath known the mind of the Lord ,.... The deep counsels of his heart, the scheme of salvation by Jesus Christ, as drawn in his eternal mind, the sense of the Spirit of God in the writings of...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. Ver. 16. But we have the mind of Christ ] This is a privilege confined to the communion of saint...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But he that is spiritual Whose mind is enlightened, and his heart renewed by the Spirit of God; judgeth Or rather discerneth; all things Namely, all the things of God whereof we have been speak...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

It was through Paul that the Corinthians had been brought to God; and he here reminds them that when he first came there, he had avoided the use of high-sounding speech and intellectual arguments: it...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Discoveries of the Gospel; Spiritual Things Spiritually Discerned. A. D. 57. 6 Howbeit we sp...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? This phrase is taken out of Isaiah 40:13 , and was quoted by our apostle before, Romans 11:34 : the sense of it, as...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

This Message Is Revealed To Men by the One Holy Spirit Enlightening the Mind and Heart (2:9-16). 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 are connecting verses. They confirm what has been said about the wonder of w...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES ( For many points, see Homiletic Analysis .) 1 Corinthians 2:1 . I .—Slightly emphatic; q.d . “I was myself also in complete harmony of spirit and method with the lines of God’s...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:6-16 Mystery Revealed. I. The redemption of Jesus Christ is a great mystery of the Divine thought and heart. The Apostle uses a singular term to designate those to whom the revela...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 2:2 . I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ and him crucified. That is, to know him in the glory of his person, as revealed in the oracles of truth. “I and...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 2:1-46 St. Paul's own method. 1 Corinthians 2:1 And I; "I too;" I in accordance with God's method. When I came to you. The date of his first visit was...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Word and spiritual discernment:
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 3:3 ; Ephesians 3:4 ; Genesis 1:12 ; Isaiah 40:13 ; Isaiah 40:14 ; Jeremiah 23:18 ; Job 15:8 ; Job 22:2 ; Job 40:2 ; John 15:15 ; John 16:13-16 ; John 17:6-8 ; Romans 11:34
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Paul the Preacher 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Apostle, Paul, now is speaking of the kind of an entrance he had among the Corinthians. He had been very happy to move among them...
1 Corinthians 2:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Who — What natural man. We — Spiritual men; apostles in particular. Have — Know, understand. The mind of Christ — Concerning the whole plan of gospel salvation. Isaiah 40:13

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 2:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 2:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 2:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 2:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes