1 Corinthians 2:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τίς γὰρ ἔγνω νοῦν Κυρίου, ὃς συμβιβάσει αὐτόν; Ἡμεῖς δὲ νοῦν Χριστοῦ ἔχομεν.

Transliteration

For who (tis gar) egnō noun of Kyriou, who (hos) will symbibasei him? We but (de) noun of Christou echomen.

Grammar Details

*tis gar*: interrogative pronoun with causal conjunction - for who
*egnō*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - knew
*noun*: accusative masculine singular - mind
*Kyriou*: genitive masculine singular - of Lord
*hos*: relative pronoun, nominative masculine singular - who
*symbibasei*: future active indicative, 3rd person singular - will instruct/inform
*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
*Christou*: genitive masculine singular - of Christ
*echomen*: present active indicative, 1st person plural - we have

Word Meanings

*egnō*: knew/understood/perceived
*noun*: mind/understanding/way of thinking
*Kyriou*: Lord/master/YHWH [LXX equivalent]
*symbibasei*: will instruct/inform/teach/advise
*echomen*: have/hold/possess

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Referenced Verses

John 15:15 : 15 No 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.
Rom 11:34 : 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
John 16:13-16 : 13 Howbeit 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. 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall take of mine, and shall declare [it] unto you. 15 All things whatsoever the Father hath are mine: therefore {G5124} said I, that he taketh of mine, and shall declare [it] unto you. 16 A little while, and ye behold me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see me.
Isa 40:13-14 : 13 Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him? 14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?
Jer 23:18 : 18 For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, that he should perceive and hear his word? who hath marked my word, and heard it?
Job 15:8 : 8 Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
John 17:6-8 : 6 I 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. 7 Now they know that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are from thee: 8 for the words which thou gavest me I have given unto them; and they received [them], and knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.
Eph 3:3-4 : 3 how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words, 4 whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;
Job 22:2 : 2 Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.
Job 40:2 : 2 Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.

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