1 Corinthians 2:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For who has knowledge of the things of a man but the spirit of the man which is in him? in the same way, no one has knowledge of the things of God but the Spirit of God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:27 : 27 The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body.
  • Jer 17:9 : 9 The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?
  • Rom 11:33-34 : 33 O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out. 34 Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes?
  • 1 Cor 2:10 : 10 But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God.
  • Prov 14:10 : 10 No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.
  • Prov 20:5 : 5 The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out.

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  • 1 Cor 2:12-16
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    12 But we have not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes from God, so that we may have knowledge of the things which are freely given to us by God.

    13 And these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.

    14 For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

    15 But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.

    16 For who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord, so as to be his teacher? But we have the mind of Christ.

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    2 If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;

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    8 But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.

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    13 And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.

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    16 Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you?

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    33 O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.

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