1 Corinthians 2:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may 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 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of 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 will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
Isa 40:13-14 : 13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? 14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
Jer 23:18 : 18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
Job 15:8 : 8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
John 17:6-8 : 6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. 7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. 8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
Eph 3:3-4 : 3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery ;(as I wrote afore in few words, 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
Job 22:2 : 2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
Job 40:2 : 2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

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