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For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God`s Spirit.
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God's Private Thoughts
Paul uses a simple analogy: just as only you can truly know your own inner thoughts and plans, only the Spirit of God can truly know God's deep thoughts and plans. Commentators explain this isn't about human intellect discovering God, but about the Spirit revealing what is otherwise unknowable.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For what man. The design of this is to illustrate what he had just said by referring to the way in which man acquires knowledge of himself…
Knoweth (οιδεν, εγνωκεν). Second perfect of root ιδ-, to see and so know, first perfect of γινωσκω, to know by personal experience…
19th Century
Anglican
What man . . .—Better, Who of men knoweth the things of a man? but the spirit of the man which is in him knoweth them.
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“For” introduces an illustration that shows that the spiritual wisdom and truths of God can be understood only through the Holy Spirit, just as hum…
16th Century
Protestant
For what man knoweth? He intends to teach two different things here: first, that the doctrine of the Gospel cannot be understood …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For what man knoweth the things of a man The thoughts of a man's heart, the conceptions of his mind, the schemes he …
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God has revealed true wisdom to us by His Spirit. Here is a proof of the Divine authority of the Holy Scriptures (2 Peter 1:21). In pro…
13th Century
Catholic
Having explained the wisdom he speaks among the perfect, the Apostle now gives the reason for that explanation. He does this first as it relates to…
