15 [a]But he that is spiritual, [b]discerneth all things: yet [c]he himself is judged of [d]no man.

16 (A)[e]For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he might [f]instruct him? But we have the [g]mind of Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 2:15 He amplifieth the matter by contraries.
  2. 1 Corinthians 2:15 Understandeth and discerneth.
  3. 1 Corinthians 2:15 The wisdom of the flesh, saith Paul, determined nothing certainly, no not in its own affairs, much less can it discern strange, that is, spiritual things. But the Spirit of God, wherewith spiritual men are endued, can be deceived by no means, and therefore be reproved of no man.
  4. 1 Corinthians 2:15 Of no man: for when the Prophets are judged of the Prophets, it is the Spirit that judges, and not the man.
  5. 1 Corinthians 2:16 A reason of the former saying: for he is called spiritual, which hath learned that by the virtue of the Spirit, which Christ hath taught us. Now if that which we have learned of that Master, could be reproved of any man, he must needs be wiser than God: whereupon it followeth, that they are not only foolish, but also wicked, which think that they can devise something that is either more perfect, or that they can teach the wisdom of God a better way than they knew or taught, which undoubtedly, were endued with God’s Spirit.
  6. 1 Corinthians 2:16 Lay his head to his, and teach him what he should do.
  7. 1 Corinthians 2:16 We are endued with the Spirit of Christ, who openeth unto us those secrets, which by all other means are unsearchable, and also all truth whatsoever.

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