14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are (A)folly to him, and (B)he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The (C)spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. 16 (D)“For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But (E)we have the mind of Christ.

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14 A person who isn’t spiritual doesn’t accept the things of God’s Spirit, for they are nonsense to him. He can’t understand them because they are spiritually evaluated. 15 The spiritual person evaluates everything but is subject to no one else’s evaluation. 16 For

“Who has known the mind of the Lord[a]
    so that he can advise him?”[b]

However, we have the mind of the Messiah.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 2:16 MT source citation reads Lord
  2. 1 Corinthians 2:16 Isa 40:13
  3. 1 Corinthians 2:16 Or Christ