14 But [a]a (A)natural person (B)does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are (C)foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But the one who is (D)spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is [b]discerned by no one. 16 For (E)who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But (F)we have the mind of Christ.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 2:14 Or an unspiritual
  2. 1 Corinthians 2:15 Or judged

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