Focused Passage

1 Corinthians 2:11-16

The Spirit Reveals What the Cross Conceals from the Natural Mind

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

11For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

12We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

13And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

15The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.

16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

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References and Original Words

Verse 11

Original words

ForγὰρG1063ConjunctionwhoτίςG5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singularamong menἀνθρώπωνG444Noun - Genitive Masculine PluralknowsοἶδενG1492Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularthe [thoughts]τὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter Plural-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularof manἀνθρώπουG444Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularexceptεἰG1487Conjunction. . .μὴG3361AdverbvvvτὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter SingularvvvτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singular[his own]ἀνθρώπουG444Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularspiritπνεῦμαG4151Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular-τὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter SingularwithinἐνG1722PrepositionhimαὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person SingularSoοὕτωςG3779AdverbtooκαὶG2532Conjunctionno oneοὐδεὶςG3762Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularknowsἔγνωκενG1097Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularthe [thoughts]τὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter Plural-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularof GodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularexceptεἰG1487Conjunction. . .μὴG3361AdverbtheτὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter SingularSpiritΠνεῦμαG4151Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularof GodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Verse 12

Original words

-δὲG1161ConjunctionWeἡμεῖςG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Pluralhave not receivedἐλάβομενG2983Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural. . .οὐG3756AdverbtheτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularspiritπνεῦμαG4151Noun - Accusative Neuter Singularof theτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularworldκόσμουG2889Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularbutἀλλὰG235ConjunctiontheτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularSpiritπνεῦμαG4151Noun - Accusative Neuter Singularwho [is]τὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularfromἐκG1537Preposition-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularGodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularthatἵναG2443Conjunctionwe may understandεἰδῶμενG1492Verb - Perfect Subjunctive Active - 1st Person PluralwhatτὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter Plural-ὑπὸG5259Preposition-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularGodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine Singularhas freely givenχαρισθένταG5483Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Accusative Neuter PluralusἡμῖνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural
Verse 13

Original words

AndκαὶG2532Conjunction[this is]G3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural[what] we speakλαλοῦμενG2980Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person PluralnotοὐκG3756AdverbinἐνG1722PrepositionwordsλόγοιςG3056Noun - Dative Masculine Pluraltaught [us]διδακτοῖςG1318Adjective - Dative Masculine Pluralby humanἀνθρωπίνηςG442Adjective - Genitive Feminine SingularwisdomσοφίαςG4678Noun - Genitive Feminine Singularbutἀλλ’G235Conjunctionin [words]ἐνG1722PrepositiontaughtδιδακτοῖςG1318Adjective - Dative Masculine Pluralby [the] SpiritΠνεύματοςG4151Noun - Genitive Neuter SingularexpressingσυνκρίνοντεςG4793Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Pluralspiritual truthsπνευματικὰG4152Adjective - Accusative Neuter Pluralin spiritual [words]πνευματικοῖςG4152Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural

BSB notes

  • Or to spiritual people
Verse 14

Original words

-δὲG1161Conjunction[The] naturalΨυχικὸςG5591Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularmanἄνθρωποςG444Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular{does} notοὐG3756AdverbacceptδέχεταιG1209Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singularthe things thatτὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter Pluralcome from theτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingularSpiritΠνεύματοςG4151Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularof GodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularForγὰρG1063Conjunctionthey areἐστίνG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularfoolishnessμωρίαG3472Noun - Nominative Feminine Singularto himαὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionvvvοὐG3756Adverbhe cannotδύναταιG1410Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singularunderstand [them]γνῶναιG1097Verb - Aorist Infinitive ActivebecauseὅτιG3754Conjunction{they are} spirituallyπνευματικῶςG4153AdverbdiscernedἀνακρίνεταιG350Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Verse 15

Original words

-δὲG1161ConjunctionTheG3588Article - Nominative Masculine Singularspiritual [man]πνευματικὸςG4152Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularjudgesἀνακρίνειG350Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular-τὰ*G3588Article - Accusative Neuter Pluralall thingsπάνταG3956Adjective - Accusative Neuter PluralbutδὲG1161Conjunctionhe himselfαὐτὸςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singularis not subject to anyone’s judgmentἀνακρίνεταιG350Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular. . .ὑπ’G5259Preposition. . .οὐδενὸςG3762Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular
Verse 16

Original words

ForγὰρG1063ConjunctionwhoΤίςG5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singularhas knownἔγνωG1097Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular[the] mindνοῦνG3563Noun - Accusative Masculine Singularof [the] LordΚυρίουG2962Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular[so as]ὃςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singularto instructσυμβιβάσειG4822Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularHimαὐτόνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person SingularButδὲG1161ConjunctionweἡμεῖςG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person PluralhaveἔχομενG2192Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural[the] mindνοῦνG3563Noun - Accusative Masculine Singularof ChristΧριστοῦG5547Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular

BSB notes

  • Isaiah 40:13 (see also LXX)

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