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1 Corinthians 2:16

For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

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τίςtiswhoτίςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “who”, the subject formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “who”.whoγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἔγνωegnōhath knownγινώσκω (ginōskō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “hath known”, a single actionG1097I am taking in knowledge, come to know, learn; aor: I ascertained, realized.hath knownνοῦνnounmindνοῦς (nous)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “mind”, the object formG3563the mind, the reason, the reasoning faculty, intellect.the mindκυρίουkuriouof the Lordκύριος (kurios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the Lord”, the of-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.of the Lordὃςhosthatὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “that”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “that”.thatσυμβιβάσειsumbibaseihe may instructσυμβιβάζω (sumbibazō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he may instruct”, an action still aheadG4822(a) I unite or knit together, (b) I put together in reasoning, and so: I conclude, prove, (c) I teach, instruct.This verse uses “instruct”.he may instructαὐτόνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἡμεῖςhēmeisIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).weδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.νοῦνnounmindνοῦς (nous)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “mind”, the object formG3563the mind, the reason, the reasoning faculty, intellect.the mindΧριστοῦchristouof ChristΧριστός (christos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Christ”, the of-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.of Christἔχομενechomento haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for who did know the mind of the Lord that he shall instruct Him? and we — we have the mind of Christ.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

Young’s Literal Translation

for who did know the mind of the Lord that he shall instruct Him? and we — we have the mind of Christ.

World English Bible

“For who has known the mind of the Lord that he should instruct him?” But we have Christ’s mind.

Darby Translation

For who has known the mind of [the] Lord, who shall instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

Douay-Rheims

For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that we may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

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