1 CORINTHIANS 2:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.”
For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person which is in him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God — the analogy argues: just as a person's own spirit knows that person's thoughts (and no external observer can), so only God's Spirit knows God's thoughts. If you want access to another's deepest mind, you need intimacy, not observation. The Corinthians have the Spirit of God indwelling; they have unprecedented access to God's mind.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 2:11
“But as it is written, Things which eye saw not and ear heard not, and which entered not into the heart of man, whatsoever things God prepared for them that love Him.” Where are these words written? Why, it is said to have been “written,” then also, when it is set down, not in words, but in actual events, as in the historical books ; or when the same meaning is expressed, but not in the very same words, as in this place: for the words, “They to whom it was not told about Him…
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