“For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?”
"Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?" — Isaiah 40:13 is directly cited: no one has known the nous (mind, intention) of the Lord, and no one serves as sumboulos (counselor, adviser). This emphasizes radical transcendence: God's thoughts are not derivative from human wisdom.
Church Fathers on Romans 11:34
“For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counsellor? Or who has first given to Him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?” What he means is nearly this: that though He is so wise, yet He has not His Wisdom from any other, but is Himself the Fountain of good things. And though He has done so great things, and made us so great presents, yet it was not by borrowing from any other that He gave them, but by making them spring forth from Himself; nor as…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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