¹⁰But^c it was to us that God made known his secret by means of his Spirit. The Spirit searches everything, even the hidden depths of God’s purposes. ¹¹It is only the spirit within people that knows all about them; in the same way, only God’s Spirit knows all about God. ¹²We have not received this world’s spirit; instead, we have received the Spirit sent by God, so that we may know all that God has given us.

¹³So then, we do not speak in words taught by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, as we explain spiritual truths to those who have the Spirit.^d ¹⁴Whoever does not have the Spirit cannot receive the gifts that come from God’s Spirit. Such people really do not understand them; they are nonsense to them, because their value can be judged only on a spiritual basis. ¹⁵Whoever has the Spirit, however, is able to judge the value of everything, but no one is able to judge him. ¹⁶^*As the scripture says:

“Who knows the mind of the Lord?

Who is able to give him advice?”

We, however, have the mind of Christ.

Read in Logos

1 Corinthians 2:12: Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.

Footnotes

cBut; some manuscripts have For.
dto those who have the Spirit; or with words given by the Spirit.

Cross references

*2.16: Is 40:13 (LXX)