Les Feldick Bible Study

Who is it that has not known the mind of the Lord in 1 Corinthians 2:16?

Paul asks in 1 Corinthians 2:16, 'For who hath known the mind of the LORD?' The answer, according to the context, is the secular world. The secular world has not known the mind of the Lord. This verse emphasizes that the secular world lacks this knowledge.

Les explains that in 1 Corinthians 2:16, Paul asks, 'For who hath known the mind of the LORD?' and then clarifies that this refers to the secular world. The surrounding passage describes false teachers as clouds without water and trees whose fruit withers, which never satisfies the inner longing. The secular world does not know the mind of the Lord.

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.