Apologetics Bible

1Corinthians 2:1

Greek

Κἀγὼ ἐλθὼν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, ἦλθον οὐ καθʼ ὑπεροχὴν λόγου ἢ σοφίας καταγγέλλων ὑμῖν τὸ ⸀μαρτύριον τοῦ θεοῦ.

Kago elthon pros ymas, adelphoi, elthon oy kath yperochen logoy e sophias kataggellon ymin to martyrion toy theoy.

KJV: And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

AKJV: And I, brothers, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.

ASV: And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

YLT: And I, having come unto you, brethren, came--not in superiority of discourse or wisdom--declaring to you the testimony of God,

Exposition: 1Corinthians 2:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 2:2

Greek

οὐ γὰρ ἔκρινά ⸂τι εἰδέναι⸃ ἐν ὑμῖν εἰ μὴ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν καὶ τοῦτον ἐσταυρωμένον·

oy gar ekrina ti eidenai en ymin ei me Iesoyn Christon kai toyton estayromenon·

KJV: For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

AKJV: For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

ASV: For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

YLT: for I decided not to know any thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified;

Exposition: 1Corinthians 2:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 2:3

Greek

κἀγὼ ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ καὶ ἐν φόβῳ καὶ ἐν τρόμῳ πολλῷ ἐγενόμην πρὸς ὑμᾶς,

kago en astheneia kai en phobo kai en tromo pollo egenomen pros ymas,

KJV: And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

AKJV: And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

ASV: And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

YLT: and I, in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling, was with you;

Exposition: 1Corinthians 2:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 2:4

Greek

καὶ ὁ λόγος μου καὶ τὸ κήρυγμά μου οὐκ ἐν ⸂πειθοῖ σοφίας⸃ ἀλλʼ ἐν ἀποδείξει πνεύματος καὶ δυνάμεως,

kai o logos moy kai to kerygma moy oyk en peithoi sophias all en apodeixei pneymatos kai dynameos,

KJV: And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

AKJV: And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

ASV: And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

YLT: and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power--

Exposition: 1Corinthians 2:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 2:5

Greek

ἵνα ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν μὴ ᾖ ἐν σοφίᾳ ἀνθρώπων ἀλλʼ ἐν δυνάμει θεοῦ.

ina e pistis ymon me e en sophia anthropon all en dynamei theoy.

KJV: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

AKJV: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

ASV: that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

YLT: that your faith may not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Exposition: 1Corinthians 2:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 2:6

Greek

Σοφίαν δὲ λαλοῦμεν ἐν τοῖς τελείοις, σοφίαν δὲ οὐ τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου οὐδὲ τῶν ἀρχόντων τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου τῶν καταργουμένων·

Sophian de laloymen en tois teleiois, sophian de oy toy aionos toytoy oyde ton archonton toy aionos toytoy ton katargoymenon·

KJV: Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

AKJV: However, we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nothing:

ASV: We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought:

YLT: And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age--of those becoming useless,

Exposition: 1Corinthians 2:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 2:7

Greek

ἀλλὰ λαλοῦμεν ⸂θεοῦ σοφίαν⸃ ἐν μυστηρίῳ, τὴν ἀποκεκρυμμένην, ἣν προώρισεν ὁ θεὸς πρὸ τῶν αἰώνων εἰς δόξαν ἡμῶν·

alla laloymen theoy sophian en mysterio, ten apokekrymmenen, en proorisen o theos pro ton aionon eis doxan emon·

KJV: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

AKJV: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world to our glory:

ASV: but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:

YLT: but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,

Exposition: 1Corinthians 2:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 2:8

Greek

ἣν οὐδεὶς τῶν ἀρχόντων τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου ἔγνωκεν, εἰ γὰρ ἔγνωσαν, οὐκ ἂν τὸν κύριον τῆς δόξης ἐσταύρωσαν·

en oydeis ton archonton toy aionos toytoy egnoken, ei gar egnosan, oyk an ton kyrion tes doxes estayrosan·

KJV: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

AKJV: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

ASV: which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:

YLT: which no one of the rulers of this age did know, for if they had known, the Lord of the glory they would not have crucified;

Exposition: 1Corinthians 2:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 2:9

Greek

ἀλλὰ καθὼς γέγραπται· Ἃ ὀφθαλμὸς οὐκ εἶδεν καὶ οὖς οὐκ ἤκουσεν καὶ ἐπὶ καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἀνέβη, ⸀ὅσα ἡτοίμασεν ὁ θεὸς τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν αὐτόν.

alla kathos gegraptai· A ophthalmos oyk eiden kai oys oyk ekoysen kai epi kardian anthropoy oyk anebe, osa etoimasen o theos tois agaposin ayton.

KJV: But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

AKJV: But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him.

ASV: but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not,

YLT: but, according as it hath been written, `What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him--'

Exposition: 1Corinthians 2:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 2:10

Greek

ἡμῖν ⸀γὰρ ⸂ἀπεκάλυψεν ὁ θεὸς⸃ διὰ τοῦ ⸀πνεύματος, τὸ γὰρ πνεῦμα πάντα ἐραυνᾷ, καὶ τὰ βάθη τοῦ θεοῦ.

emin gar apekalypsen o theos dia toy pneymatos, to gar pneyma panta erayna, kai ta bathe toy theoy.

KJV: But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

AKJV: But God has revealed them to us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

ASV: But unto us God revealed them through the Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

YLT: but to us did God reveal them through His Spirit, for the Spirit all things doth search, even the depths of God,

Exposition: 1Corinthians 2:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 2:11

Greek

τίς γὰρ οἶδεν ἀνθρώπων τὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰ μὴ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τὸ ἐν αὐτῷ; οὕτως καὶ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐδεὶς ⸀ἔγνωκεν εἰ μὴ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ.

tis gar oiden anthropon ta toy anthropoy ei me to pneyma toy anthropoy to en ayto; oytos kai ta toy theoy oydeis egnoken ei me to pneyma toy theoy.

KJV: 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.

AKJV: For what man knows the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knows no man, but the Spirit of God.

ASV: For who among men knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? even so the things of God none knoweth, save the Spirit of God.

YLT: for who of men hath known the things of the man, except the spirit of the man that is in him? so also the things of God no one hath known, except the Spirit of God.

Exposition: 1Corinthians 2:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 2:12

Greek

ἡμεῖς δὲ οὐ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ κόσμου ἐλάβομεν ἀλλὰ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα εἰδῶμεν τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ χαρισθέντα ἡμῖν·

emeis de oy to pneyma toy kosmoy elabomen alla to pneyma to ek toy theoy, ina eidomen ta ypo toy theoy charisthenta emin·

KJV: Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

AKJV: Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

ASV: But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God.

YLT: And we the spirit of the world did not receive, but the Spirit that is of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us,

Exposition: 1Corinthians 2:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 2:13

Greek

ἃ καὶ λαλοῦμεν οὐκ ἐν διδακτοῖς ἀνθρωπίνης σοφίας λόγοις, ἀλλʼ ἐν διδακτοῖς ⸀πνεύματος, πνευματικοῖς πνευματικὰ συγκρίνοντες.

a kai laloymen oyk en didaktois anthropines sophias logois, all en didaktois pneymatos, pneymatikois pneymatika sygkrinontes.

KJV: Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

AKJV: Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Ghost teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

ASV: Which things also we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual words.

YLT: which things also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, with spiritual things spiritual things comparing,

Exposition: 1Corinthians 2:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 2:14

Greek

Ψυχικὸς δὲ ἄνθρωπος οὐ δέχεται τὰ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ θεοῦ, μωρία γὰρ αὐτῷ ἐστίν, καὶ οὐ δύναται γνῶναι, ὅτι πνευματικῶς ἀνακρίνεται·

Psychikos de anthropos oy dechetai ta toy pneymatos toy theoy, moria gar ayto estin, kai oy dynatai gnonai, oti pneymatikos anakrinetai·

KJV: But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

AKJV: But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

ASV: Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

YLT: and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know them , because spiritually they are discerned;

Exposition: 1Corinthians 2:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 2:15

Greek

ὁ δὲ πνευματικὸς ἀνακρίνει ⸀τὰ πάντα, αὐτὸς δὲ ὑπʼ οὐδενὸς ἀνακρίνεται.

o de pneymatikos anakrinei ta panta, aytos de yp oydenos anakrinetai.

KJV: But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

AKJV: But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

ASV: But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, and he himself is judged of no man.

YLT: and he who is spiritual, doth discern indeed all things, and he himself is by no one discerned;

Exposition: 1Corinthians 2:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

1Corinthians 2:16

Greek

τίς γὰρ ἔγνω νοῦν κυρίου, ὃς συμβιβάσει αὐτόν; ἡμεῖς δὲ νοῦν Χριστοῦ ἔχομεν.

tis gar egno noyn kyrioy, os symbibasei ayton; emeis de noyn Christoy echomen.

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

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

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

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

Exposition: 1Corinthians 2:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.