Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:16
For who hath known the mind of the Lord - Who that is still an animal man can know the mind of God? so as to instruct him, viz. the spiritual man, the same that is spoken of, 1 Corinthians 2:15 . But the words may be better understood thus: How can the animal man know the mind of the Lord? and how can any man communicate that knowledge which he has never acquired, and which is foolishness to him, because it is spiritual, and he is animal? This quotation is made from Isaiah 40:13 . But... read more
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:15
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things - He who has the mind of Christ discerns and judges of all things spiritual: yet he himself is not discerned by the mere animal man. Some suppose that the word ανακρινεται should be understood thus: He examines, scrutinizes, convinces, reproves, which it appears to mean in 1 Corinthians 14:24 ; and they read the verse thus: The spiritual man - the well-taught Christian, convinces, i.e. can easily convict, all men, ( παντα , accusing), every... read more