Forγὰρwhoτίςamong menἀνθρώπωνknowsοἶδενthe thingsτὰof a manτοῦ ἀνθρώπουexceptεἰ μὴthe spiritτὸ πνεῦμαof the manτοῦ ἀνθρώπουthat isτὸinἐνhim?αὐτῷSoοὕτωςalsoκαὶno oneοὐδεὶςhas knownἔγνωκενthe thingsτὰof Godτοῦ θεοῦexceptεἰ μὴthe Spiritτὸ πνεῦμαof God.τοῦ θεοῦ
1 Corinthians 2:11
Study it in the app“For who among men knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man that is in him? So also no one has known the things of God except the Spirit of God.”
The Spirit helps us know what God has freely given usThe Holy Spirit
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 2:11, word by word
- among menἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōn
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpōn” appears- knowsοἶδενoiden
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oiden” appears- the spiritπνεῦμαpneuma
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneuma” appears- has knownἔγνωκενegnōken
know
To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.
Where else “egnōken” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears
The context
10For to us God revealed it through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.
11 · This verse (above)
12Now we did not receive the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God.