1 Corinthians 2:11

“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.”

1 Corinthians 2:11 · direct translation from the Greek
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The Spirit helps us know what God has freely given usThe Holy Spirit

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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.

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