Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Corinthians 2:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Corinthians 2:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Corinthians 2:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, nobody can fully understand God's mind or tell Him what to do, but Christians believe they can think and understand things in a way that Jesus would because Jesus helps them.

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. [may: Gr. shall]

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8-9

These verses state that God's thoughts and ways are higher than human thoughts and ways, implying the limitations of human understanding in knowing the mind of the Lord, which seems to contradict the assertion in 1 Corinthians 2:16 that believers have the mind of Christ.

Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Romans 11:33-34

Here, it declares the depths of God's wisdom and knowledge are unsearchable and questions who has known the mind of the Lord, which appears to contrast with the claim to knowing the mind of the Lord in 1 Corinthians 2:16.

Romans 11:33-34: O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

Contradiction with Job 11:7-8

These verses emphasize the inability of humans to fully understand God's limits or find out the Almighty's perfect knowledge, suggesting a contradiction with the idea of having the mind of the Lord.

Job 11:7-8: Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
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