... it is just as the Scriptures say,
"What God has planned
for people who love him
is more than eyes have seen
or ears have heard.
It has never even
entered our minds!"
God's Spirit has shown you everything. His Spirit finds out everything, even what is deep in the mind of God.
You are the only one who knows what is in your own mind, and God's Spirit is the only one who knows what is in God's mind.
But God has given us his Spirit. That's why we don't think the same way that the people of this world think. That's also why we can recognize the blessings that God has given us.... The Scriptures ask,
"Has anyone ever known
the thoughts of the Lord
or given him advice?"
But we understand what Christ is thinking....
Don't fool yourselves! If any of you think you are wise in the things of this world, you will have to become foolish before you can be truly wise.
The Holy Bible, Contemporary English Version (New York: American Bible Society, 1995) I Cor. 2:9-12, 16:3:18
