2:16a “For who has known the mind of the Lord,

Because, “Can anyone know what is in the Lord’s mind?
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⌊What I have said is true⌋ because ⌊it agrees with what was written long ago in God’s Book:⌋ “No one has ever known what the Lord’s thoughts/plans are

2:16b so as to instruct Him?”

Can anyone teach/advise the Lord?”
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And so no one can tell/teach him ⌊what his thoughts should be about something⌋.”

2:16c But we have the mind of Christ.

But we (incl.) understand what is in Christ’s mind.
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But we (incl.) ⌊believers⌋, do think the same way that Christ does.
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But as for us (incl.), we (incl.) think about things in the same way that Christ does.

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