The apostle Paul must have loved the prophet Isaiah! He quotes him twice in this chapter and more often than any other prophet in the rest of his writings. Paul was a diligent student of the scriptures.
From Isaiah 52 he writes: "What eye did not see and ear did not hear, and what never entered the human mind- God prepared this for those who love Him." Then again from Isaiah 40, "who has know the Lord's mind, that he may instruct Him?" Earlier in 1Corinthians 1 Paul quotes from Isaiah 29.
Paul was always referencing and quoting the scripture he knew. He serves as a example for us to follow. How often do we reference scripture in our conversations? How often do we use scripture in our writings? If we were to write a book, what biblical author would we quote the most?
It is good to know scripture. Knowing scripture is knowing the mind of Christ. Paul wrote, "We have the mind of Christ."
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