1 Corinthians 2:12-14
International Standard Version
12 Now, we have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we can understand the things that were freely given to us by God. 13 We don’t speak about these things with words taught us by human wisdom, but with words[a] taught by the Spirit, as we explain spiritual things to spiritual people.[b] 14 A person who isn’t spiritual doesn’t accept the things of God’s Spirit, for they are nonsense to him. He can’t understand them because they are spiritually evaluated.
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- 1 Corinthians 2:13 Lit. in things
- 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or in spiritual words
1 Corinthians 2:12-14
New International Version
12 What we have received is not the spirit(A) of the world,(B) but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. 13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom(C) but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.[a] 14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God(D) but considers them foolishness,(E) and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.
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- 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual
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