1 Corinthians 2:14

Conservative English Version

That's why only someone who has God's Spirit can understand spiritual blessings. Anyone who doesn't have God's Spirit thinks these blessings are foolish.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:6

Make fun of wisdom, and you will never find it. But if you have understanding, knowledge comes easily.

Matthew 16:23

Jesus turned to Peter and said, "Satan, get away from me! You're in my way because you think like everyone else and not like God."

John 10:20

Many of them said, "He has a demon in him! He is crazy! Why listen to him?"

John 12:37

He had worked a lot of miracles among the people, but they were still not willing to have faith in him.

John 14:17

The Spirit will show you what is true. The people of this world cannot accept the Spirit, because they don't see or know him. But you know the Spirit, who is with you and will keep on living in you.

John 14:26

But the Holy Spirit will come and help you, because the Father will send the Spirit to take my place. The Spirit will teach you everything and will remind you of what I said while I was with you.

John 15:26

I will send you the Spirit who comes from the Father and shows what is true. The Spirit will help you and will tell you about me.

John 5:44

How could you possibly believe? You like to have your friends praise you, and you don't care about praise that the only God can give!

John 8:43

Why can't you understand what I am talking about? Can't you stand to hear what I am saying?

Acts 16:14

One of them was Lydia, who was from the city of Thyatira and sold expensive purple cloth. She was a worshiper of the Lord God, and he made her willing to accept what Paul was saying.

Acts 17:18

Some of them were Epicureans and some were Stoics, and they started arguing with him. People were asking, "What is this know-it-all trying to say?" Some even said, "Paul must be preaching about foreign gods! That's what he means when he talks about Jesus and about people rising from death."

Acts 17:32

As soon as the people heard Paul say that a man had been raised from death, some of them started laughing. Others said, "We will hear you talk about this some other time."

Acts 18:15

But since this concerns only words, names, and your own law, you will have to take care of it. I refuse to judge such matters."

Acts 25:19

Instead, they argued with him about some of their beliefs and about a dead man named Jesus, who Paul said was alive.

1 Corinthians 1:18

The message about the cross doesn't make any sense to lost people. But for those of us who are being saved, it is God's power at work.

1 Corinthians 1:21

God was wise and decided not to let the people of this world use their wisdom to learn about him. Instead, God chose to save only those who believe the foolish message we preach.

1 Corinthians 1:23

But we preach that Christ was nailed to a cross. Most Jews have problems with this, and most Gentiles think it is foolish.

1 Corinthians 1:25

Even when God is foolish, he is wiser than everyone else, and even when God is weak, he is stronger than everyone else.

1 Corinthians 15:44

As surely as there are physical bodies, there are spiritual bodies. And our physical bodies will be changed into spiritual bodies.

1 Corinthians 15:46

We see that the one with a spiritual body did not come first. He came after the one who had a physical body.

1 Corinthians 2:12

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.

1 Corinthians 3:1

My friends, you are acting like the people of this world. That's why I could not speak to you as spiritual people. You are like babies as far as your faith in Christ is concerned.

James 3:15

That kind of wisdom doesn't come from above. It is earthly and selfish and comes from the devil himself.

1 John 2:20

Christ, the Holy One, has blessed you, and now all of you understand.

1 John 2:27

But Christ has blessed you with the Holy Spirit. Now the Spirit stays in you, and you don't need any teachers. The Spirit is truthful and teaches you everything. So stay one in your heart with Christ, just as the Spirit has taught you to do.

1 John 5:20

We know that Jesus Christ the Son of God has come and has shown us the true God. And because of Jesus, we now belong to the true God who gives eternal life.

Jude 1:19

And now these people are already making you turn against each other. They think only about this life, and they don't have God's Spirit.