1 Corinthians 2:14

Easy To Read Version

A person that is not spiritual does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. That person thinks that those things are foolish. That person cannot understand the things of the Spirit, because those things can only be judged spiritually.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:6

People who make fun of God might look for wisdom, but they will never find it. \{People who believe God\} are truly wise. Knowledge comes easy to them.

Matthew 16:23

Then Jesus said to Peter, “Go away from me, Satan {\cf2\super [234]} ! You are not helping me! You don’t care about the things of God. You only care about things that people think are important.”

John 10:20

Many of these Jews said, “A demon {\cf2\super [163]} has come into him and made him crazy. Why listen to him?”

John 12:37

Jesus did all these many miracles. {\cf2\super [203]} The people saw these things, but they still did not believe in him.

John 14:17

The Helper is the Spirit of truth. {\cf2\super [214]} The world cannot accept him. Why? Because the world does not see him or know him. But you know him. He lives with you, and he will live in you.

John 14:26

But the Helper {\cf2\super [215]} will teach you everything. The Helper will cause you to remember all the things I told you. This Helper is the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [216]} that the Father will send in my name.

John 5:44

You like to have praise from each other. But you never try to get the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?

John 8:43

You don’t understand these things I say. Why? Because you cannot accept my teaching.

Acts 16:14

There was a woman named Lydia from the city of Thyatira. Her job was selling purple cloth. She worshiped the true God. Lydia listened to Paul. The Lord opened her heart. She believed the things Paul said.

Acts 17:18

Some of the Epicurean and some of the Stoic philosophers {\cf2\super [353]} argued with him.

Acts 17:32

When the people heard about \{Jesus\} being raised from death, some of them laughed. The people said, “We will hear more about this from you later.”

Acts 18:15

But the things you Jews are saying are only questions about words and names—arguments about your own \{Jewish\} law. So you must solve this problem yourselves. I don’t want to be a judge of these things!”

Acts 25:19

The things they said were about their own religion and about a man named Jesus. Jesus died, but Paul said that he is still alive.

1 Corinthians 1:18

The teaching about the cross seems foolish to those people that are lost. But to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:21

This is what God with his wisdom wanted: The world did not know God through the world’s own wisdom. So God used the message {\cf2\super [8]} that sounds foolish to save the people that believe it.

1 Corinthians 1:23

But this is the message we tell everyone: Christ was killed on a cross. This message is a big problem to the Jews. And the non-Jews think it is foolish.

1 Corinthians 1:25

Even the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom. Even the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

1 Corinthians 15:44

The body that is “planted” is a physical body. When it is raised, it is a spiritual body.

1 Corinthians 15:46

The spiritual \{man\} did not come first. It was the physical \{man\} that came first; then came the spiritual.

1 Corinthians 2:12

We did not receive the spirit of the world. But we received the Spirit that is from God. We received this Spirit so that we can know the things that God has given us.

1 Corinthians 3:1

Brothers and sisters, in the past I could not talk to you like I talk to spiritual people. I had to talk to you like worldly people—like babies in Christ.

James 3:15

That kind of “wisdom” does not come from God. That “wisdom” comes from the world. It is not spiritual. It is from the devil.

1 John 2:20

You have the gift {\cf2\super [6]} that the Holy One (God or Christ) gave you. So you all know \{the truth\}.

1 John 2:27

Christ gave you a special gift. {\cf2\super [8]} You still have this gift in you. So you don’t need any person to teach you. The gift he gave you teaches you about everything. This gift is true. It is not false. So continue to live in Christ, like his gift taught you.

1 John 5:20

But, dear friends, use your most holy faith to build yourselves up strong. Pray with the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [10]}