1 Corinthians 2:14

James Moffatt - New Testament

The unspiritual man rejects these truths of the Spirit of God; to him they are 'sheer folly,' he cannot understand them. And the reason is, that they must be read with the spiritual eye.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:18

Those who are doomed to perish find the story of the cross 'sheer folly,' but it means the power of God for those whom he saves.

1 John 2:27

but the unction you received from him remains within you, and you really need no teaching from anyone; simply remain in him, for his unction teaches you about everything and is true and is no lie — remain in him, as it has taught you to do.

1 Corinthians 15:46

but the animate, not the spiritual, comes first, and only then the spiritual.

Jude 1:19

These are the people who set up divisions and distinctions, sensuous creatures, destitute of the Spirit.

James 3:15

That is not the wisdom which comes down from above, it is an earthly wisdom, sensuous, devilish;

1 John 2:20

Now, you have been anointed by the holy One, and you all possess knowledge.

1 Corinthians 15:44

sown an animate body, it rises a spiritual body. As there is an animate body, so there is a spiritual body.

1 Corinthians 2:12

Now we have received the Spirit — not the spirit of the world but the Spirit that comes from God, that we may understand what God bestows upon us.

John 12:37

Now for all the Signs he had performed before them, they did not believe in him —

John 5:44

How can you believe, you who accept credit from one another instead of aiming at the credit which comes from the only God?

Matthew 16:23

But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, you Satan! You are a hindrance to me! Your outlook is not God's but man's."

John 14:26

but the Helper, the holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and recall to you everything I have said.

Acts 16:14

Among the listeners there was a woman called Lydia, a dealer in purple who belonged to the town of Thyatira. She reverenced God, and the Lord opened her heart to attend to what Paul said.

John 8:43

Why do you not understand my speech? Because you are unable to listen to what I am saying.

1 Corinthians 1:23

but our message is Christ the crucified — a stumbling-block to the Jews, 'sheer folly' to the Gentiles,

1 John 5:20

We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us insight to know Him who is the Real God; and we are in Him who is real, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the real God, this is life eternal.

Acts 25:19

The questions at issue referred to their own religion and to a certain Jesus who had died. Paul said he was alive.

John 15:26

When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth which issues from the Father, he will bear witness to me;

Acts 18:15

But as these are merely questions of words and persons and your own Law, you can attend to them for yourselves. I decline to adjudicate upon matters like that."

Acts 17:32

But on hearing of a 'resurrection of dead men,' some sneered, while others said, "We will hear you again on that subject."

John 10:20

A number of them said, "He is mad. Why listen to him?"

Acts 17:18

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also came across him. Some said, "Whatever does the fellow mean with his scraps of learning'?" Others said, "He looks like a herald of foreign deities" (this was because he preached 'Jesus' and 'the Resurrection').

John 14:17

even the Spirit of truth: the world cannot receive him, because it neither sees nor knows him, but you know him, because he remains with you and will be within you.

1 Corinthians 1:21

For when the world with all its wisdom failed to know God in his wisdom, God resolved to save believers by the 'sheer folly' of the Christian message.

1 Corinthians 1:25

For the 'foolishness' of God is wiser than men, and the 'weakness' of God is stronger than men.

1 Corinthians 3:1

But I could not discuss things with you, my brothers, as spiritual persons; I had to address you as worldlings, as mere babes in Christ.