1 Corinthians 2:14

New American Bible - revised edition

Now the natural person does not accept what pertains to the Spirit of God, for to him it is foolishness, and he cannot understand it, because it is judged spiritually.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:6

The scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for the intelligent.

Matthew 16:23

He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” The Conditions of Discipleship.

John 10:20

Many of them said, “He is possessed and out of his mind; why listen to him?”

John 12:37

Although he had performed so many signs in their presence they did not believe in him,

John 14:17

the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because it remains with you, and will be in you.

John 14:26

The Advocate, the holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name—he will teach you everything and remind you of all that [I] told you.

John 15:26

“When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me.

John 5:44

How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God?

John 8:43

Why do you not understand what I am saying? Because you cannot bear to hear my word.

Acts 16:14

One of them, a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth, from the city of Thyatira, a worshiper of God, listened, and the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what Paul was saying.

Acts 17:18

Even some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers engaged him in discussion. Some asked, “What is this scavenger trying to say?” Others said, “He sounds like a promoter of foreign deities,” because he was preaching about ‘Jesus’ and ‘Resurrection.’

Acts 17:32

When they heard about resurrection of the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, “We should like to hear you on this some other time.”

Acts 18:15

but since it is a question of arguments over doctrine and titles and your own law, see to it yourselves. I do not wish to be a judge of such matters.”

Acts 25:19

Instead they had some issues with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus who had died but who Paul claimed was alive.

1 Corinthians 1:18

The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since in the wisdom of God the world did not come to know God through wisdom, it was the will of God through the foolishness of the proclamation to save those who have faith.

1 Corinthians 1:23

but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

1 Corinthians 1:25

For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. The Corinthians and Paul.

1 Corinthians 15:44

It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual one.

1 Corinthians 15:46

But the spiritual was not first; rather the natural and then the spiritual.

1 Corinthians 2:12

We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the things freely given us by God.

1 Corinthians 3:1

Brothers, I could not talk to you as spiritual people, but as fleshly people, as infants in Christ.

James 3:15

Wisdom of this kind does not come down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

1 John 2:20

But you have the anointing that comes from the holy one, and you all have knowledge.

1 John 2:27

As for you, the anointing that you received from him remains in you, so that you do not need anyone to teach you. But his anointing teaches you about everything and is true and not false; just as it taught you, remain in him. Children of God.

1 John 5:20

We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us discernment to know the one who is true. And we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Jude 1:19

These are the ones who cause divisions; they live on the natural plane, devoid of the Spirit.