1 Corinthians 2:14

New Century Version

A person who does not have the Spirit does not accept the truths that come from the Spirit of God. That person thinks they are foolish and cannot understand them, because they can only be judged to be true by the Spirit.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:6

Those who make fun of wisdom look for it and do not find it, but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.

Matthew 16:23

Then Jesus said to Peter, “Go away from me, Satan! You are not helping me! You don’t care about the things of God, but only about the things people think are important.”

John 10:20

Many of them said, “A demon has come into him and made him crazy. Why listen to him?”

John 12:37

Though Jesus had done many miracles in front of the people, they still did not believe in him.

John 14:17

the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he lives with you and he will be in you.

John 14:26

But the Helper will teach you everything and will cause you to remember all that I told you. This Helper is the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name.

John 15:26

“I will send you the Helper from the Father; he is the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father. When he comes, he will tell about me,

John 5:44

You try to get praise from each other, but you do not try to get the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?

John 8:43

You don’t understand what I say, because you cannot accept my teaching.

Acts 16:14

One of the listeners was a woman named Lydia from the city of Thyatira whose job was selling purple cloth. She worshiped God, and he opened her mind to pay attention to what Paul was saying.

Acts 17:18

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him, saying, “This man doesn’t know what he is talking about. What is he trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be telling us about some other gods,” because Paul was telling them about Jesus and his rising from the dead.

Acts 17:32

When the people heard about Jesus being raised from the dead, some of them laughed. But others said, “We will hear more about this from you later.”

Acts 18:15

But the things you are saying are only questions about words and names—arguments about your own 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 who died. But Paul said that he is still alive.

1 Corinthians 1:18

The teaching about the cross is foolishness to those who are being lost, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:21

In the wisdom of God the world did not know God through its own wisdom. So God chose to use the message that sounds foolish to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 1:23

But we preach a crucified Christ. This causes the Jews to stumble and is foolishness to non-Jews.

1 Corinthians 1:25

Even the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and 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. There is a physical body, and there is also a spiritual body.

1 Corinthians 15:46

The spiritual did not come first, but the physical and then the spiritual.

1 Corinthians 2:12

Now we did not receive the spirit of the world, but we received the Spirit that is from God so that we can know all that God has given us.

1 Corinthians 3:1

Brothers and sisters, in the past I could not talk to you as I talk to spiritual people. I had to talk to you as I would to people without the Spirit—babies in Christ.

James 3:15

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

1 John 2:20

You have the gift that the Holy One gave you, so you all know the truth.

1 John 2:27

Christ gave you a special gift that is still in you, so you do not need any other teacher. His gift teaches you about everything, and it is true, not false. So continue to live in Christ, as his gift taught you.

1 John 5:20

We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we can know the True One. And our lives are in the True One and in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and the eternal life.

Jude 1:19

These are the people who divide you, people whose thoughts are only of this world, who do not have the Spirit.