1 Corinthians 2:14

The Passion Translation

Someone living on an entirely human level rejects the revelations of God’s Spirit, for they make no sense to him. He can’t understand the revelations of the Spirit because they are only discovered by the illumination of the Spirit.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:6

The intellectually arrogant seek for wisdom, but they never seem to discover what they claim they’re looking for. For revelation-knowledge flows to the one who hungers for understanding.

Matthew 16:23

Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get out of my way, you Satan! You are a hindrance to me, because your thoughts are only filled with man’s viewpoints and not with the ways of God.”

John 10:20

Many of them said, “This man is a demon-possessed lunatic! Why would anyone listen to a word he says?”

John 12:37

Even with the overwhelming evidence of all the many signs and wonders that Jesus had performed in front of them, his critics still refused to believe.

John 14:26

But when the Father sends the Spirit of Holiness, the One like me who sets you free, he will teach you all things in my name. And he will inspire you to remember every word that I’ve told you.

John 15:26

“And I will send you the Divine Encourager from the very presence of my Father. He will come to you, the Spirit of Truth, emanating from the Father, and he will speak to you about me.

John 5:44

Of course you’re unable to believe in me. For you live to enjoy the praises of others and not the praise that comes from the one true God.

John 8:43

Why don’t you understand what I say? You don’t understand because your hearts are closed to my message!

Acts 16:14

One of them was Lydia, a businesswoman from the city of Thyatira who was a dealer of exquisite purple cloth and a Jewish convert. While Paul shared the good news with her, God opened her heart to receive Paul’s message.

Acts 17:18

Philosophers of the teachings of Epicurus, and others called Stoics, debated with Paul. When they heard him speak about Jesus and his resurrection, they said, “What strange ideas is this babbler trying to present?” Others said, “He’s peddling some kind of foreign religion.”

Acts 17:32

The moment they heard Paul bring up the topic of resurrection, some of them ridiculed him, then got up and left. But others said, “We want to hear you again later about these things.”

Acts 18:15

But this is nothing more than a disagreement among yourselves over semantics and personalities and traditions of your own Jewish laws. Go and settle it yourselves! I refuse to be the judge of these issues.”

Acts 25:19

Rather, their issues centered around disagreements with him over their religion, and about a dead man named Jesus, who Paul claimed was alive.

1 Corinthians 1:18

To preach the message of the cross seems like sheer nonsense to those who are on their way to destruction, but to us who are being saved, it is the mighty power of God released within us.

1 Corinthians 1:21

For in his wisdom, God designed that all the world’s wisdom would be insufficient to lead people to the discovery of himself. He took great delight in baffling the wisdom of the world by using the simplicity of preaching the story of the cross in order to save those who believe it.

1 Corinthians 1:23

but we preach the crucified Messiah. The Jews stumble over him and the rest of the world sees him as foolishness.

1 Corinthians 1:25

For the “foolish” things of God have proven to be wiser than human wisdom. And the “feeble” things of God have proven to be far more powerful than any human ability.

1 Corinthians 15:44

It is “sown” in weakness but will be raised in power. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body.

1 Corinthians 15:46

However, the spiritual didn’t come first. The natural precedes the spiritual.

1 Corinthians 2:12

For we did not receive the spirit of this world system but the Spirit of God, so that we might come to understand and experience all that grace has lavished upon us.

1 Corinthians 3:1

Brothers and sisters, when I was with you I found it impossible to speak to you as those who are spiritually mature people, for you are still dominated by the mind-set of the flesh. And because you are immature infants in Christ,

James 3:15

For that has nothing to do with God’s heavenly wisdom but can best be described as the wisdom of this world, both selfish and devilish.

1 John 2:20

But the Holy One has anointed you and you all know the truth.

1 John 2:27

But the wonderful anointing you have received from God is so much greater than their deception and now lives in you. There’s no need for anyone to keep teaching you. His anointing teaches you all that you need to know, for it will lead you into truth, not a counterfeit. So just as the anointing has taught you, remain in him.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has made our understanding come alive so that we can know by experience the One who is true. And we are in him who is true, God’s Son, Jesus Christ—the true God and eternal life!

Jude 1:19

These people cause divisions and are followers of their own natural instincts, devoid of the life of the Spirit.