1 Corinthians 2:14

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But the natural person does not accept the things of God's Spirit, because they are foolishness to him. He cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now{G1161} the natural{G5591} man{G444} receiveth{G1209} not{G3756} the things{G3588} of the Spirit{G4151} of God:{G2316} for{G1063} they are{G2076} foolishness{G3472} unto him;{G846} and{G2532} he {G3756} cannot{G1410} know{G1097} them, because{G3754} they are spiritually{G4153} judged.{G350}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But{G1161} the natural{G5591} man{G444} receiveth{G1209}{(G5736)} not{G3756} the things{G3588} of the Spirit{G4151} of God{G2316}: for{G1063} they are{G2076}{(G5748)} foolishness{G3472} unto him{G846}: neither{G2532}{G3756} can{G1410}{(G5736)} he know{G1097}{(G5629)} them, because{G3754} they are spiritually{G4153} discerned{G350}{(G5743)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For ye naturall man perceaveth not the thinges of the sprete of god. For they are but folysshnes vnto him. Nether can he perceave them because he is spretually examined.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Howbeit the naturall man perceaueth nothinge of ye sprete of God. It is foolishnes vnto him, and he can not perceaue it: for it must be spiritually discerned.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But the naturall man perceiueth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishnesse vnto him: neither can hee knowe them, because they are spiritually discerned.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But the naturall man perceaueth not the thynges of ye spirite of God, for they are foolyshenesse vnto hym: Neither can he knowe them because they are spiritually discerned.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know `them', because spiritually they are discerned;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 1:18 : 18 For 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.
  • Matt 13:11-17 : 11 Jesus replied, "The mysteries of the kingdom of heaven have been given to you to know, but not to them. 12 For whoever has, more will be given to them, and they will have abundance. But whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken away from them. 13 That is why I speak to them in parables, because although they see, they do not see; and although they hear, they do not hear or understand. 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: 'You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive.' 15 For the heart of this people has grown dull; they can barely hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, turn back to me, and I would heal them. 16 But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. 17 Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
  • Rom 8:5-8 : 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6 The mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace. 7 Because the mindset of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
  • 1 Cor 15:46 : 46 But it is not the spiritual that comes first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.
  • 1 John 2:27 : 27 As for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you about all things—and it is true and not a lie—just as it has taught you, remain in Him.
  • Jude 1:19 : 19 These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.
  • John 6:44-45 : 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up on the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.
  • 2 Cor 4:4-6 : 4 In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • 1 John 2:20 : 20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
  • Jas 3:15 : 15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic.
  • 1 Cor 2:12 : 12 Now, we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God.
  • 1 Cor 15:44 : 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
  • John 5:44 : 44 How can you believe, when you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the one and only God?
  • John 16:8-9 : 8 When he comes, he will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgment: 9 about sin, because they do not believe in me; 10 about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see me; 11 and about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged. 12 I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify me because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15 Everything that the Father has is mine. This is why I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
  • Acts 16:14 : 14 One of those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
  • John 10:26-27 : 26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
  • John 12:37 : 37 Though He had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in Him.
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge is easy for a discerning person.
  • Matt 16:23 : 23 But Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns."
  • John 3:3-6 : 3 Jesus answered him, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, unless someone is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.' 4 Nicodemus said to Him, 'How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter his mother's womb a second time and be born?' 5 Jesus answered, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.' 6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
  • John 8:51-52 : 51 Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death. 52 Then the Jews said, "Now we know you have a demon. Abraham died, and so did the prophets. Yet you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.'
  • John 10:20 : 20 Many of them were saying, 'He has a demon and is insane. Why listen to him?'
  • John 8:43 : 43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.
  • John 14:26 : 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have said to you.
  • John 15:26 : 26 When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—he will testify about me.
  • Acts 17:18 : 18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said, 'What is this babbler trying to say?' Others remarked, 'He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,' because he was preaching about Jesus and the resurrection.
  • Acts 17:32 : 32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock, but others said, 'We want to hear you again on this matter.'
  • Acts 18:15 : 15 'But if this is about questions of words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves. I do not wish to be a judge of such matters.'
  • Acts 25:19 : 19 Instead, they had some matters of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul claimed to be alive.
  • Acts 26:24-25 : 24 While Paul was making his defense, Festus said loudly, 'You are out of your mind, Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane.' 25 Paul replied, 'I am not insane, most excellent Festus. What I am saying is true and reasonable.'
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
  • 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 But we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Cor 2:15-16
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    15 The spiritual person examines all things, but he himself is not subject to being examined by anyone.

    16 For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 2:9-13
    5 verses
    82%

    9 But as it is written: What no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and what has not entered the human heart—God has prepared these things for those who love Him.

    10 Now God has revealed these things to us by His Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

    11 For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person that is within him? In the same way, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

    12 Now, we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God.

    13 We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit—explaining spiritual truths to spiritual people.

  • 1 Cor 3:18-20
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    18 Let no one deceive themselves. If anyone among you thinks they are wise in this age, let them become foolish so that they may become wise.

    19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written, 'He catches the wise in their craftiness.'

    20 And again, 'The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.'

  • 1 Cor 14:2
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    2 For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, because no one understands; they speak mysteries by the Spirit.

  • 1 Cor 1:18-21
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    18 For 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.

    19 For it is written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the intelligent I will frustrate.'

    20 Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish?

    21 For since in God’s wisdom the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

  • 1 Cor 1:25
    72%

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

  • 1 Cor 15:46
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    46 But it is not the spiritual that comes first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

  • Rom 8:5-9
    5 verses
    71%

    5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

    6 The mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace.

    7 Because the mindset of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.

    8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

    9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Him.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6 How great are Your works, O LORD! How profound are Your thoughts!

  • 1 John 4:5-6
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    5 They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them.

    6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this, we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

  • 1 John 2:15-16
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    15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them.

    16 For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

  • Jude 1:19
    71%

    19 These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.

  • 1 Cor 2:5-7
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    5 So that your faith would not rest on human wisdom but on God's power.

    6 Now, we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are passing away.

    7 Instead, we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom that God predestined before the ages for our glory.

  • 1 Cor 14:20
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    20 Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in regard to evil, but in your thinking be mature.

  • 1 Cor 8:2
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    2 If anyone thinks they know something, they do not yet know as they ought to know.

  • 1 Thess 4:8
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    8 Therefore, whoever disregards this does not reject man but God, who also gives His Holy Spirit to you.

  • 1 Cor 3:1
    70%

    1 And I, brothers and sisters, could not speak to you as spiritual people but as those who are worldly, as infants in Christ.

  • Jas 3:15
    70%

    15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic.

  • John 14:17
    70%

    17 The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him, you know him, because he remains with you and will be in you.

  • 1 Cor 12:1
    70%

    1 Now, concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be unaware.

  • 1 Cor 1:27
    69%

    27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

  • 1 Cor 14:38
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    38 But if anyone ignores this, let them remain ignorant.

  • 2 Cor 4:4
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    4 In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

  • John 3:32
    69%

    32 He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

  • Eph 4:18
    69%

    18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

  • John 3:6
    68%

    6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  • 1 Cor 14:14
    68%

    14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

  • 1 Cor 14:16
    68%

    16 Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit, how can someone who is in the position of an outsider say 'Amen' to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying?

  • Prov 18:2
    68%

    2 A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in revealing his own thoughts.

  • Isa 44:18
    68%

    18 They have no knowledge or understanding; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their hearts so they cannot understand.

  • 2 Pet 2:12
    68%

    12 These people, however, are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed. They speak abusively about things they do not understand, and in their destruction, they too will be destroyed.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6 Brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your sake, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over and against another.

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