1 Corinthians 2:15

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The spiritual person examines all things, but he himself is not subject to being examined by anyone.

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  • 1 Cor 3:1 : 1 And I, brothers and sisters, could not speak to you as spiritual people but as those who are worldly, as infants in Christ.
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Brothers, if someone is caught in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual should restore such a person with a gentle spirit. Watch yourself, so that you too might not be tempted.
  • 1 Cor 14:37 : 37 If anyone considers themselves to be a prophet or spiritually gifted, let them acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are the Lord’s commands.
  • Prov 28:5 : 5 Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand all things.
  • 1 Thess 5:21 : 21 Test all things. Hold fast to what is good.
  • 1 John 4:1 : 1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for the mature, those who through practice have trained their senses to discern good from evil.
  • Eccl 8:5 : 5 Whoever obeys a command will avoid harm, and the heart of the wise person knows the right time and the right way.
  • John 7:17 : 17 'If anyone wants to do His will, they will know whether My teaching comes from God or whether I speak on My own authority.'
  • Acts 15:1-5 : 1 Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved." 2 So after much dissension and debate with Paul and Barnabas, the brothers decided that Paul, Barnabas, and some others should go up to Jerusalem to consult the apostles and elders about this question. 3 Having been sent on their way by the church, they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers. 4 When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, along with the apostles and elders, and they reported all that God had done through them. 5 But some believers from the sect of the Pharisees stood up and declared, "It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses."
  • Acts 16:3 : 3 Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he had him circumcised because of the Jews who lived in those areas, as they all knew his father was a Greek.
  • 2 Sam 12:16-23 : 16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying on the ground in sackcloth. 17 The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them. 18 On the seventh day, the child died. David’s attendants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, 'While the child was still alive, we spoke to him but he would not listen to us. How can we now tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate.' 19 David noticed that his attendants were whispering among themselves, and he realized that the child was dead. 'Is the child dead?' he asked. 'Yes,' they replied, 'he is dead.' 20 Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions, and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate. 21 His attendants asked him, 'Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!' 22 David answered, 'While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, 'Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.'' 23 But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.
  • 2 Sam 14:17 : 17 And your servant thought, 'May the word of my lord the king bring me peace, for my lord the king is like an angel of God in discerning good and evil. May the LORD your God be with you.'
  • 1 Kgs 3:9-9 : 9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between good and evil, for who is able to govern this great people of yours? 10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked this. 11 God said to him, "Since you have asked for this and not for long life, wealth for yourself, or the death of your enemies, but for discernment in administering justice,
  • Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret counsel of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes his covenant known to them.
  • Gal 2:3-5 : 3 Yet not even Titus, who was with me, though he was Greek, was forced to be circumcised. 4 This arose because of false brothers who were secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus, so they might bring us into bondage. 5 But we did not yield in submission to them even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might remain with you.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore, do not judge anything before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will disclose the motives of hearts. At that time, each person will receive praise from God.
  • Eph 4:13-14 : 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, into a mature man, to the measure of the stature that belongs to the fullness of Christ. 14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.
  • Phil 1:10 : 10 So that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.
  • Col 1:9 : 9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,

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    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.

    14 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.

  • 1 Cor 2:16
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    16 For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 11:31-32
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    31 But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under judgment.

    32 Nevertheless, when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.

  • 1 Cor 4:3-6
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    3 But to me, it is of little importance to be judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself.

    4 I am not aware of anything against myself, but that does not make me innocent. The one who judges me is the Lord.

    5 Therefore, do not judge anything before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will disclose the motives of hearts. At that time, each person will receive praise from God.

    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.

  • John 8:15
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    15 You judge by human standards; I judge no one.

  • 1 Cor 6:2-4
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    2 Don't you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to decide trivial matters?

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    4 So if you have cases dealing with everyday affairs, why do you appoint those who are of no account in the church to judge?

  • Rom 2:1-3
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    1 Therefore, you have no excuse, O person, whoever you are who judges. For when you judge someone else, you condemn yourself, because you practice the same things you judge others for.

    2 We know that God's judgment is based on truth against those who practice such things.

    3 Do you think this, O person who judges those who practice such things, yet does the same yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?

  • 1 Cor 14:24
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    24 But if everyone is prophesying and an unbeliever or uninitiated person enters, they are convicted of sin by all and are examined by all.

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    2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but the Lord weighs the spirit.

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    13 Therefore, let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.

  • Rom 14:3-5
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    3 The one who eats must not look down on the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat must not judge the one who eats, for God has accepted them.

    4 Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To their own Master they stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.

    5 One person considers one day more important than another, while another considers every day alike. Each person should be fully convinced in their own mind.

  • Rom 8:5-6
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    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.

  • 1 Cor 15:46-47
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    46 But it is not the spiritual that comes first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

    47 The first man was from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.

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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.

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    12 What business is it of mine to judge outsiders? Are you not to judge those inside the church?

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    1 Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.

  • 1 Cor 8:2-3
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    2 If anyone thinks they know something, they do not yet know as they ought to know.

    3 But if anyone loves God, they are known by Him.

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    16 Therefore, let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or regarding a festival, a new moon, or Sabbaths.

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    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.

  • 1 Cor 10:15
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    15 I speak to wise people; judge for yourselves what I say.

  • Rom 14:10
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    10 But you, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

  • Gal 6:3-4
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    3 For if anyone thinks they are something when they are nothing, they deceive themselves.

    4 Each one should examine their own work. Then they will have reason to boast regarding themselves alone, and not with reference to another.

  • Jude 1:19
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    19 These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.

  • John 5:22
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    22 'For the Father judges no one, but He has entrusted all judgment to the Son.'

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    1 Brothers, if someone is caught in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual should restore such a person with a gentle spirit. Watch yourself, so that you too might not be tempted.

  • John 7:24
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    24 Do not judge by appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.

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

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    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.

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    28 Let a person examine himself, and in this way let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

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    37 If anyone considers themselves to be a prophet or spiritually gifted, let them acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are the Lord’s commands.

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    4 have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?