1 Corinthians 2:14

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.

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  • 1 Cor 1:18 : 18 For the preachyng of the crosse, is to them that perishe foolishnesse: but vnto vs which are saued, it is the power of God.
  • Matt 13:11-17 : 11 He aunswered and sayde vnto them: because it is geuen vnto you, to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of heauen, but to them, it is not geuen. 12 For whosoeuer hath, to hym shalbe geuen, and he shall haue more aboundaunce: But whosoeuer hath not, from hym shalbe taken away, euen that he hath. 13 Therfore speake I to them in parables: because they seeyng, see not: and hearyng, they heare not: neither do they vnderstande. 14 And in them is fulfylled the prophesie of Esaias, saying: by hearyng ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstande, and seeyng, ye shall see, & shall not perceaue. 15 For this peoples heart is waxed grosse, and their eares are dull of hearyng, and their eyes haue they closed: lest at any tyme they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and shoulde vnderstande with their heart, & shoulde conuert, that I myght heale them. 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your eares, for they heare. 17 Ueryly I say vnto you, that many prophetes and ryghteous men haue desired to see those thynges which ye see, and haue not seene: and to heare those thynges which ye heare, and haue not hearde.
  • Rom 8:5-8 : 5 For they that are carnall, are carnally mynded: But they that are spirituall, are spiritually mynded. 6 To be carnally mynded, is death: But to be spiritually mynded, is lyfe & peace: 7 Because that the fleshly mynde is enmitie agaynst God: For it is not obedient to the lawe of God, neither can be. 8 So then, they that are in the fleshe, can not please God.
  • 1 Cor 15:46 : 46 Howebeit, that is not first whiche is spirituall, but that whiche is naturall, and then that whiche is spirituall.
  • 1 John 2:27 : 27 And the annoyntyng whiche ye haue receaued of hym dwelleth in you: And ye nede not that any man teach you, but as the same annoynting teacheth you of all thynges, and it is true, and not lying: and as it taught you, ye shall abyde in it.
  • Jude 1:19 : 19 These are makers of sectes, fleshlie, hauyng not the spirite.
  • John 6:44-45 : 44 No man can come to me, except the father, whiche hath sent me, drawe hym: And I wyll rayse hym vp at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophetes: And they shalbe all taught of God. Euery man therfore that hath heard, and hath learned of the father, cometh vnto me.
  • 2 Cor 4:4-6 : 4 In whom the god of this worlde hath blinded the myndes of them whiche beleue not, lest the lyght of the Gospell of the glorie of Christe (which is the image of God) should shine vnto them. 5 For we preache not our selues, but Christe Iesus the Lord, and our selues your seruauntes for Iesus sake. 6 For it is God that commaundeth the lyght to shine out of darknesse, whiche hath shined in our heartes, for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glorie of God, in the face of Iesus Christe.
  • 1 John 2:20 : 20 Neuerthelesse, ye haue an oyntment of hym that is holy, and ye knowe all thynges.
  • Jas 3:15 : 15 For such wisdome descendeth not fro aboue: but is earthlie, sensuall, and deuelishe.
  • 1 Cor 2:12 : 12 And we haue receaued, not the spirite of the worlde, but the spirite which is of God, that we myght know the thinges that are geuen to vs of God.
  • 1 Cor 15:44 : 44 It is sowen a naturall bodie, it ryseth a spirituall bodie. There is a naturall bodie, and there is a spirituall bodie.
  • John 5:44 : 44 Howe can ye beleue, whiche receaue honour one of another, and seke not the honour that commeth of God only?
  • John 16:8-9 : 8 And whe he is come, he wyll rebuke the world of sinne, and of righteousnes, and of iudgement. 9 Of sinne, because they beleue not on me. 10 Of righteousnes, because I go to my father, and ye shall see me no more. 11 Of iudgement, because the prince of this worlde is iudged alredy. 12 I haue yet many thynges to say vnto you, but ye can not beare them away nowe. 13 Howebeit, when he is come, whiche is the spirite of trueth, he wyl leade you into all trueth. He shall not speake of himselfe: but whatsoeuer he shal heare, that shall he speake, and he wyll shewe you thynges to come. 14 He shall glorifie me: For he shall receaue of mine, and shal shewe vnto you. 15 All thynges that the father hath, are mine: Therfore sayde I vnto you that he shall take of mine, & shew vnto you.
  • Acts 16:14 : 14 And a certayne woman, named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the citie of the Thyatirians, which worshipped God, gaue vs audience: Whose hearte the Lorde opened, that she attended vnto the thynges which Paul spake.
  • John 10:26-27 : 26 But ye beleue not, because ye are not of my sheepe, as I sayde vnto you. 27 My sheepe heare my voyce, and I knowe them, and they folowe me:
  • John 12:37 : 37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet beleued not they on hym,
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scornfull body seketh wisdome, and fyndeth it not: but knowledge is easie vnto hym that wyll vnderstande.
  • Matt 16:23 : 23 But he turned hym about, and sayde vnto Peter: go after me Satan, thou art an offence vnto me: for thou sauerest not the thynges that be of God, but those that be of men.
  • John 3:3-6 : 3 Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto hym: Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, except a man be borne agayne, he can not see the kyngdome of God. 4 Nicodemus sayth vnto hym: Howe can a man be borne when he is olde? can he enter into his mothers wombe, and be borne agayne? 5 Iesus aunswered: Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, except a man be borne of water and of the spirite, he can not enter into the kyngdome of God. 6 That which is borne of the fleshe, is fleshe: and that which is borne of the spirite, is spirite.
  • John 8:51-52 : 51 Ueryly veryly I saye vnto you, yf a man kepe my saying, he shall neuer see death. 52 Then sayde the Iewes vnto hym: Now know we that thou hast ye deuyll. Abraham is dead, & the prophetes: and thou sayest, yf a man kepe my saying, he shall neuer taste of death.
  • John 10:20 : 20 And many of them sayde: He hath the deuyll, & is mad, why heare ye him?
  • John 8:43 : 43 Why do ye not knowe my speache? euen because ye cannot heare my word.
  • John 14:26 : 26 But the comforter, which is the holy ghost, whom the father wyll sende in my name, he shal teach you all thinges, & bryng all thynges to your remebraunce whatsoeuer I haue sayde vnto you.
  • John 15:26 : 26 But when the comforter is come, whom I wyl sende vnto you from the father, euen the spirite of trueth, which proceadeth of the father, he shall testifie of me.
  • Acts 17:18 : 18 Then certaine philosophers of the Epicures, and of the Stoickes disputed with hym. And some saide: What wyll this babler say? Other some, he seemeth to be a setter foorth of newe gods: because he preached vnto them Iesus, and the resurrection.
  • Acts 17:32 : 32 And when they hearde of the resurrection from the dead, some mocked, and other sayde, we wyll heare thee agayne of this matter.
  • Acts 18:15 : 15 But yf it be a question of wordes and names, or of your lawe, loke ye to it your selues: for I wyll be no iudge of such matters.
  • Acts 25:19 : 19 But had certayne questions agaynst hym of their owne superstition, and of one Iesus which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alyue.
  • Acts 26:24-25 : 24 And as he thus spake for hym selfe, Festus sayde with a loude voyce: Paul, thou art besyde thy selfe, much learnyng doth make thee mad. 25 But he sayde: I am not mad, most noble Festus, but speake foorth the wordes of trueth and sobernesse.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 We knowe that the sonne of God is come, & hath geuen vs a minde to know hym which is true: and we are in hym that is true, through his sonne Iesus Christe. This same is very God, and eternall lyfe.
  • 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 But we preache Christe crucified, vnto the Iewes a stumblyng blocke, and vnto the Grekes foolyshnesse:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 84%

    15 But he that is spirituall, discerneth all thynges, yet he hym selfe is iudged of no man.

    16 For who hath knowen the mynde of the Lorde, that he myght instruct hym? But we haue the mynde of Christe.

  • 1 Cor 2:9-13
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    9 But as it is written: The eye hath not seen, & the eare hath not heard, neither haue entred into the heart of man, the thynges which God hath prepared for them that loue hym.

    10 But God hath reuealed the vnto vs by his spirite: For the spirite searcheth all thinges, yea the deepe thinges of God.

    11 For what man knoweth the thynges of a man, saue ye spirite of man which is in hym? Euen so, the thinges of God, knoweth no man, but ye spirite of God.

    12 And we haue receaued, not the spirite of the worlde, but the spirite which is of God, that we myght know the thinges that are geuen to vs of God.

    13 Which thynges also we speake, not in the wordes which mans wisedome teacheth, but which ye holy ghost teacheth, comparyng spirituall thynges with spirituall thynges.

  • 75%

    18 Let no man deceaue him selfe. Yf any man among you seeme to be wise in this worlde, let hym be a foole, that he may be wyse.

    19 For the wisedome of this worlde, is foolishnesse with God. For it is writte: He compasseth the wise in their own craftynesse.

    20 And agayne The Lorde knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse, that they be vayne.

  • 2 For he that speaketh with the tongue, speaketh not vnto men, but vnto God: For no man heareth hym. Howbeit, in the spirite he speaketh misteries.

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    18 For the preachyng of the crosse, is to them that perishe foolishnesse: but vnto vs which are saued, it is the power of God.

    19 For it is written, I wyll destroye the wisedome of the wyse, and wyll cast away the vnderstandyng of the prudent.

    20 Where is the wise? where is ye scribe? where is the disputer of this worlde? Hath not God made the wisedome of this worlde foolyshenesse?

    21 For after that the world through wisedome knewe not God, in the wisedome of God: it pleased God through foolishnesse of preachyng to saue them that beleue.

  • 25 For the foolishnesse of God, is wiser then men, and the weakenesse of God, is stronger then men.

  • 46 Howebeit, that is not first whiche is spirituall, but that whiche is naturall, and then that whiche is spirituall.

  • Rom 8:5-9
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    5 For they that are carnall, are carnally mynded: But they that are spirituall, are spiritually mynded.

    6 To be carnally mynded, is death: But to be spiritually mynded, is lyfe & peace:

    7 Because that the fleshly mynde is enmitie agaynst God: For it is not obedient to the lawe of God, neither can be.

    8 So then, they that are in the fleshe, can not please God.

    9 But ye are not in the fleshe, but in the spirite, yf so be that the spirite of God dwell in you. If any man haue not the spirite of Christe, the same is none of his.

  • 6 An vnwise man doth not consider this: and a foole doth not vnderstande it.

  • 1 John 4:5-6
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    5 They are of the world, therfore speake they of the worlde, & the world heareth them.

    6 We are of God. He that knoweth God, heareth vs: he that is not of God, heareth vs not. Hereby knowe we the spirite of veritie, and the spirite of errour.

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    15 See that ye loue not the worlde, neither the thynges that are in the worlde. If any man loue the worlde, the loue of the father is not in hym.

    16 For all that is in the worlde, as the lust of the fleshe, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the father, but of the worlde.

  • 19 These are makers of sectes, fleshlie, hauyng not the spirite.

  • 1 Cor 2:5-7
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    5 That your fayth should not stande in the wisedome of men, but in the power of God.

    6 And we speake wisedome among the that are perfite: not the wisedome of this world, neither of the princes of this world, which come to naught.

    7 But we speake the wisedome of God in a misterie euen the hyd wisedome which God ordeyned before the worlde, vnto our glorie.

  • 20 Brethren, be not chyldren in wytte: Howbeit, as concerning maliciousnesse, be chyldren: but in wytte, be perfect.

  • 2 If any man thynke that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

  • 8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath geuen to you his holy spirite.

  • 1 And I coulde not speake vnto you brethren, as vnto spirituall, but as vnto carnall eue as vnto babes in Christe.

  • 15 For such wisdome descendeth not fro aboue: but is earthlie, sensuall, and deuelishe.

  • 17 Euen the spirite of trueth, whom the worlde can not receaue, because the worlde seeth hym not, neither knoweth hym. But ye knowe hym: For he dwelleth with you, and shalbe in you.

  • 1 Concernyng spirituall gyftes, brethren, I woulde not haue you ignoraunt.

  • 27 But God hath chosen the foolyshe thynges of the worlde, to confounde the wise: And God hath chosen the weake thynges of the worlde, to confounde thynges which are myghtie:

  • 38 But yf any man be ignoraunt, let hym be ignoraunt.

  • 4 In whom the god of this worlde hath blinded the myndes of them whiche beleue not, lest the lyght of the Gospell of the glorie of Christe (which is the image of God) should shine vnto them.

  • 32 And what he hath seene and hearde, that he testifieth: and no man receaueth his testimonie.

  • 18 Darkened in cogitation, being alienated from the lyfe of God by the ignoraunce that is in them, by the blindnesse of their heartes.

  • 6 That which is borne of the fleshe, is fleshe: and that which is borne of the spirite, is spirite.

  • 14 For yf I pray with tongue, my spirite prayeth, but my vnderstanding is without fruite.

  • 16 Els, when thou blessest with the spirite, howe shall he that occupieth the rowme of the vnlearned, say Amen at thy geuyng of thankes, seyng he vnderstandeth not what thou sayest?

  • 2 A foole hath no delight in vnderstanding: but onlye to vtter the fansies of his owne heart.

  • 18 Yet men neither consider nor vnderstande, because their eyes be stopped that they can not see, and their heartes that they can not perceaue.

  • 12 But these, as bruite beastes ledde with sensualitie, and made to be taken and destroyed, speake euyll of the thynges that they vnderstande not, and shall perishe through their owne corruption,

  • 6 And these thynges brethren, I haue figuratiuely applied vnto my selfe, and to Apollos, for your sakes, that ye might learne by vs, that no man conceaue in mynde aboue that whiche is written, that one swell not agaynst another for any mans cause.