1 Corinthians 2:13

Webster's Bible (1833)

Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.

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  • 1 Cor 1:17 : 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Gospel--not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn't be made void.
  • 1 Cor 2:4 : 4 My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 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.
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
  • 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
  • 2 Pet 1:16 : 16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
  • 1 Cor 9:11 : 11 If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
  • 1 Cor 10:3-5 : 3 and all ate the same spiritual food; 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. 5 However with most of them, God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
  • 1 Cor 12:1-3 : 1 Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don't want you to be ignorant. 2 You know that when you were heathen{or Gentiles}, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led. 3 Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God's Spirit says, "Jesus is accursed." No one can say, "Jesus is Lord," but by the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 14:2 : 2 For he who speaks in another language speaks not to men, but to God; for no one understands; but in the Spirit he speaks mysteries.
  • Eph 5:19 : 19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and singing praises in your heart to the Lord;
  • 1 Cor 2:1 : 1 When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
  • Luke 12:12 : 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say."
  • Acts 2:4 : 4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 2:9-12
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    9But as it is written, "Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear didn't hear, Which didn't enter into the heart of man, These God has prepared for those who love him."

    10But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

    11For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God's Spirit.

    12But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.

  • 1 Cor 2:14-16
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    14Now 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.

    15But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.

    16"For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?" But we have Christ's mind.

  • 1 Cor 2:4-7
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    4My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

    5that your faith wouldn't stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

    6We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.

    7But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,

  • 1 Cor 14:2
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    2For he who speaks in another language speaks not to men, but to God; for no one understands; but in the Spirit he speaks mysteries.

  • 2 Cor 2:17
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    17For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

  • 1 John 4:5-6
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    5They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

    6We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn't listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

  • 1 Cor 14:20
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    20Brothers, don't be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.

  • 1 Cor 14:15
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    15What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

  • 2 Cor 3:6
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    6who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

  • 1 John 4:13
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    13By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

  • Eph 4:14
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    14that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

  • 1 Thess 1:5
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    5and that our Gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.

  • Rom 8:5
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    5For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

  • 1 Cor 15:46
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    46However that which is spiritual isn't first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.

  • 1 Cor 12:1
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    1Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don't want you to be ignorant.

  • Eph 3:5
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    5which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

  • 2 Pet 1:21
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    21For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

  • Matt 10:20
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    20For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

  • 1 Thess 2:4
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    4But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

  • Luke 12:12
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    12for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say."

  • 1 Cor 14:9
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    9So also you, unless you uttered by the tongue words easy to understand, how would it be known what is spoken? For you would be speaking into the air.

  • 1 Cor 12:3-4
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    3Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God's Spirit says, "Jesus is accursed." No one can say, "Jesus is Lord," but by the Holy Spirit.

    4Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.

  • 1 Cor 3:19
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    19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He has taken the wise in their craftiness."

  • 1 Cor 3:1
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    1Brothers, I couldn't speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ.

  • 1 Thess 4:8
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    8Therefore he who rejects doesn't reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.

  • 2 Cor 4:2
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    2But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

  • 2 Cor 10:12
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    12For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

  • 2 Cor 10:3
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    3For though we walk in the flesh, we don't wage war according to the flesh;

  • 1 Cor 12:8
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    8For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;

  • 1 Cor 10:15
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    15I speak as to wise men. Judge what I say.

  • Rom 8:16
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    16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;

  • Mark 13:11
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    11When they lead you away and deliver you up, don't be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

  • 1 Thess 2:13
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    13For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

  • 2 Cor 4:13
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    13But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, "I believed, and therefore I spoke." We also believe, and therefore also we speak;

  • 1 Cor 9:11
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    11If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?

  • 2 Tim 2:7
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    7Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.

  • Heb 10:15
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    15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,

  • Jas 3:15
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    15This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.

  • Rom 8:26
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    26In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don't know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can't be uttered.