1 Corinthians 2:14
A person who has only natural life does not welcome what belongs to the Spirit of God. It all seems foolish to such a person, who cannot grasp it, because it can be weighed rightly only by the Spirit.
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Where it is preached
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with Professed Skeptics and Infidels cites 1 Cor. ii. 14
…that perish—and the reason it is foolishness to you is because you are perishing.” 1 Cor. ii. 14, can be used in a similar way. A worker was one night dealing with a man who said to him…
- Communion with God ·
Of communion with Christ in a conjugal relation, in its consequential affections cites 1 Cor. ii. 14
…mind of Christ as they ought: “The natural man receiveth not the things that are of God,” 1 Cor. ii. 14. There is a wide difference between understanding the doctrine of the Scripture as in the…
- The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith ·
The New Birth cites 1 Cor. 2:14
…he cannot see or receive. "They are foolishness unto him, and he cannot know them" (1 Cor. 2:14). His affections are corrupt, he loves the things he ought to hate and hates the things…
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Holy Spirit Bearing Witness to Jesus Christ cites 1 Corinthians 2:14
…with that spiritual blindness that possesses every mind unenlightened by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:14). We go over it again, and still he does not see it. We go over it again, and his face…
- The Key Teachings of John Calvin ·
Spectacles for Dim Eyes cites 1 CORINTHIANS 2:14
…foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 1 CORINTHIANS 2:14 This is why Calvin could be so confident without being rationalist. A believer does not…
- Feasting at the table ·
In Him cites 1 Cor 2:14
…subject to Him. Natural man cannot receive such a revelation – it is foolishness to him. (1 Cor 2:14) Ephesians 1:11: We have received an inheritance in Him. Not earned or as a reward! Ours…
- He Holds My Tomorrows ·
Three Kinds of Faith cites 1 Corinthians 2:14
…to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Corinthians 2:14). Thus, it is that patience for example, has little to do with patiently waiting for the…
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Regenerating Work of the Holy Spirit cites 1 Corinthians 2:14
…to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.” 1 Corinthians 2:14.) With affections that are disconnected from God, loving the things that we ought to hate…
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Holy Spirit as a Teacher cites 1 Corinthians 2:14
…to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.” (1 Corinthians 2:14). Not only is the Holy Spirit the Author of revelation, the written Word of God: He is…
- The Key Teachings of G. K. Chesterton ·
The Thought That Stops Thought cites 1 CORINTHIANS 2:14
…foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 1 CORINTHIANS 2:14 Second, when Chesterton speaks of religious authority as the guardian of the mind, the…
- Practical Religion ·
Eternity! cites 1 Cor. ii. 14
…man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him." (1 Cor. ii. 14.) To say, in the face of such a text, that any doctrine which the majority of men…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 2 — Man Now Deprived of Freedom of Will, and Miserably Enslaved cites 1 Cor. 2:14
…are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, for they are spiritually discerned,” (1 Cor. 2:14). Whom does he mean by the “natural man”? The man who trusts to the light of nature. Such…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Spirit, Soul, and Body cites 1 Corinthians 2:14
…or will rather than the human spirit under the Holy Spirit. The language drew from 1 Corinthians 2:14, where the ASV says “the natural man” does not receive the things of the Spirit of God.…
- The Key Teachings of Charles G. Finney ·
Make You a New Heart cites 1 Corinthians 2:14
…dead in trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1), unable to receive the things of the Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:14), and with a mind that is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be (Romans…
- Talks to the Farmer ·
The Joy of Harvest cites 1 Corinthians 2:14
…natural person does not accept the things of God, because they are spiritually discerned. 1 Corinthians 2:14 But oh, the happiness of knowing that Christ is yours, and of being close to him. To…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites I Cor. 2:14
…are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, for they are spiritually discerned,” (I Cor. 2:14). The supplies of the Holy Spirit are therefore necessary, or rather his agency is here…
- The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards ·
A Divine and Supernatural Light cites 1 CORINTHIANS 2:14
…foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 1 CORINTHIANS 2:14 The difficulty is not that the natural man lacks intelligence. Edwards was emphatic on…
- The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee ·
Spirit, Soul and Body cites 1 CORINTHIANS 2:14
…foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 1 CORINTHIANS 2:14 The word rendered natural there is, in the Greek, the soulish man — the man whose life is…
- With and Without Christ ·
Christians without Christ cites 1 Cor. ii. 14
…any time prepared to set aside the voice of Truth and refuse to follow Him (Luke xvi. 8; 1 Cor. ii. 14). Many wear the cross on their necks, though many of them, but by no means all, are…
- At the Master's Feet ·
Prayer cites 1 Cor. ii.14
…natural man cannot grasp this fact is because spiritual things are spiritually discerned (1 Cor. ii.14). The greatest of all miracles is the new birth in man, and to the man who has…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
IV. Gracious affections do arise from the mind's being enlightened, richly and spiritually to understand or apprehend divine things cites 1 Cor. 2:14
…of divine things, that natural men have nothing of, which the apostle speaks of, 1 Cor. 2:14: “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Discourse I cites 1 Cor. 2:14
…of the Apostle, that “he cannot know them, because they are spiritually discerned;” [1 Cor. 2:14] even by spiritual senses, which the natural man hath not. 12. “But how shall I know that…
- Holiness ·
Growth cites 1 Cor. ii. 14
…“growth in grace.” He knows nothing about such matters. “They are foolishness to him.” (1 Cor. ii. 14.) But to every one who is in downright earnest about his soul, and hungers and thirsts…
- Holiness ·
Unsearchable Riches cites 1 Cor. ii. 14
…So true it is that “the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God.” (1 Cor. ii. 14.) The prayers, the praises, the conflicts, the fears, the hopes, the joys, the sorrows of…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Christ's Prophetic Office cites I Cor 2:14
…what it is. ‘The natural man receives not the things of God, neither can he know them.’ I Cor 2:14. He knows not what it is to be transformed by the renewing of the mind, Rom 12:2, or what…
- Old Paths ·
Few Saved! cites 1 Cor. ii. 14
…man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him.” (1 Cor. ii. 14.) Let us remember, above all, that it never will do to think as others do, if we want to…
- Old Paths ·
Having the Spirit cites 1 Cor. ii. 14
…man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: they are foolishness ‘to him.” (1 Cor. ii. 14.) Our eyes are blinded. We neither know God, nor Christ, nor ourselves, nor the world…
- Knots Untied ·
Regeneration cites 1 Cor. ii. 14
…man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him.” (1 Cor. ii. 14.) Just as rivers flow downward, and sparks fly upward, and stones fall to the ground, so…
- Knots Untied ·
The Real Presence cites 1 Cor. ii. 14
…man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him.” (1 Cor. ii. 14.) But for all that, I repeat emphatically, the spiritual presence of Christ,—His presence…
- The Holy Spirit, or Power from on High ·
The Holy Spirit in the First Epistle to the Corinthians cites 1 Corinthians 2:6-16
…it, filling it with life, and enduing it with power for service. I. THE SPIRITUAL MIND. 1 Corinthians 2:6-16. The last verse of this wonderful chapter expresses the particular truth of which the…