The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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
Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Sp
He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Chr
And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as
The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.
These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.
Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.
We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely
You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him.
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you o
How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:
But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper o
Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”
And we 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
They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul aff
But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such t
When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He wil
Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”
When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again
Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to
At this stage of Paul’s defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving