I Corinthians 2:14
“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 I Corinthians 2:14 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
The merely intellectual person rejects the teaching of the Spirit of God; for to them it is mere folly; they cannot grasp it, because it is to be understood only by spiritual insight.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Der natürliche Mensch aber nimmt nicht an, was des Geistes Gottes ist, denn es ist ihm eine Torheit, und er kann es nicht erkennen, weil es geistlich beurteilt wird;
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Mas el hombre animal no percibe las cosas que son del Espíritu de Dios, porque le son locura: y no las puede entender, porque se han de examinar espiritualmente.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Mas o ser humano natural não compreende as coisas que são do Espírito de Deus, porque lhe são loucura; e não as pode entender, porque se compreendem espiritualmente.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Quem não é espiritual não recebe as coisas que pertencem ao Espírito de Deus, pois são loucura para ele. E não pode conhecê-las porque são discernidas espiritualmente.
📖 I Corinthians 2:14 in Context
12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
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