¹⁷ So faith comes from ^(A)hearing, and hearing by ^(B)the word ^[a]of Christ.

¹² Now we ^(A)have not received the spirit of ^(B)the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God. ¹³ We also speak these things, ^(C)not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, ^[a]combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.

¹⁴ But ^[b]a ^(D)natural person ^(E)does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are ^(F)foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. ¹⁵ But the one who is ^(G)spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is ^[c]discerned by no one. ¹⁶ For ^(H)who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But ^(I)we have the mind of Christ.

⁸ For ^(A)by grace you have been saved ^(B)through faith; and ^[a]this is not of yourselves, it is ^(C)the gift of God;

²⁹ For to you ^(A)it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to ^(B)suffer on His behalf,