1 Corinthians 2:9-3:3

English Standard Version

⁹ But, as it is written,

¹⁰ these things ^(D)God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even ^(E)the depths of God. ¹¹ For who knows a person's thoughts ^(F)except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. ¹² Now ^(G)we have received not ^(H)the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. ¹³ And we impart this ^(I)in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, ^(J)interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.^[a]

¹⁴ The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are ^(K)folly to him, and ^(L)he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. ¹⁵ The ^(M)spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. ^16 (N)“For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But ^(O)we have the mind of Christ.

Divisions in the Church

3 But I, brothers,^[b] could not address you as ^(P)spiritual people, but as ^(Q)people of the flesh, as ^(R)infants in Christ. ^2 (S)I fed you with milk, not solid food, for ^(T)you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, ³ for you are still of the flesh. For while there is ^(U)jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?