13 We also speak these things, (A)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 (B)natural person (C)does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are (D)foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or interpreting spiritual things for spiritual people
  2. 1 Corinthians 2:14 Or an unspiritual

13 ἃ καὶ λαλοῦμεν οὐκ ἐν διδακτοῖς ἀνθρωπίνης σοφίας λόγοις, ἀλλ’ ἐν διδακτοῖς [a]πνεύματος, πνευματικοῖς πνευματικὰ συγκρίνοντες.

14 Ψυχικὸς δὲ ἄνθρωπος οὐ δέχεται τὰ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ θεοῦ, μωρία γὰρ αὐτῷ ἐστίν, καὶ οὐ δύναται γνῶναι, ὅτι πνευματικῶς ἀνακρίνεται·

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  1. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Α΄ 2:13 πνεύματος WH Treg NIV ] + ἁγίου RP