14 But the person without the Spirit[a] does not receive what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated[b] spiritually. 15 The spiritual person, however, can evaluate[c] everything, and yet he himself cannot be evaluated by anyone. 16 For

who has known the Lord’s mind,
that he may instruct him?[d](A)

But we have the mind of Christ.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:14 Lit natural person
  2. 2:14 Or judged, or discerned, also in v. 15
  3. 2:15 Or judge, or discern
  4. 2:16 Is 40:13

14 Those who are unspiritual[a] do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.(A) 15 Those who are spiritual discern all things, and they are themselves subject to no one else’s scrutiny.

16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord
    so as to instruct him?”

But we have the mind of Christ.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.14 Or natural