Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
The things
Bible References
Receiveth
Matthew 13:11
He replied, "Because it is granted you to understand the open secrets of the Realm of heaven, but it is not granted to these people.
Matthew 16:23
But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, you Satan! You are a hindrance to me! Your outlook is not God's but man's."
John 3:3
Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, no one can see God's Realm unless he is born from above."
John 8:43
Why do you not understand my speech? Because you are unable to listen to what I am saying.
John 10:26
because you do not belong to my sheep.
John 12:37
Now for all the Signs he had performed before them, they did not believe in him ??38 that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: Lord, who has believed what they heard from us, And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
Romans 8:5
For those who follow the flesh have their interests in the flesh, and those who follow the Spirit have their interests in the Spirit.
The things
1 Corinthians 2:12
Now we have received the Spirit ??not the spirit of the world but the Spirit that comes from God, that we may understand what God bestows upon us.
John 14:26
but the Helper, the holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and recall to you everything I have said.
John 15:26
When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth which issues from the Father, he will bear witness to me;
John 16:8
And when he comes, he will convict the world, convincing men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment:
They
1 Corinthians 1:18
Those who are doomed to perish find the story of the cross 'sheer folly,' but it means the power of God for those whom he saves.
John 8:51
Truly, truly I tell you, if anyone holds to what I say, he will never see death."
John 10:20
A number of them said, "He is mad. Why listen to him?"
Acts 17:18
Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also came across him. Some said, "Whatever does the fellow mean with his scraps of learning'?" Others said, "He looks like a herald of foreign deities" (this was because he preached 'Jesus' and 'the Resurrection').
Acts 18:15
But as these are merely questions of words and persons and your own Law, you can attend to them for yourselves. I decline to adjudicate upon matters like that."
Acts 25:19
The questions at issue referred to their own religion and to a certain Jesus who had died. Paul said he was alive.
Acts 26:24
When he brought this forward in his defence, Festus called out, "Paul, you are quite mad! Your great learning is driving you insane."