1 Corinthians 2:14

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.

Receiveth

Romans 8:5

The things

They

Acts 26:24

General references

Bible References

Receiveth

Jesus answered them, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.

But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.”

Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Why do you not understand

what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word.

But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep.

But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him.

For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

The things

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God,

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.

“When the

Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me,

And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;

They

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he will never see death.”

Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?”

And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would this idle babbler wish to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.

but if there are questions about words and names and your own law, look after it yourselves; I am unwilling to be a judge of these matters.”

but they simply had some points of disagreement with him about their own

religion and about a dead man, Jesus, whom Paul asserted to be alive.

While Paul was saying this in his defense, Festus *said in a loud voice, “Paul, you are out of your mind! Your great learning is driving you mad.”

General references

“They are all straightforward to him who understands,
And right to those who find knowledge.

Evil men do not understand justice,
But those who seek the Lord

understand all things.

Blessed is he who does not take offense at Me.”

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.