Thematic Bible: What is spiritually discerned

Now the natural person [Note: Since this person is contrasted with the spiritual person of verse 15, it is taken here to mean the person without the Holy Spirit] does not receive the things [i.e., truths] revealed by the Holy Spirit of God, because they are [considered] foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them because they must be discerned by using spiritual judgment [i.e., judgment aided by the Holy Spirit]. Verse ConceptsConfusionBeing Born AgainSpiritual Blindness, In UnbelieversInsightThe Sin NatureReceptivenessRevelation, Necessity OfRevelation, Responses ToSpiritualityUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfUnderstandingVeilsWasteWisdom, Source Of HumanAcceptance, Of The GospelThe Spirit Of ManResisting Holy SpiritAppraisalThat Which Is SpiritualDiscerning God's ThingsFoolishness Of GodLife In A Material WorldNot Understanding God's ThingsAtheism, Description OfSpiritualDiscernmentThe MindSpiritual Gifts