Study it in the app“But the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are examined spiritually.”
Butδὲthe naturalΨυχικὸςmanἄνθρωποςdoes notοὐacceptδέχεταιthe thingsτὰof the Spiritτοῦ πνεύματοςof God,τοῦ θεοῦforγὰρthey areἐστίνfoolishnessμωρίαto him,αὐτῷandκαὶhe cannotοὐ δύναταιunderstand them,γνῶναιbecauseὅτιthey are examinedἀνακρίνεταιspiritually.πνευματικῶς
natural, unspiritual
Natural: belonging to ordinary human life, living by human nature alone and not by the Spirit. "A natural body", the body of this present life.
Where else “Psychikos” appearsperson
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpos” appearswelcome
To gladly take in someone or something.
Where else “dechetai” appearsSpirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneumatos” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsfoolishness
Foolishness: what seems like folly, lack of sense.
Where else “mōria” appearscan, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “dynatai” appearsknow
To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.
Where else “gnōnai” appearsexamine
To look deeply into something or someone to form a judgment.
Where else “anakrinetai” appearsby the Spirit
With the help God gives within, not by the mind alone.
Where else “pneumatikōs” appears“Natural”: in Greek, “of the soul” (ψυχικός), in contrast with “spiritual” (2:15; 15:44-46).
13These things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual things with spiritual words.
14 · This verse (above)
15But the spiritual person examines all things, but he himself is examined by no one.
