1 Corinthians 2:12-16

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹² Now we ^(A)have received, not the spirit of ^(B)the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, ¹³ which things we also speak, ^(C)not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, ^[a]combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.

¹⁴ But ^[b]a ^(D)natural man ^(E)does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are ^(F)foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually ^[c]appraised. ¹⁵ But he who is ^(G)spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one. ¹⁶ For ^(H)who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But ^(I)we have the mind of Christ.