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1Cr 2:14 (KJV) — 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.

1Cr 2:14 (NASB) — But *a 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 spiritually *appraised.

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

the natural man	[psuchikos ( yuxiko/v )] the animal man, one who lives in a natural state, and under the influence of his animal passions; for [ ( )] means the inferior and sensual part of man, in opposition to the [ ( )] understanding, or [pneuma ( pneu=ma )] the spirit. 1Cr 15:44,46; Jam 3:15; Jud 1:19; *Gr:
receiveth	Mat 13:11; etc.; Mat 16:23; Jhn 3:3-6; Jhn 8:43; Jhn 10:26,27; Jhn 12:37; Rom 8:5-8
the things	1Cr 2:12; Jhn 14:26; Jhn 15:26; Jhn 16:8-15
they	1Cr 1:18,23; Jhn 8:51,52; Jhn 10:20; Act 17:18,32; Act 18:15; Act 25:19; Act 26:24,25
neither	Pro 14:6; Jhn 5:44; Jhn 6:44,45; Act 16:14; 2Cr 4:4-6; 1Jo 2:20,27; 1Jo 5:20; Jud 1:19