 | William Romaine - 1830 - 650 pages
...of him as the Greeks and Romans did : indeed the natural man, let him be ever so wise, knowcth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them ; because they are spiritually discerned. The Scripture, then, is the only rule of right and wrong. Conscience has... | |
 | Thomas Griffith - 1830 - 518 pages
...wisdom who is yet unhumbled and a stranger to himself and to his need—"the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, for they are spiritually discerned"* The spirit in the word must find a corresponding spirit in the... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1831 - 638 pages
...we speak, yet because they are carnal, understand not the matter. For the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. (1 Cor. ii. 14.) They are earthly, and these things are heavenly. (John... | |
 | 1831 - 388 pages
...again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." John iii. 3 — 6. " The natural man (-^VXIXOG) receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." 1 Cor. ii. 14. 8. Who teach that " God does not apply those powers of his... | |
 | Eleazar Lord - 1831 - 224 pages
...only ?" " Having eyes full of adultery, which cannot cease from sin.'' " The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God ; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." The remarks already made have given us a clue, I trust, to the meaning... | |
 | Archibald Hall - 1831 - 472 pages
...any ability to receive the truths of God with faith and love ; for " the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." Ignorance of God and his word, operating with pride and self-conceit, produces... | |
 | William Jay - 1833 - 518 pages
...and the meek will he teach his way." The same must be said. " For the natural man understandeth not the things of the Spirit of God: neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned." The nature, the efficacy, the blessedness of this knowledge prove it to... | |
 | William Greenough Thayer Shedd - 1888 - 820 pages
...instrument. Truth certainly cannot be a means unless it is apprehended. But " the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned," 1 Cor. 2 : 14. That regeneration is not effected by the use of means, will... | |
 | Charles Washington Baird - 1888 - 264 pages
..."the natural man" — the unrenewed man, be he ever so intelligent and cultivated — " receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God ; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." But let that mind be cleared of the corruptions that defile it, the prejudices... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1888 - 664 pages
...leave no room for faith, trust, submission to the divine will and wisdom. The natural man reeeiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned, and he does not apply his spiritual faculties in the methods suited to them... | |
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For the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 
