12 Now we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we might understand what God has freely given us. 13 We speak about this, not with words taught by human wisdom but with words taught by the *2:13 Holy ¦ --- CTHoly Spirit, interpreting spiritual things to spiritual people.

14 The natural man does not accept what comes from the Spirit of God, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it because it is spiritually discerned.