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1 Corinthians 2:14
and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know [them], because spiritually they are discerned; (YLT)
The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. (ESV)
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. (KJV)
But a natural person 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 discerned. (NASB)
What are "the things of the Spirit of God" that the natural man does not receive?
What are illustrative examples of these "things"?
Troy Day
The modern rejection of historicism is NOT unwarranted. In his treaties the City of God, Augustine believes the Byzantian Empire is GOD’s Kingdom of the coming Christ and so he spiritualizes the prophecies. Yet the historicists are not wrong either.
Rasiah Thomas
It implies that the Spirit of God only resurrects our Lord Jesus after His death.