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.

But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

But a natural (unspiritual) 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 (examined).

The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

But the natural, nonspiritual man does not accept or welcome or admit into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of God, for they are folly (meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of knowing them (of progressively recognizing, understanding, and becoming better acquainted with them) because they are spiritually discerned and estimated and appreciated.

But the unregenerate man of the highest intellectual attainments does not grant access to the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are folly, and he is not able to come to know them because they are investigated in a spiritual realm.

But the unspiritual man simply cannot accept the matters which the Spirit deals with – they just don’t make sense to him, for, after all, you must be spiritual to see spiritual things.

An unspiritual man does not accept the things that the Spirit of God teaches, for they are nonsense to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are appreciated by spiritual insight.

1. An Acceptable Truth - Neil Girrard
2. Advice to New Believers - Neil Girrard
3. The Book – Neil Girrard
4. Bring Out Your Guns!; Twisted Scriptures - Neil Girrard
5. Fearing Man; Lords of Darkness - Neil Girrard
6. Genuine Christians - Neil Girrard
7. 1. The Importance of Brokenness; The Release of the Spirit - Watchman Nee
8. Is God in Everybody?; The End Time Men - W.W. Fischer
9. The Message of the Kingdom - Neil Girrard
10. Nothing New – Neil Girrard
11. Old Testament Credibility; The End Time Men - W.W. Fischer
12. One Hundred and Seven Theses - Steve Camp
13. 11. Organization: Necessary and Dangerous (Part 3) ; The “Church” Paradigm (a la Tozer) - Neil Girrard
14. The Purpose of America - Neil Girrard
15. Seven / Twenty-One / Five-Twenty B.C. (Part 2); “Building the Temple” - Neil Girrard
16. The Shell Game – Neil Girrard
17. A Slippery Slope – Neil Girrard
18. A Tangled Web - Neil Girrard
19. Teachings of the Spirit – Neil Girrard
20. Why Now? – Neil Girrard
21. Why Should I Care - Neil Girrard
22. The Will of God - Neil Girrard

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