1 Corinthians 2:14

The unbeliever ¹  does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Pr 14:6; Mt 13:11-17; Mt 16:23; Joh 3:3-6; Joh 5:44; Joh 6:44,45; Joh 8:43; Joh 8:51,52; Joh 10:20; Joh 10:26,27; Joh 12:37; Joh 14:26; Joh 15:26; Joh 16:8-15; Ac 16:14; Ac 17:18,32; Ac 18:15; Ac 25:19; Ac 26:24,25; Ro 8:5-8; 1Co 1:18,23; 1Co 2:12; 1Co 15:44,46; 2Co 4:4-6; Jas 3:15; 1Jo 2:20,27; 1Jo 5:20; Jude 1:19

¹ tn Grk “natural person.” Cf. BDAG 1100 s.v. ψυχικός a, “an unspiritual pers., one who merely functions bodily, without being touched by the Spirit of God.”