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  • 1 Corinthians 2:14
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 14 But a physical man does not accept* the things of the spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot get to know them, because they are examined spiritually.

  • 1 Corinthians 2:14
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 14 ψυχικὸς Soulical δὲ but ἄνθρωπος man οὐ not δέχεται is receiving τὰ the (things) τοῦ of the πνεύματος spirit τοῦ of the θεοῦ, God, μωρία foolishness γὰρ for αὐτῷ to him ἐστίν, it is, καὶ and οὐ not δύναται he is able γνῶναι, to know, ὅτι because πνευματικῶς spiritually ἀνακρίνεται· it is being judged up;

  • 1 Corinthians 2:14
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 14 But a physical* man does not receive the things of the spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot get to know [them],+ because they are examined spiritually.

  • 1 Corinthians 2:14
    The Bible in Living English
    • 14 But an animal man does not accept the things that belong to God’s Spirit; for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot know them, because they are to be spiritually examined;

  • 1 Corinthians 2:14
    American Standard Version
    • 14 Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

  • 1 Corinthians 2:14
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 14 But a man of the soul doth not welcome the things of the Spirit of God, For they are foolishness unto him and he cannot get to know them Because spiritually are they examined;

  • 1 Corinthians 2:14
    King James Version
    • 14 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.

  • 1 Corinthians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 2:14 w18.02 19; it-2 305; g 12/09 13; w89 7/15 12-13

  • 1 Corinthians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 2:14 w76 559; w74 212; w73 463; w72 128, 306; w71 543; ad 1101; w62 78; w53 700; w51 300; w44 217; w39 325; w38 102; g31 9/16 827

  • 1 Corinthians
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 2:14

      The Watchtower (Study),

      2/2018, p. 19

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 305

      Awake!,

      12/2009, p. 13

      The Watchtower,

      7/15/1989, pp. 12-13

  • 1 Corinthians Study Notes—Chapter 2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 2:14

      a physical man: In this context, the term “physical man” does not refer merely to a human of flesh and blood. The expression is used in contrast with “the spiritual man” in verse 15, so it refers to a person who has no interest in or appreciation for spiritual matters. The Greek word for “physical” used here, psy·khi·kosʹ, is derived from the word psy·kheʹ, sometimes rendered “soul” in this translation. As used in the Bible, psy·kheʹ generally refers to that which is physical, tangible, visible, and mortal. (See Glossary, “Soul.”) So “a physical man” is one who is preoccupied with the desires that are associated with the physical or material life to the exclusion of spiritual things.​—See study note on 1Co 2:15.

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