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13 When we tell you these things, we do not use words that come from human wisdom. Instead, we speak words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths.[a] 14 But people who aren’t spiritual[b] can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. 15 Those who are spiritual can evaluate all things, but they themselves cannot be evaluated by others.

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  1. 2:13 Or explaining spiritual truths in spiritual language, or explaining spiritual truths to spiritual people.
  2. 2:14 Or who don’t have the Spirit; or who have only physical life.

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