 | 1813 - 500 страници
...will of man, but o1 God." And to the same purpose, see I Cor. ii. 1 4. " The natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God ; neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned." Eph. iv. 18,— " Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from... | |
 | 1849 - 748 страници
...adapted to satisfy the wants of the hungering and thirsting soul. "The natural man understandeth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." Just as the peasant whose uncultivated eye prefers some offensive garish... | |
 | 1810 - 596 страници
...faith in the gospel report, are not produced by an effort of nature; tor' the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.' Weakness and wickedness are the consequences of the Fall : — ' Vain man... | |
 | 1813 - 590 страници
...made foolish the wisdom of this world? The world by wisdom knew not God. The natural man receivfth not the things of the Spirit of God; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. Thus it is clear, that many of the doctrines of the Bible are foolish and... | |
 | Elihu Thayer - 1813 - 390 страници
...excellency of the divine perfections ; and it is also evident that the " natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned." The second thing taken for granted, in the doctrine, is that all true saints... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1864 - 598 страници
...the sake of that conception which is dear to the natural man, although the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. (1 Cor. ii. 14.) The circumstance of one small window at the top, a cubit... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1863 - 604 страници
...they are life;" (John vi. 6S.) — no recognition of the fact that " the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, for they are spiritually discerned." (1 Cor. ii. 14.) It is the natural man going to the Word of God... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1815 - 260 страници
...he cannot see it in its na- : ture, beauty, and spiritual glory, for the natural man perceiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. Hence (says Christ) ye must be born again. The doctrine of adoption b supporting... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 640 страници
...eyes ; we stumble at noon-day as in the night." (Isai. lix. 9.) " For the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God ; neither can he know them, for they are spiritually discerned." (1 Cor. ii. 14.) He may, indeed, discourse of them ; but it must... | |
 | 1817 - 486 страници
...enmity against God, is not subject to his law, neither indeed can be." "The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them ; for they are spiritually discerned." How consoling is it to reflect, that in this state of human... | |
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For the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 
