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1 Corinthians 1 18
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is the power of God to us who are being saved.
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Matthew 13:11-17
He answered,“ Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.For whoever has, more will be given to him, and he will have more than enough; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.That is why I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.Isaiah’s prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says: You will listen and listen, but never understand; you will look and look, but never perceive.For this people’s heart has grown callous; their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes; otherwise they might see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back— and I would heal them.“ Blessed are your eyes because they do see, and your ears because they do hear.For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see the things you see but didn’t see them, to hear the things you hear but didn’t hear them.
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Romans 8:5-8
For those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their minds set on the things of the Spirit.Now the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace.The mindset of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit to God’s law. Indeed, it is unable to do so.Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
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1John 2:27
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2 Corinthians 4 4-2 Corinthians 4 6
In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.For we are not proclaiming ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’s sake.For God who said,“ Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ.
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1 Corinthians 15 46
However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, then the spiritual.
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1John 2:20
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Jude 1:19
These people create divisions and are worldly, not having the Spirit.
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James 3:15
Such wisdom does not come down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
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John 6:44-45
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.It is written in the Prophets: And they will all be taught by God. Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father comes to me—
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1 Corinthians 15 44
sown a natural body, raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
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Proverbs 14:6
A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.
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John 10:26-27
But you don’t believe because you are not of my sheep.My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me.
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1 Corinthians 2 12
Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God.
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John 12:37
Even though he had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in him.
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John 5:44
How can you believe, since you accept glory from one another but don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?
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Matthew 16:23
Jesus turned and told Peter,“ Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns but human concerns.”
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John 16:8-15
When he comes, he will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgment:About sin, because they do not believe in me;about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see me;and about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.“ I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak on his own, but he will speak whatever he hears. He will also declare to you what is to come.He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.Everything the Father has is mine. This is why I told you that he takes from what is mine and will declare it to you.
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John 3:3-6
Jesus replied,“ Truly I tell you, unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”“ How can anyone be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked him.“ Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born?”Jesus answered,“ Truly I tell you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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John 14:26
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have told you.
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Acts 16:14
A God-fearing woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.
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John 8:51-52
Truly I tell you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.”Then the Jews said,“ Now we know you have a demon. Abraham died and so did the prophets. You say,‘ If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’
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John 8:43
Why don’t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to my word.
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John 15:26
“ When the Counselor comes, the one I will send to you from the Father— the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father— he will testify about me.
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1 Corinthians 1 23
but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles.
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1John 5:20
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Acts 18:15
But if these are questions about words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”
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Acts 17:32
When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to ridicule him, but others said,“ We’d like to hear from you again about this.”
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Acts 26:24-25
As he was saying these things in his defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice,“ You’re out of your mind, Paul! Too much study is driving you mad.”But Paul replied,“ I’m not out of my mind, most excellent Festus. On the contrary, I’m speaking words of truth and good judgment.
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Acts 17:18
Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said,“ What is this ignorant show-off trying to say?” Others replied,“ He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”— because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.
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Acts 25:19
Instead they had some disagreements with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, a dead man Paul claimed to be alive.
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John 10:20
Many of them were saying,“ He has a demon and he’s crazy. Why do you listen to him?”