[The below quoted scripture and accompanying Troy-aphrased notes are taken from the 1599 Geneva Bible. A version of this great Bible, with modern spelling, may be purchased from the following link]
1 Corinthians 2:14 “(i)But the (ii)natural man perceiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him, neither can he know them, because they are (iii)spiritually discerned”
i. Again Paul answers a possible objection by the reader: "How is it that so few men take heed of these things?" This is not to be marveled at says the Apostle, seeing as how men in their natural state are not endued with that sense, whereby spiritual things are understood (for that sense comes another way other than by birth) and therefore such men account spiritual wisdom as foolishness: and it is like if Paul were to say, "It should not surprise you that blind men can make no sense of colors, since they lack the light of their eyes, and therefore all light is to them as darkness."
ii. The natural man hath no more light of understanding than that which he brought with him from his mother's womb, as described in Jude 19.
iii. By gift of the Holy Ghost.
-For reference:
Jude 19 "*These are they that separate themselves from others, natural, having not the Spirit."
* It is the nature of Antichrists to separate themselves from the godly, because they are not governed by the spirit of God: vice versa it is the nature of Christians to build up one another through godly prayers both in faith and also in love until the mercy of Christ appears to their full salvation."
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