1 Corinthians 2:12-15

12We have received God's own Spirit, not a spirit that belongs to this world. As a result, we can understand all the good things that God has given to us.

13Those are the things that we speak about. We do not use clever words to speak about human ideas. Instead, we speak the message that God's Spirit has taught us. In that way, we explain a spiritual message to people who have God's Spirit.

14If someone does not believe in God, they cannot accept the message that comes from God's Spirit. They think that God's message is silly. They cannot even understand those things. Only God's Spirit can explain them to people.

15But we have God's Spirit with us. So we can understand the true value of all things. But other people cannot truly understand us, who belong to God.