1 Corinthians 2:14-15 Now the natural person , it is taken here to mean the person without the Holy Spirit Note: Since this person is contrasted with the spiritual person of verse does not receive the things i.e., truths revealed by the Holy Spirit of God, because they are considered foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them because they must be discerned by using spiritual judgment i.e., judgment aided by the Holy Spirit.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁴ Now the natural person [Note: Since this person is contrasted with the spiritual person of verse 15, it is taken here to mean the person without the Holy Spirit] does not receive the things [i.e., truths] revealed by the Holy Spirit of God, because they are [considered] foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them because they must be discerned by using spiritual judgment [i.e., judgment aided by the Holy Spirit]. ¹⁵ But the spiritual person [i.e., one who has the Holy Spirit] is able to discern all things [i.e., has the ability to make right judgments about things], and he himself [i.e., his conduct] cannot be [critically] discerned by any [unbelieving] man.