What can a spiritual person do according to 1 Corinthians 2:15?
According to 1 Corinthians 2:15, the spiritual person—regenerated by God's work and power after believing the Gospel—discerns all things. This is not judging in the ordinary sense but the God-given capability to discern and compare, enabled by the Holy Spirit rather than natural intellectual reasoning.
Les explains that Paul taught these things as inspired by the Holy Spirit, not by the natural, intellectual aspect of men's thinking. The spiritual person is the one who has been regenerated by the work and power of God as a result of believing the Gospel. Les prefers the word "discerns" instead of "judges," because the spiritual person has the capability to discern and compare. He illustrates this with choosing items in a supermarket aisle—recognizing what is wanted and what is not—and concludes, "He that is spiritual discerneth all things."
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
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What does it mean that the spiritual man judges all things in 1 Corinthians 2:15?
The spiritual person judges all things, but Les prefers to render 'judge' as 'discerns' rather than in the sense we normally understand judging.
Who is the spiritual man in 1 Corinthians 2:15?
The one who is spiritual, in 1 Corinthians 2:15, is the person who has been regenerated by the work and power of God as a result of believing the Gospel.
What does 'judgeth' mean in 1 Corinthians 2:15?
The word 'judgeth' in 1 Corinthians 2:15 is not to be understood as judgment in the ordinary sense but is better rendered 'discerns.'