1 Corinthians 2:12

Believers have received not the world's spirit but God's Spirit, so they may understand what God has freely given. The Spirit enables us to grasp the gifts of grace.

Cross-references · 17

• 1 Jn 2:27And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.
• Rom 8:5–6Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
• 1 Jn 2:20You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
• 1 Jn 5:19–20We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.
• 1 Jn 4:4–5You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
• John 16:14–15He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.
• Rom 8:15–16For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
• Rom 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
• 2 Cor 4:4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
• Rom 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
• Jas 4:5Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
• Eph 2:2in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
• Rev 22:6Then the angel said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His angel to show His servants what must soon take place.”
• 1 Cor 3:22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
• 1 Cor 2:6Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
• 1 Cor 1:27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
• Rev 12:9And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

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