Two persons

The *natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are a folly to him, and b he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The c spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. d “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But e we have the mind of Christ.
1Cor 2:14-16 ESV


Notes:
*psychicos person: It's not simply a "natural" person or "unbeliver" person.
When speaking of the inner person, Paul uses the word: psychikos (soulish, 'visible-things-driven', 'emo-driven' or 'fleshly' minds and hearts) for the old character. Meanwhile he uses the word: pneumatikos (spiritual, spirit - driven) for the rescued. This helps us to see what Paul is writing here, in 1Cor 2:14-16 and in 1Cor 15:44.
Other correspondent verses:
a 1Cor 1:18
b Rom. 8:7
c 1Cor 3:1; 14:37; Gal. 6:1; see: Prov. 28:5
d Cited from Isa. 40:13; → Rom. 11:34
e John 15:15

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