<p>2:13 <i>Which things also we speak about</i>- The &quot;things&quot; are those of the Gospel of Christ which Paul spoke or taught.</p><p><i>But not in words which man's wisdom teaches, but in words that the Spirit teaches</i>- Paul has said that he preaches Christ crucified without any words of human wisdom. They are the &quot;things&quot; in view. The words taught by the Spirit were therefore the words of or concerning the cross. Paul's teaching of the Corinthians was only verbalizing what the Spirit taught which flowed from the crucified Lord. We can now better understand why &quot;the Spirit&quot; is a title of the Lord Jesus in material like Romans, 2 Corinthians and Revelation. He personally is to be identified with His Spirit which He freely gives to all who believe in Him.</p><p><i>Combining spiritual things with spiritual- </i>The Spirit in Paul's message would connect with the Spirit within the believers at Corinth. The GNB seems to get the point of this rather difficult Greek: &quot;As we explain spiritual truths to those who have the Spirit&quot;. It was and is only to the spiritual that spiritual things make sense; to all others, who do not believe the simple message of the cross and all that is given to us through His work there, the spiritual things remain mysterious and unwise. And I have to add, that those believers who resist the current work of the Spirit will likewise find many things closed and hidden, because the Spirit of those teachings is not being allowed to combine with the Spirit within them.</p>