³⁰ But ^(A)as for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because of any wisdom that I have more than all the living, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that ^(B)you may know the thoughts of your mind.

¹⁶ Joseph answered Pharaoh, ^(A)“It is not in me; ^(B)God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”^[a]

¹² And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?

God Reveals Nebuchadnezzar's Dream

¹⁷ Then Daniel went to his house and made the matter known to ^(A)Hananiah, ^(B)Mishael, and ^(C)Azariah, his companions, ^18 (D)and told them to seek mercy from the ^(E)God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not ^(F)be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

¹⁵ For ^(A)it is all for your sake, so that as ^(B)grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, ^(C)to the glory of God.

⁸ Last of all, as to one untimely born, ^(A)he appeared also to me. ⁹ For ^(B)I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because ^(C)I persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, ^(D)I worked harder than any of them, ^(E)though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. ¹¹ Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

The Resurrection of the Dead

¹² Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, ^(F)how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

²¹ So ^(A)let no one boast in men. For ^(B)all things are yours, ²² whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, ²³ and ^(C)you are Christ's, and ^(D)Christ is God's.

²⁸ And we know that for those who love God all things work together ^(A)for good,^[a] for ^(B)those who are called according to his purpose.

²⁰ And if the Lord had not cut short the days, no human being would be saved. But for ^(A)the sake of the elect, whom ^(B)he chose, he shortened the days.