29 “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

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He said to them, (A)“It is not for you to know (B)times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.

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33 Oh, the depth of the riches and (A)wisdom and knowledge of God! (B)How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

34 “For (C)who has known the mind of the Lord,
    or (D)who has been his counselor?”

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11 And he answered them, (A)“To you it has been given to know (B)the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

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16 (A)“For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But (B)we have the mind of Christ.

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and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
    For he is manifold in (A)understanding.[a]
Know then that God (B)exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.

(C)“Can you find out the deep things of God?
    Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 11:6 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

14 (A)The friendship[a] of the Lord is for those who fear him,
    and he makes known to them his covenant.

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  1. Psalm 25:14 Or The secret counsel

“For the Lord God does nothing
    (A)without revealing his secret
    to his servants the prophets.

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27 (A)All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son (B)except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone (C)to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. 28 (D)Come to (E)me, all who labor and are (F)heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and (G)learn from me, for I am (H)gentle and lowly in heart, and (I)you will find rest for your souls. 30 For (J)my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

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16 (A)All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

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“O Belteshazzar, (A)chief of the magicians, because I know that (B)the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no (C)mystery is too difficult for you, tell me (D)the visions of my dream that I saw and their interpretation.

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35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:[a]

(A)“I will open my mouth in parables;
    (B)I will utter what has been hidden (C)since the foundation of the world.”

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  1. Matthew 13:35 Some manuscripts Isaiah the prophet

18 (A)and told them to seek mercy from the (B)God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not (C)be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in (D)a vision of the night. Then Daniel (E)blessed the (F)God of heaven.

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18 For (A)who among them has stood in the council of the Lord
    to see and to hear his word,
    or who has paid attention to his word and listened?

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27 Daniel answered the king and said, “No wise men, (A)enchanters, (B)magicians, or (C)astrologers can show to the king the mystery that the king has asked, 28 but (D)there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar (E)what will be in the latter days. Your dream and (F)the visions of your head as you lay in bed are these: 29 To you, O king, as you lay in bed came thoughts of what would be after this, (G)and he who reveals mysteries made known to you what is to be. 30 But (H)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 (I)you may know the thoughts of your mind.

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32 for (A)the devious person is an abomination to the Lord,
    but the upright are (B)in his confidence.

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31 (A)but these are written so that you may (B)believe that Jesus is the Christ, (C)the Son of God, and that by believing (D)you may have life (E)in his name.

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15 (A)No longer do I call you servants,[a] for the servant (B)does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for (C)all that I have heard from my Father (D)I have made known to you.

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Footnotes

  1. John 15:15 Or bondservants, or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface); likewise for servant later in this verse and in verse 20

20 (A)To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no (B)dawn.

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(A)You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

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(A)I will open my mouth (B)in a parable;
    I will utter dark sayings from of old,
things that we have heard and known,
    that our (C)fathers have told us.
We will not (D)hide them from their children,
    but (E)tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
    and (F)the wonders that he has done.

He established (G)a testimony in (H)Jacob
    and appointed a law in (I)Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
    to teach to their children,
that (J)the next generation might know them,
    the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
    so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget (K)the works of God,
    but (L)keep his commandments;

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28 And he said to man,
‘Behold, (A)the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
    and to (B)turn away from evil is understanding.’”

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I am reminded of (A)your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and (B)your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.

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Doxology

25 (A)Now to him who is able to strengthen you (B)according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, (C)according to the revelation of the mystery (D)that was kept secret for (E)long ages 26 but (F)has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, (G)to bring about the obedience of faith—

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