Ephesians 1:17
New Living Translation
17 asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom[a] and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1:17 Or to give you the Spirit of wisdom.
Isaiah 11:2
New Living Translation
2 And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
James 3:17-18
New Living Translation
17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. 18 And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.[a]
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 3:18 Or of good things, or of justice.
Colossians 1:9-10
New Living Translation
9 So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.
Read full chapter
Proverbs 2:5
New Living Translation
5 Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord,
and you will gain knowledge of God.
2 Peter 1:3
New Living Translation
Growing in Faith
3 By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.
Read full chapter
Ephesians 3:18-19
New Living Translation
18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. 19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
Read full chapter
2 Peter 3:18
New Living Translation
18 Rather, you must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
All glory to him, both now and forever! Amen.
Read full chapter
Ephesians 1:3
New Living Translation
Spiritual Blessings
3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.
Read full chapter
John 17:3
New Living Translation
3 And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.
Read full chapter
Matthew 11:27
New Living Translation
27 “My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”
Read full chapter
1 Corinthians 2:10
New Living Translation
10 But[a] it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 2:10 Some manuscripts read For.
John 17:25-26
New Living Translation
25 “O righteous Father, the world doesn’t know you, but I do; and these disciples know you sent me. 26 I have revealed you to them, and I will continue to do so. Then your love for me will be in them, and I will be in them.”
Read full chapter
Colossians 2:2-3
New Living Translation
2 I want them to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God’s mysterious plan, which is Christ himself. 3 In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Read full chapter
Jeremiah 24:7
New Living Translation
7 I will give them hearts that recognize me as the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me wholeheartedly.
Read full chapter
Ephesians 3:5
New Living Translation
5 God did not reveal it to previous generations, but now by his Spirit he has revealed it to his holy apostles and prophets.
Read full chapter
John 20:17
New Living Translation
17 “Don’t cling to me,” Jesus said, “for I haven’t yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
Read full chapter
Acts 6:10
New Living Translation
10 None of them could stand against the wisdom and the Spirit with which Stephen spoke.
Read full chapter
John 14:26
New Living Translation
26 But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you.
Read full chapter
2 Corinthians 12:1
New Living Translation
Paul’s Vision and His Thorn in the Flesh
12 This boasting will do no good, but I must go on. I will reluctantly tell about visions and revelations from the Lord.
Read full chapter
Matthew 6:13
New Living Translation
Luke 21:15
New Living Translation
15 for I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply or refute you!
Read full chapter
Daniel 2:28-30
New Living Translation
28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you your dream and the visions you saw as you lay on your bed.
29 “While Your Majesty was sleeping, you dreamed about coming events. He who reveals secrets has shown you what is going to happen. 30 And it is not because I am wiser than anyone else that I know the secret of your dream, but because God wants you to understand what was in your heart.
Read full chapter
Psalm 24:7
New Living Translation
7 Open up, ancient gates!
Open up, ancient doors,
and let the King of glory enter.
Genesis 41:38-39
New Living Translation
38 So Pharaoh asked his officials, “Can we find anyone else like this man so obviously filled with the spirit of God?” 39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has revealed the meaning of the dreams to you, clearly no one else is as intelligent or wise as you are.
Read full chapterHoly Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.