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If only he would tell you the secrets of wisdom,
    for true wisdom is not a simple matter.
Listen! God is doubtless punishing you
    far less than you deserve!

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and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,(A)
    for true wisdom has two sides.
    Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.(B)

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13 “Now we are being punished because of our wickedness and our great guilt. But we have actually been punished far less than we deserve, for you, our God, have allowed some of us to survive as a remnant.

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13 “What has happened to us is a result of our evil(A) deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our sins deserved(B) and have given us a remnant like this.

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22 The faithful love of the Lord never ends![a]
    His mercies never cease.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:22 As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads of the Lord keeps us from destruction.

22 Because of the Lord’s great love(A) we are not consumed,(B)
    for his compassions never fail.(C)

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God did not reveal it to previous generations, but now by his Spirit he has revealed it to his holy apostles and prophets.

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which was not made known to people in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.(A)

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That is what the Scriptures mean when they say,

“No eye has seen, no ear has heard,
    and no mind has imagined
what God has prepared
    for those who love him.”[a]

10 But[b] 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. 11 No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:9 Isa 64:4.
  2. 2:10 Some manuscripts read For.

However, as it is written:

“What no eye has seen,
    what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”[a]
    the things God has prepared for those who love him—(A)

10 these are the things God has revealed(B) to us by his Spirit.(C)

The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts(D) except their own spirit(E) within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 2:9 Isaiah 64:4

25 Now all glory to God, who is able to make you strong, just as my Good News says. This message about Jesus Christ has revealed his plan for you Gentiles, a plan kept secret from the beginning of time. 26 But now as the prophets[a] foretold and as the eternal God has commanded, this message is made known to all Gentiles everywhere, so that they too might believe and obey him.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:26 Greek the prophetic writings.

25 Now to him who is able(A) to establish you in accordance with my gospel,(B) the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery(C) hidden for long ages past, 26 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings(D) by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from[a] faith(E)

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  1. Romans 16:26 Or that is

35 This fulfilled what God had spoken through the prophet:

“I will speak to you in parables.
    I will explain things hidden since the creation of the world.[a]

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  1. 13:35 Some manuscripts do not include of the world. Ps 78:2.

35 So was fulfilled(A) what was spoken through the prophet:

“I will open my mouth in parables,
    I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”[a](B)

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  1. Matthew 13:35 Psalm 78:2

47 The king said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is the greatest of gods, the Lord over kings, a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this secret.”

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47 The king said to Daniel, “Surely your God is the God of gods(A) and the Lord of kings(B) and a revealer of mysteries,(C) for you were able to reveal this mystery.(D)

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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.

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28 but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries.(A) He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come.(B) Your dream and the visions that passed through your mind(C) as you were lying in bed(D) are these:(E)

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11 “Is God’s comfort too little for you?
    Is his gentle word not enough?

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11 Are God’s consolations(A) not enough for you,
    words(B) spoken gently to you?(C)

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Were you listening at God’s secret council?
    Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?

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Do you listen in on God’s council?(A)
    Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?(B)

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Your sins are telling your mouth what to say.
    Your words are based on clever deception.

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Your sin(A) prompts your mouth;(B)
    you adopt the tongue of the crafty.(C)

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For God is so wise and so mighty.
    Who has ever challenged him successfully?

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