48 Nathanael said to him, “How (A)do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

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48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.

Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”

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24 (A)Before they call I will answer;
    (B)while they are yet speaking I will hear.

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24 Before they call(A) I will answer;(B)
    while they are still speaking(C) I will hear.

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25 and needed no one to bear witness about man, for (A)he himself knew what was in man.

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25 He did not need any testimony about mankind,(A) for he knew what was in each person.(B)

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Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

139 O Lord, you have (A)searched me and known me!
You (B)know when I sit down and when I rise up;
    you (C)discern my thoughts from afar.

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Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

You have searched me,(A) Lord,
    and you know(B) me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;(C)
    you perceive my thoughts(D) from afar.

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But when you pray, (A)go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. (B)And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

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But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father,(A) who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

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To the Church in Thyatira

18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, (A)who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.

19 (B)“‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.

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To the Church in Thyatira

18 “To the angel of the church in Thyatira(A) write:

These are the words of the Son of God,(B) whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.(C) 19 I know your deeds,(D) your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.

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25 (A)the secrets of his heart are disclosed, and so, (B)falling on his face, he will worship God and (C)declare that God is really among you.

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25 as the secrets(A) of their hearts are laid bare. So they will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, “God is really among you!”(B)

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24 And Jacob was left alone. And (A)a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, (B)“I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27 And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then he said, (C)“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,[a] for (D)you have striven with God and (E)with men, and have prevailed.” 29 Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, (F)“Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. 30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel,[b] saying, “For (G)I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:28 Israel means He strives with God, or God strives
  2. Genesis 32:30 Peniel means the face of God

24 So Jacob was left alone,(A) and a man(B) wrestled with him till daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip(C) so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”

But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”(D)

27 The man asked him, “What is your name?”

“Jacob,”(E) he answered.

28 Then the man said, “Your name(F) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[a](G) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”(H)

29 Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.”(I)

But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?”(J) Then he blessed(K) him there.

30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,[b] saying, “It is because I saw God face to face,(L) and yet my life was spared.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
  2. Genesis 32:30 Peniel means face of God.

Therefore (A)do not pronounce judgment before the time, (B)before the Lord comes, (C)who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. (D)Then each one will receive his commendation from God.

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Therefore judge nothing(A) before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes.(B) He will bring to light(C) what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.(D)

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