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15 I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.

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15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.(A)

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14 The Lord is a friend to those who fear him.
    He teaches them his covenant.

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14 The Lord confides(A) in those who fear him;
    he makes his covenant known(B) to them.

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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. 12 And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us.

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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. 12 What we have received is not the spirit(F) of the world,(G) but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 2:9 Isaiah 64:4

11 He replied, “You are permitted to understand the secrets[a] of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others are not.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:11 Greek the mysteries.

11 He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven(A) has been given to you,(B) but not to them.

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26 This message was kept secret for centuries and generations past, but now it has been revealed to God’s people.

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26 the mystery(A) that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people.

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Prologue

This is a revelation from[a] Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants the events that must soon[b] take place. He sent an angel to present this revelation to his servant John,

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Footnotes

  1. 1:1a Or of.
  2. 1:1b Or suddenly, or quickly.

Prologue

The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave(A) him to show his servants what must soon take place.(B) He made it known by sending his angel(C) to his servant John,(D)

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17 “Should I hide my plan from Abraham?” the Lord asked. 18 “For Abraham will certainly become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him. 19 I have singled him out so that he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. Then I will do for Abraham all that I have promised.”

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17 Then the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham(A) what I am about to do?(B) 18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation,(C) and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.[a] 19 For I have chosen him(D), so that he will direct his children(E) and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord(F) by doing what is right and just,(G) so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:18 Or will use his name in blessings (see 48:20)

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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God has now revealed to us his mysterious will regarding Christ—which is to fulfill his own good plan.

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he[a] made known to us the mystery(A) of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed(B) in Christ,

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  1. Ephesians 1:9 Or us with all wisdom and understanding. And he

23 And so it happened just as the Scriptures say: “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.”[a] He was even called the friend of God.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:23a Gen 15:6.
  2. 2:23b See Isa 41:8.

23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”[a](A) and he was called God’s friend.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:23 Gen. 15:6

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.’”

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17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers(A) and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father(B) and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

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Greetings from Peter

This letter is from Simon[a] Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ.

I am writing to you who share the same precious faith we have. This faith was given to you because of the justice and fairness[b] of Jesus Christ, our God and Savior.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:1a Greek Simeon.
  2. 1:1b Or to you in the righteousness.

Simon Peter, a servant(A) and apostle of Jesus Christ,(B)

To those who through the righteousness(C) of our God and Savior Jesus Christ(D) have received a faith as precious as ours:

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11 They wondered what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about when he told them in advance about Christ’s suffering and his great glory afterward.

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11 trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ(A) in them was pointing when he predicted(B) the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow.

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