45 Then (A)he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

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14 One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, (A)who was a worshiper of God. The Lord (B)opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.

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18 Open my eyes, that I may behold
    wondrous things out of your law.

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20 And we know that the Son of God has come and (A)has given us understanding, so that we may know (B)him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and (C)eternal life.

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In their case (A)the god of this world (B)has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing (C)the light of (D)the gospel of the glory of Christ, (E)who is the image of God. For what (F)we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with (G)ourselves as your servants[a] for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, (H)“Let light shine out of darkness,” (I)has shone in our hearts to give (J)the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 4:5 Or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)

14 But (A)their minds were (B)hardened. For to this day, (C)when they read (D)the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. 15 Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. 16 But when (E)one[a] turns to the Lord, (F)the veil is removed. 17 Now the Lord[b] is the Spirit, and where (G)the Spirit of the Lord is, there is (H)freedom. 18 And we all, with unveiled face, (I)beholding (J)the glory of the Lord,[c] (K)are being transformed into the same image (L)from one degree of glory to another.[d] For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 3:16 Greek he
  2. 2 Corinthians 3:17 Or this Lord
  3. 2 Corinthians 3:18 Or reflecting the glory of the Lord
  4. 2 Corinthians 3:18 Greek from glory to glory

18 In that day (A)the deaf shall hear
    (B)the words of a book,
and out of their gloom and darkness
    (C)the eyes of the blind shall see.
19 (D)The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord,
    and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.

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16 then he (A)opens the ears of men
    and terrifies[a] them with warnings,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:16 Or seals

14 for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,

(A)“Awake, O sleeper,
    and (B)arise from the dead,
and (C)Christ will shine on you.”

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18 (A)to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from (B)the power of Satan to God, that they may receive (C)forgiveness of sins and (D)a place among those who are sanctified (E)by faith in me.’

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32 They said to each other, (A)“Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he (B)opened to us the Scriptures?”

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10 (A)For the Lord has poured out upon you
    a spirit of deep sleep,
and has closed your eyes (the prophets),
    and covered your heads (the seers).

11 And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is (B)sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” 12 And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.”

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11 Then the Lord said to him, “Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

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To the Church in Philadelphia

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of (A)the holy one, (B)the true one, (C)who has the key of David, (D)who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.

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