^27 (A)All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father ^(B)except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son determines to reveal Him.

¹⁹ because ^(A)that which is known about God is evident ^[a]within them; for God made it evident to them.

¹⁷ For in it ^(A)the righteousness of God is revealed ^[a]from faith to faith; as it is written: “^[b](B)But the righteous one will live by faith.”

^3 (A)that ^(B)by revelation there was ^(C)made known to me ^(D)the mystery, ^(E)as I wrote before briefly.

¹³ But all things become visible ^(A)when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light.

Paul Defends His Ministry

¹¹ For ^(A)I would have you know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel which was preached by me is ^(B)not ^[a]of human invention. ¹² For ^(C)I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a ^(D)revelation of Jesus Christ.

Paul’s Vision

12 ^(A)Boasting is necessary, though it is not beneficial; but I will go on to visions and ^(B)revelations ^[a]of the Lord. ² I know a man ^(C)in Christ, who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, ^(D)God knows—such a man was ^(E)caught up to the ^(F)third heaven.

⁴ was ^(A)caught up into ^(B)Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which a man is not permitted to speak.