11 And he answered them, (A)“To you it has been given to know (B)the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

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But, as it is written,

(A)“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
    nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has (B)prepared (C)for those who love him”—

10 these things (D)God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even (E)the depths of God.

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14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are (A)folly to him, and (B)he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

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11 But he said to them, (A)“Not everyone can receive this saying, but only (B)those to (C)whom it is given.

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27 But (A)the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and (B)you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and (C)is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.

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(A)If any of you lacks wisdom, (B)let him ask God, (C)who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

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17 And Jesus answered him, (A)“Blessed are you, (B)Simon Bar-Jonah! For (C)flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, (D)but my Father who is in heaven.

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(A)And a highway shall be there,
    and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;
(B)the unclean shall not pass over it.
    It shall belong to those who walk on the way;
    even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 35:8 Or if they are fools, they shall not wander in it

20 But you have been (A)anointed by (B)the Holy One, and (C)you all have knowledge.[a]

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  1. 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts you know everything

(A)making known[a] to us the mystery of his will, (B)according to his purpose, which he (C)set forth in Christ

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  1. Ephesians 1:9 Or he lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight, making known…

Doxology

25 (A)Now to him who is able to strengthen you (B)according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, (C)according to the revelation of the mystery (D)that was kept secret for (E)long ages

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10 he said, (A)“To you it has been given to know (B)the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so (C)that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

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And if I have (A)prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, (B)so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

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16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 (A)Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from (B)the Father of lights, (C)with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.[a] 18 (D)Of his own will he (E)brought us forth by the word of truth, (F)that we should be a kind of (G)firstfruits of his creatures.

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  1. James 1:17 Some manuscripts variation due to a shadow of turning

They must (A)hold the mystery of the faith with (B)a clear conscience.

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26 (A)the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. 27 (B)To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are (C)the riches of the glory of (D)this mystery, which is Christ in you, (E)the hope of glory.

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32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.

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51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. (A)We shall not all sleep, (B)but we shall all be changed,

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But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, (A)which God decreed before the ages for our glory.

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11 And he said to them, (A)“To you has been given (B)the secret of the kingdom of God, but for (C)those outside everything is in parables,

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16 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:

(A)He[a] was manifested in the flesh,
    vindicated[b] by the Spirit,[c]
        (B)seen by angels,
(C)proclaimed among the nations,
    (D)believed on in the world,
        (E)taken up in glory.

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:16 Greek Who; some manuscripts God; others Which
  2. 1 Timothy 3:16 Or justified
  3. 1 Timothy 3:16 Or vindicated in spirit

that (A)their hearts may be encouraged, being (B)knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of (C)God's mystery, which is Christ,

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19 and (A)also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth (B)boldly to proclaim (C)the mystery of the gospel,

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(A)how the mystery was made known to me (B)by revelation, (C)as I have written briefly. (D)When you read this, you can perceive my insight into (E)the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. This mystery is[a] that the Gentiles are (F)fellow heirs, (G)members of the same body, and (H)partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

(I)Of this gospel I was made (J)a minister according to the gift of (K)God's grace, which was given me (L)by the working of his power. To me, (M)though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, (N)to preach to the Gentiles the (O)unsearchable (P)riches of Christ, and (Q)to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery (R)hidden for ages in[b] God, (S)who created all things,

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  1. Ephesians 3:6 The words This mystery is are inferred from verse 4
  2. Ephesians 3:9 Or by

18 (A)having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is (B)the hope to which he has called you, what are (C)the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

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