^17 (A)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ^(B)To the one who conquers I will give some of ^(C)the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with ^(D)a new name written on the stone ^(E)that no one knows except the one who receives it.’

²⁵ As indeed he says in Hosea,

The Contrast of Wisdom and Folly

²⁹ See, this alone I found, that ^(A)God made man upright, but ^(B)they have sought out many schemes.