He answered, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
1 Corinthians 13:2 - New Revised Standard Version And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if I have prophetic powers (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), and understand all the secret truths and mysteries and possess all knowledge, and if I have [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but have not love (God's love in me) I am nothing (a useless nobody). American Standard Version (1901) And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. Common English Bible If I have the gift of prophecy and I know all the mysteries and everything else, and if I have such complete faith that I can move mountains but I don’t have love, I’m nothing. Catholic Public Domain Version And if I have prophecy, and learn every mystery, and obtain all knowledge, and possess all faith, so that I could move mountains, yet not have charity, then I am nothing. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. |
He answered, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.”
And seeing a fig tree by the side of the road, he went to it and found nothing at all on it but leaves. Then he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once.
Jesus answered them, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will be done.
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the ruler, and Saul.
So that you may not claim to be wiser than you are, brothers and sisters, I want you to understand this mystery: a hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
I myself feel confident about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
Now to God who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages
Any man who prays or prophesies with something on his head disgraces his head,
And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers; then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues.
If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end.
Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said.
So, my friends, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues;
Those who speak in a tongue build up themselves, but those who prophesy build up the church.
Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, but we will all be changed,
Think of us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of God's mysteries.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but obeying the commandments of God is everything.
Hence, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “no idol in the world really exists,” and that “there is no God but one.”
I have been a fool! You forced me to it. Indeed you should have been the ones commending me, for I am not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.
Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.
By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,
For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves.
a reading of which will enable you to perceive my understanding of the mystery of Christ.
Pray also for me, so that when I speak, a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
the mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints.
Without any doubt, the mystery of our religion is great: He was revealed in flesh, vindicated in spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed in throughout the world, taken up in glory.