1 Corinthians 13:2
And if there should be in me the gift of prophecy, and I should understand all the mysteries, and every science; and if there should be in me all faith, so that I could move mountains, and love should not be in me, I should be nothing.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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Matthew 13:11And he answered, and said to them: Because, to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Matthew 21:19And he saw a fig-tree by the way, and came to it and found nothing on it, except leaves only. And he said to it: There shall no more be fruit on thee for ever. And immediately the fig-tree withered.
Mark 11:22And Jesus replied, and said to them: Have faith in God.
Romans 11:25And that ye, my brethren, may not be wise in your own apprehension, I wish you to know this mystery, that blindness of heart hath in some measure befallen Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles shall come in:
1 Corinthians 4:1Let us be so accounted of by you, as the servants of Messiah, and the stewards of the mysteries of God.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 13:2-4
On Spiritual Gifts. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 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. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Here the apostle shows… Read the whole commentary →