Faith to Change the World

MATT 16:17

Jesus said to Simon Peter, Flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in Heaven

New Living Translation
Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus told him: Simon, son of Jonah, you are blessed! You didn’t discover this on your own. It was shown to you by my Father in heaven.

Good News Translation
“Good for you, Simon son of John!” answered Jesus. “For this truth did not come to you from any human being, but it was given to you directly by my Father in heaven.

GOD’S WORD® Translation
Jesus replied, “Simon, son of Jonah, you are blessed! No human revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven revealed it to you.

1 CORIN 2:10

New Living Translation
But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets.

Amplified Bible
For God has unveiled them and revealed them to us through the [Holy] Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things [diligently], even [sounding and measuring] the [profound] depths of God [the divine counsels and things far beyond human understanding].

Contemporary English Version
God’s Spirit has shown you everything. His Spirit finds out everything, even what is deep in the mind of God.Good News Translation
But it was to us that God made known his secret by means of his Spirit. The Spirit searches everything, even the hidden depths of God’s purposes.

GOD’S WORD® Translation
God has revealed those things to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches everything, especially the deep things of God.

New Living Translation

So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.

English Standard Version

Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.

King James Bible

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

Amplified Bible

For this reason [that is, because of God’s final revelation in His Son Jesus and because of Jesus’ superiority to the angels] we must pay much closer attention than ever to the things that we have heard, so that we do not [in any way] drift away from truth.

Contemporary English Version

We must give our full attention to what we were told, so we won’t drift away.

Good News Translation

That is why we must hold on all the more firmly to the truths we have heard, so that we will not be carried away.

GOD’S WORD® Translation

For this reason we must pay closer attention to what we have heard. Then we won’t drift away [from the truth]