1 Corinthians 14:2

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,

I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

{14.24} To Him now being able you to strengthen according to the gospel of mine and the preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery in times of the ages kept secret,

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.

Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with various languages? Do all interpret?

This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and doesn’t doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.

He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

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 don’t have love, I am nothing.

and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.

The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the sound, but seeing no one.

“Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn’t understand the voice of him who spoke to me.

God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,

but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets.

They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.

Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies: a nation whose language you will not understand,

I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.

to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.

Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”

Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far away, house of Israel,” says Yahweh. “It is a mighty nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don’t know and don’t understand what they say.

“Put the trumpet to your lips! Something like an eagle is over Yahweh’s house, because they have broken my covenant, and rebelled against my law.

At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.

He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

For what do I have to do with also judging those who are outside? Don’t you judge those who are within?

If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.

how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily,

that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. All the people said, “Amen,” and praised Yahweh.

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise Yah!

He will lift up a banner to the nations from far away, and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

For Yahweh says: “Behold, he will fly as an eagle, and will spread out his wings against Moab.

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky. They chased us on the mountains. They set an ambush for us in the wilderness.

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel;” which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”

But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!”

While they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.

I and the Father are one.”

The multitude also came together from the cities around Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits: and they were all healed.

For they heard them speaking in other languages and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,

She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” It came out that very hour.

When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.

who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Otherwise if you bless with the spirit, how will he who fills the place of the unlearned say the “Amen” at your giving of thanks, seeing he doesn’t know what you say?

Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe.

making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

holding faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith,

holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, “You didn’t desire sacrifice and offering, but you prepared a body for me.

As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.

The four living creatures said, “Amen!” Then the elders fell down and worshiped.

The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”

Then Isaiah the prophet came to king Hezekiah, and asked him, “What did these men say? From where did they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “They have come from a country far from me, even from Babylon.”

I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me didn’t see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves.

He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

When he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “Take, eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me.”

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

For if I pray in another language, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you,

But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

We also speak these things, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.

Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Shebnah, and Joah, said to Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in the Syrian language, for we understand it. Don’t speak with us in the Jews’ language, in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”