Matthew 16:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

For

Galatians 1:11

But

General references

Matthew 13:16

Mark 13:26

Bible References

For

For I tell you, brothers, the good news which was preached by me is not a human message,

But

At that time Jesus said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing these matters from wise and learned men, and for revealing them to little children.

At that very moment, by the power of the Holy Spirit, He exulted and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing these matters from wise and learned men, and for revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, I thank you that your good pleasure made it so.

In the prophets it is written, 'And all men will be taught by God.' Everyone who ever listens to the Father and learns from Him will come to me.

"I have made your very self known to the men whom you have given me out of the world. At first they were yours, but now you have given them to me, and they have obeyed your message.

But, as the Scripture says, they are: "Things which eye has never seen and ear has never heard, and never have occurred to human hearts, which God prepared for those who love Him."

chose to unveil His Son in me, so that I might preach the good news about Him among the heathen, at once, before I conferred with any human creatures,

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may grant you the Spirit to give wisdom and revelation which come through a growing knowledge of Him,

For it is by His unmerited favor through faith that you have been saved; it is not by anything that you have done, it is the gift of God.

which in the earlier ages, so different from the present, was not made known to mankind as fully as now, but through the Spirit it has been revealed to His Holy apostles and prophets --

the open secret, covered up from the people of former ages and generations, but now uncovered to God's people,

Whoever owns that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in union with him and he in union with God.

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us insight to recognize the True One; and we are in union with the True One through His Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

General references

"But blessed are your eyes, for they are beginning to see, and your ears, for they are beginning to hear.

And then they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds in overwhelming power and splendor.