Matthew 5:2

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

and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,

‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’

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

Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.”

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons or take bribes.

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

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

For there is no partiality with God.

But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.

Behold, the former things have happened and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.”

Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

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

But from those who were reputed to be important—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God doesn’t show partiality to man—they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me,

which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,

You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear,

The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,

Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone.

But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places. People came to him from everywhere.

He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.

Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.

When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about God’s Kingdom, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.

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

by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,

where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, or free person; but Christ is all, and in all.

praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds,

Brothers, pray for us.

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

haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.

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

You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Don’t be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”

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 farmer sows the word.

But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

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So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.

But as you abound in everything, in faith, utterance, knowledge, all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that you also abound in this grace.

These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.

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,

For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.

The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.

Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.”

For we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground, which can’t be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.

Memucan answered before the king and the princes, “Vashti the queen has not done wrong to just the king, but also to all the princes, and to all the people who are in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus.

(yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.

My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart will utter understanding.

for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.

Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

Let no foreigner who has joined himself to Yahweh speak, saying, “Yahweh will surely separate me from his people.” Do not let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”

Immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them.

He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,

Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you before,

Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him about Jesus.

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;

But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus.

When they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;

If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.

“Let them therefore”, he said, “that are in power among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse him.”

For if I have done wrong and have committed anything worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

Don’t let him who eats despise him who doesn’t eat. Don’t let him who doesn’t eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.

I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me.

if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

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,

We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

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.

God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.

Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.