John 10:24

24So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are athe Christ, btell us plainly.”

John 16:25

I Have Overcome the World

25“I have said these things to you in figures of speech. cThe hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father.

John 16:29

29His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not dusing figurative speech!

1 Corinthians 14:19

19Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

2 Corinthians 4:2-3

2But we have renounced edisgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice
Greek  to walk in
cunning or gto tamper with God’s word, but hby the open statement of the truth iwe would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.
3And even jif our gospel is veiled, kit is veiled to lthose who are perishing.

2 Corinthians 4:13

13Since we have mthe same spirit of faith according to what has been written, n“I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak,

Colossians 4:4

4that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.

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