Matthew 16:17

17And Jesus answered him, aBlessed are you, bSimon Bar-Jonah! For cflesh and blood has not revealed this to you, dbut my Father who is in heaven.

1 Corinthians 2:9-13

9But, as it is written,

eWhat no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has fprepared gfor those who love him”—
10these things hGod has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even ithe depths of God. 11For who knows a person’s thoughts jexcept the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12Now kwe have received not lthe spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. 13And we impart this min words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, ninterpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
Or  interpreting spiritual truths in spiritual language, or comparing spiritual things with spiritual


2 Corinthians 4:6

6For God, who said, p“Let light shine out of darkness,” qhas shone in our hearts to give rthe light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 1:17-18

17that sthe God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, tmay give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 18 uhaving the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is vthe hope to which he has called you, what are wthe riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

Ephesians 3:5-10

5which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. 6This mystery is
The words This mystery is are inferred from verse 4
that the Gentiles are yfellow heirs, zmembers of the same body, and aapartakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

7 abOf this gospel I was made aca minister according to the gift of adGod’s grace, which was given me aeby the working of his power. 8To me, afthough I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, agto preach to the Gentiles the ahunsearchable airiches of Christ, 9and ajto bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery akhidden for ages in
Or by
God, amwho created all things,
10so that through the church the manifold anwisdom of God aomight now be made known to apthe rulers and authorities aqin the heavenly places.
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