Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,
And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.
But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.
Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
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