Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”
He said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”
Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.
And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
Then I said, ‘What are these, my lord?’ The angel who talked with me said to me, ‘I will show you what they are.’
But as for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because of any wisdom that I have more than all the living, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your mind.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
Joseph answered Pharaoh, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”
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