Quotes About Understanding

It is not our affection, but yours, that is restrained.

Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it, I now see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time.

So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.

I hope you will bear with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.

Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.

Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

For you gladly tolerate fools, since you are so wise.

I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?

But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.

I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.

In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to Godís holy apostles and prophets.

and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

But this is not the way you came to know Christ.

Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—

to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;