“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen,
nor ear heard, neither have entered into the
heart of man, the things which God hath
prepared for them that love him. But God
hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for
the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep
things of God” (1 Corinthians 2:9-10).

Who can know what is on the inside of
man except the man’s own spirit, and who can
know what is on the inside of God except the
Spirit of God (verse 11)? The Spirit of God
living within your spirit can reveal to you the
inside of God—the heart of the Father. It is
difficult to grasp that the Holy Spirit, who
knows all the deep things of God, desires to
come and live in you in order to teach you the
profound and unsearchable wisdom of God.
Yet, it is true.

No man knows the things of God because
they are spiritually discerned (1 Corinthians
2:14). “But God hath revealed them unto us
by His Spirit” (verse 10). These deep things of
God can enter into the heart of man only by
the Spirit of God.

God’s Word must be revealed to you by
His Spirit before you can walk in it. Your
spirit alone cannot comprehend or see into
these deep things, but Jesus said that the
Holy Spirit would teach you all things
( John 14:26). He told the disciples, “I have
yet many things to say unto you, but ye
cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he,
the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide
you into all truth: for he shall not speak of
himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that
shall he speak: and he will show you things
to come” ( John 16:12-13).

Do you remember that Jesus told the
disciples the Holy Spirit was with them, but
would soon be in them? He told them He
had many things to say to them that they
could not bear or grasp at that time, but when
the Spirit of truth came, He would open all
things to their understanding. Without the
Holy Spirit living in their spirits to reveal the
truth to them, even Jesus could not teach the
disciples anything more. They were limited in
their ability to understand spiritual things.

Jesus was telling them that there would
be no limit to spiritual knowledge when the
Holy Spirit came. He said the Holy Spirit
would show them all things that the Father
has—even things to come.

Now can you see the limitless knowledge
and understanding available to Spirit-filled
believers? The Holy Spirit has been given to
teach you how to be a success in this life. In
the light of these truths from the Word of
God, it is unthinkable for anyone to refuse
God’s offer of His Spirit.

Gloria Copeland

Titus 2:3-5

KJV—The aged women likewise, that they
be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not
false accusers, not given to much wine,
teachers of good things; that they may
teach the young women to be sober, to
love their husbands, to love their children,
to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home,
good, obedient to their own husbands,
that the word of God be not blasphemed.

NIV—Likewise, teach the older women
to be reverent in the way they live, not to
be slanderers or addicted to much wine,
but to teach what is good. Then they can
train the younger women to love their husbands
and children, to be self-controlled
and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind,
and to be subject to their husbands, so
that no one will malign the word of God.

Amp—Bid the older women similarly to
be reverent and devout in their deportment,
as becomes those engaged in sacred
service, not slanderers or slaves to drink.
They are to give good counsel and be
teachers of what is right and noble, so that
they will wisely train the young women to
be sane and sober-minded—temperate,
disciplined—and to love their husbands
and their children; to be self-controlled,
chaste, homemakers, good-natured (kindhearted),
adapting and subordinating
themselves to their husbands, that the
word of God may not be exposed to reproach—
blasphemed or discredited.

Genesis 18:14

KJV—Is any thing too hard for the Lord?
At the time appointed I will return unto
thee, according to the time of life, and
Sarah shall have a son.

Amp—Is anything too hard or too wonderful
for the Lord? At the appointed time,
when the season [for her delivery] comes
around, I will return to you and Sarah
shall have borne a son.

Exodus 23:26

NKJV—No one shall suffer miscarriage
or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the
number of your days.

NIV—None will miscarry or be barren in
your land. I will give you a full life span.

Amp—None shall lose her young by miscarriage
or be barren in your land; I will fulfill
the number of your days.

Deuteronomy 7:13-14

KJV—And he will love thee, and bless
thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless
the fruit of thy womb…. Thou shalt be
blessed above all people: there shall not
be male or female barren among you, or
among your cattle.

NKJV—And He will love you and bless
you and multiply you; He will also bless
the fruit of your womb…. You shall be
blessed above all peoples; there shall not
be a male or female barren among you or
among your livestock.

NIV—He will love you and bless you and
increase your numbers. He will bless the
fruit of your womb…. You will be blessed
more than any other people; none of your
men or women will be childless, nor any
of your livestock without young.

Deuteronomy 28:11

KJV—And the Lord shall make thee plenteous
in goods, in the fruit of thy body,
and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the
fruit of thy ground, in the land which the
Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

NKJV—And the Lord will grant you
plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body,
in the increase of your livestock, and in
the produce of your ground, in the land
of which the Lord swore to your fathers to
give you.

NIV—The Lord will grant you abundant
prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the
young of your livestock and the crops of
your ground—in the land he swore to your
forefathers to give you.

Gloria Copeland

Proverbs 11:16

KJV—A gracious woman retaineth honour:
and strong men retain riches.

NIV—A kindhearted woman gains respect,
but ruthless men gain only wealth.

Amp—A gracious and good woman wins
honor [for her husband], and violent men
win riches; [but a woman who hates righteousness
is a throne of dishonor for him].

Proverbs 12:4

KJV—A virtuous woman is a crown to her
husband: but she that maketh ashamed is
as rottenness in his bones.

NKJV—An excellent wife is the crown of
her husband, but she who causes shame
is like rottenness in his bones.

NIV—A wife of noble character is her
husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is
like decay in his bones.

Amp—A virtuous and worthy wife—earnest
and strong in character—is a crowning
joy to her husband, but she who makes
ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 14:1

KJV—Every wise woman buildeth her
house: but the foolish plucketh it down
with her hands.

NIV—The wise woman builds her house,
but with her own hands the foolish one
tears hers down.

Amp—Every wise woman builds her
house, but the foolish one tears it down
with her own hands.

1 Corinthians 7:3

NKJV—Let the husband render to his
wife the affection due her, and likewise
also the wife to her husband.

Amp—The husband should give to his
wife her conjugal rights—goodwill, kindness
and what is due her as his wife; and
likewise the wife to her husband.

Ephesians 5:22-24

KJV—Wives, submit yourselves unto
your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For
the husband is the head of the wife, even
as Christ is the head of the church: and
he is the saviour of the body. Therefore
as the church is subject unto Christ, so
let the wives be to their own husbands in
every thing.

NIV—Wives, submit to your husbands as
to the Lord. For the husband is the head
of the wife as Christ is the head of the
church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
Now as the church submits to Christ, so
also wives should submit to their husbands
in everything.

Weymouth—Married women, submit to
your own husbands as if to the Lord; because
a husband is the head of his wife,
as Christ also is the head of the church,
Himself the savior of the Body. And just as
the church submits to Christ, so also married
women should be entirely submissive
to their husbands.

Ephesians 5:33

KJV—The wife see that she reverence her
husband.

NIV—The wife must respect her husband.

Amp—Let the wife see that she respects
and reverences her husband—that she
notices him, regards him, honors him,
prefers him, venerates and esteems him;
and that she defers to him, praises him,
and loves and admires him exceedingly.

Weymouth—Let a married woman see to
it that she treats her husband with respect.

Gloria Copeland