and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”
Parallel translations
- WEB And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed. So he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.
- KJV And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
- NKJV And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among you.
- NASB the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring that God is certainly among you.
- NLT As they listen, their secret thoughts will be exposed, and they will fall to their knees and worship God, declaring, “God is truly here among you.”
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The secrets of his heart are exposed, and he falls down to worship God, confessing God is truly among them. Clear gospel speech leads to conversion.
Overview
Paul completes the scene with the unbeliever's repentance: his hidden sins are uncovered, and he worships, acknowledging God's presence. This is the goal of intelligible ministry, that outsiders meet God and bow before Him. Prophecy thus advances both the edification of the church and the salvation of the lost in Christ.
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- Isa 45:14This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”
- Zech 8:23This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
- Ps 72:11May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
- Gen 44:14When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.
- Isa 60:14The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
- Deut 9:18Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.
- Rev 5:8When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
- Luke 5:8When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
- Luke 17:16He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.
- Luke 8:28When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”
- Rev 19:4And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”
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