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.”
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.
- BSB and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”
- 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.
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Quick answer
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 45:14Yahweh says: “The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains; and they will bow down to you. They will make supplication to you: ‘Surely God is in you; and there is no one else. There is no other god.
- Zech 8:23Yahweh of Armies says: “In those days, ten men will take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they will take hold of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, ‘We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
- Ps 72:11Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.
- Gen 44:14Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.
- Isa 60:14The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you; and all those who despised you will bow themselves down at the soles of your feet. They will call you Yahweh’s City, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
- Deut 9:18I fell down before Yahweh, as at the first, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which you sinned, in doing that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger.
- Rev 5:8Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
- Luke 5:8But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.”
- Luke 17:16He fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.
- Luke 8:28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, “What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torment me!”
- Rev 19:4The 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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