For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
Parallel translations
- WEB But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.
- BSB There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
- NKJV For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.
- NASB But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.
- NLT The time is coming when everything that is covered up will be revealed, and all that is secret will be made known to all.
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Quick answer
Nothing covered will stay hidden; everything concealed will be revealed. Hypocrisy is futile because God ultimately brings all things to light.
Overview
This reinforces the warning against hypocrisy: pretense cannot endure because God sees all and will openly disclose the hidden truth, especially at the final judgment. It is both a sober warning to the false and a comfort to the persecuted, whose faithfulness will one day be vindicated. Because all is known to God, His people are called to live in transparent integrity before Him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Mark 4:22For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
- Luke 8:17For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
- 2 Cor 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
- Eccl 12:14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
- Matt 10:26–33Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
- Rom 2:16In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
- 1 Cor 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
- Rev 20:11–12And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
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