The time is coming when everything that is covered up will be revealed, and all that is secret will be made known to all.
Parallel translations
- WEB But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.
- KJV For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall 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.
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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 hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.
- Luke 8:17For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.
- 2 Cor 5:10For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
- Eccl 12:14For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
- Matt 10:26–33Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.
- Rom 2:16in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.
- 1 Cor 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
- Rev 20:11–12I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.
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