If someone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.

But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">With regard to spiritual gifts,<n id="1" /> brothers and sisters,<n id="2" /> I do not want you to be uninformed.<n id="3" />

so that we may not be exploited<n id="1" /> by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes).

But I was personally<n id="1" /> unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness,

Or do you not know that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying and yet &#8211; see! &#8211; we continue to live; as those who are scourged<n id="1" /> and yet not executed;

even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant<n id="1" /> man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,

Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know<n id="1" /> that God&#8217;s kindness leads you to repentance?

<t /><p class="bodytext">Or do you not know, brothers and sisters<n id="1" /> (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is lord over a person<n id="2" /> as long as he lives?

For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God&#8217;s righteousness.

<t /><p class="bodytext">For I do not want you to be unaware,<n id="1" /> brothers and sisters,<n id="2" /> that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now we do not want you to be uninformed,<n id="1" /> brothers and sisters,<n id="2" /> about those who are asleep,<n id="3" /> so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.

But<n id="1" /> these men,<n id="2" /> like irrational animals &#8211; creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed<n id="3" /> &#8211; do not understand whom<n id="4" /> they are insulting, and consequently<n id="5" /> in their destruction they will be destroyed,<n id="6" />

But they did not understand this statement; its meaning<n id="1" /> had been concealed<n id="2" /> from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet<n id="3" /> they were afraid to ask him about this statement.p>

For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize<n id="1" /> him,<n id="2" /> and they fulfilled the sayings<n id="3" /> of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning<n id="4" /> him.<n id="5" />

For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship,<n id="1" /> I even found an altar with this inscription:<n id="2" /> &#8216;To an unknown god.&#8217; Therefore what you worship without knowing it,<n id="3" /> this I proclaim to you.

I do not want you to be unaware,<n id="1" /> brothers and sisters,<n id="2" /> that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel<n id="2" /> until the full number<n id="3" /> of the Gentiles has come in.