17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Obedience and Disobedience
• Wisdom

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Chr 4:10 — And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may
• 1Cor 14:20 — Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
• 1Cor 14:20 — Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
• 1Kgs 3:9 — Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
• 1Pet 1:2 — Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
• 1Thess 1:2 — We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
• 1Thess 3:6 — But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:
• 2Tim 3:15 — And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
• Col 1:3 — We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
• Col 3:16 — Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
• Col 4:5 — Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
• Eccl 10:10 — If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
• Eph 1:15 — Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
• Eph 5:17 — Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
• Isa 11:2 — And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
• Jas 3:13 — Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
• Jer 4:22 — For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
• Jer 4:22 — For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
• Luke 10:3 — Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
• Matt 10:16 — Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
• Phil 1:9 — And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
• Phil 2:15 — That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
• Phil 2:15 — That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
• Prov 13:16 — Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
• Ps 101:2 — I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
• Ps 116:6 — The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
• Rom 1:8 — First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
• Rom 1:8 — First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
• Rom 1:14 — I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
• Rom 16:18 — For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.