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"development of mind or heart. God would no longer be supreme; and men, having reached the limit of knowledge and attainment, would cease to advance. Let us thank God that it is not so. God is infinite; in Him are “all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” And to all eternity men may be ever searching, ever learning, and yet they can never exhaust the treasures of His wisdom, His goodness, and His power. 5T 703.1"
Direct citation 90% Colossians 2:3
"In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge."
EGW directly quotes Colossians 2:3, making it an explicit allusion. The context of God containing all wisdom and knowledge is also maintained.
"God intends that, even in this life, truth shall be ever unfolding to His people. There is only one way in which this knowledge can be obtained. We can attain to an understanding of God's word only through the illumination of that Spirit by which the word was given. “The things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God;” “for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.” And the Saviour's promise to His followers was: “When He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth.... For He shall receive of Mine, and shall show it unto you.” 5T 703.2"
Direct citation 95% 1 Corinthians 2:11
"For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God."
EGW directly quotes 1 Corinthians 2:11 and John 16:13-14, making it an explicit allusion. The context of the Spirit revealing the things of God is also maintained.

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