Ayub 42:5

42:5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,

but now my eye has seen you. ¹ 

Ayub 42:2

42:2 “I know that you can do all things;

no purpose of yours can be thwarted;

1 Korintus 4:6

4:6 I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, ²  so that through us you may learn “not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

Ibrani 6:4

6:4 For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit,

¹ sn This statement does not imply there was a vision. He is simply saying that this experience of God was real and personal. In the past his knowledge of God was what he had heard – hearsay. This was real.

² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.