Ephesians 3:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

Which in other ages was not opened vnto the sonnes of men, as it is nowe reueiled vnto his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit,

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  • 2 Pet 3:2 : 2 To call to remembrance the wordes, which were tolde before of the holy Prophetes, and also the commaundement of vs the Apostles of the Lord and Sauiour.
  • Jude 1:17 : 17 But, yee beloued, remember the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of our Lord Iesus Christ,
  • Acts 10:28 : 28 And he sayd vnto them, Ye know that it is an vnlawfull thing for a man that is a Iewe, to company, or come vnto one of another nation: but God hath shewed me, that I should not call any man polluted, or vncleane.
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 And are built vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Iesus Christ himselfe being the chiefe corner stone,
  • Titus 1:1-3 : 1 Paul a seruaunt of God, and an Apostle of Iesus Christ, according to the faith of Gods elect, and the acknowledging of the trueth, which is according vnto godlines, 2 Vnto the hope of eternall life, which God that cannot lie, hath promised before the world began: 3 But hath made his worde manifest in due time through the preaching, which is committed vnto me, according to the commandement of God our Sauiour:
  • John 14:26 : 26 But the Comforter, which is the holy Ghost, whom the Father wil send in my Name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, which I haue tolde you.
  • John 16:13 : 13 Howbeit, when he is come which is the Spirit of trueth, he will leade you into all trueth: for he shall not speake of himselfe, but whatsoeuer he shall heare, shall he speake, and he will shew you the things to come.
  • Acts 10:19-20 : 19 And while Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit sayde vnto him, Beholde, three men seeke thee. 20 Arise therefore, and get thee downe, and goe with them, and doute nothing: For I haue sent them.
  • Heb 11:39-40 : 39 And these all through faith obteined good report, and receiued not the promes, 40 God prouiding a better thing for vs, that they without vs should not be made perfite.
  • 1 Pet 1:10-12 : 10 Of the which saluation ye Prophets haue inquired and searched, which prophecied of the grace that should come vnto you, 11 Searching when or what time the Spirite which testified before of Christ which was in them, shoulde declare the sufferings that should come vnto Christ, and the glorie that shoulde followe. 12 Vnto whome it was reueiled, that not vnto themselues, but vnto vs they shoulde minister the things, which are nowe shewed vnto you by them which haue preached vnto you the Gospell by the holy Ghost sent downe from heauen, the which things the Angels desire to beholde.
  • Eph 3:9 : 9 And to make cleare vnto all men what the felowship of the mysterie is, which from the beginning of the world hath bene hid in God, who hath created all things by Iesus Christ,
  • Eph 4:11-12 : 11 Hee therefore gaue some to be Apostles, and some Prophets, and some Euangelists, and some Pastours, and Teachers, 12 For the repairing of the Saintes, for the woorke of the ministerie, and for the edification of the bodie of Christ,
  • 2 Tim 1:10-11 : 10 But is nowe made manifest by that appearing of our Sauiour Iesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortalitie vnto light through the Gospel. 11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and Apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
  • Rom 16:25 : 25 To him nowe that is of power to establish you according to my Gospel, and preaching of Iesus Christ, by the reuelation of the mysterie, which was kept secrete since the worlde began:
  • 1 Cor 12:8-9 : 8 For to one is giuen by the Spirit the word of wisdome: and to an other the word of knowledge, by the same Spirit: 9 And to another is giuen faith by the same Spirit: and to another the giftes of healing, by the same Spirit: 10 And to another the operations of great workes: and to another, prophecie: and to another, the discerning of spirits: and to another, diuersities of tongues: and to another, the interpretation of tongues.
  • 1 Cor 12:28-29 : 28 And God hath ordained some in the Church: as first Apostles, secondly Prophetes, thirdly teachers, then them that doe miracles: after that, the giftes of healing, helpers, gouernours, diuersitie of tongues. 29 Are all Apostles? are all Prophetes? are all teachers?
  • Matt 13:17 : 17 For verely I say vnto you, that many Prophets, & righteous men haue desired to see those things which ye see, & haue not seene them, & to heare those things which ye heare, and haue not heard them.
  • Matt 23:34 : 34 Wherefore beholde, I send vnto you Prophets, and wise men, and Scribes, and of them ye shall kill and crucifie: and of them shall ye scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from citie to citie,
  • Luke 2:26-27 : 26 And it was declared to him from God by the holy Ghost, that he shoulde not see death, before he had seene that Anointed of the Lord. 27 And he came by the motion of the spirit into the Temple, and when the parents brought in the babe Iesus, to do for him after the custome of the Lawe,
  • Luke 10:24 : 24 For I tell you that many Prophets and Kings haue desired to see those things, which ye see, and haue not seene them: and to heare those things which ye heare, and haue not heard them.
  • Luke 11:49 : 49 Therefore said the wisedome of God, I wil sende them Prophets and Apostles, and of them they shall slaie, and persecute away,

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    2If ye haue heard of the dispensation of the grace of God, which is giuen me to you warde,

    3That is, that God by reuelation hath shewed this mysterie vnto me (as I wrote aboue in fewe wordes,

    4Whereby when ye reade, ye may knowe mine vnderstanding in the mysterie of Christ)

  • Col 1:25-27
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    25Whereof I am a minister, according to the dispensation of God, which is giuen mee vnto you ward, to fulfill the word of God,

    26Which is the mysterie hid since the world began, and from all ages, but nowe is made manifest to his Saintes,

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  • Eph 3:8-11
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    8Euen vnto me the least of all Saints is this grace giuen, that I should preach among the Gentiles the vnsearchable riches of Christ,

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    10To the intent, that nowe vnto principalities and powers in heauenly places, might be knowen by the Church the manifolde wisedome of God,

    11According to the eternall purpose, which he wrought in Christ Iesus our Lord:

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    6That the Gentiles should be inheriters also, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the Gospel,

  • Eph 1:8-10
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    8Whereby he hath bene aboundant toward vs in all wisedome and vnderstanding,

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    25To him nowe that is of power to establish you according to my Gospel, and preaching of Iesus Christ, by the reuelation of the mysterie, which was kept secrete since the worlde began:

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  • Eph 1:17-19
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    17That the God of our Lord Iesus Christ, that Father of glory, might giue vnto you the Spirit of wisedome, and reuelation through the acknowledging of him,

    18That the eyes of your vnderstanding may be lightened, that ye may knowe what the hope is of his calling, and what the riches of his glorious inheritance is in the Saints,

    19And what is the exceeding greatnesse of his power toward vs, which beleeue, according to the working of his mightie power,

  • 1 Cor 2:10-11
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    10But God hath reueiled them vnto vs by his Spirit: for the spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deepe things of God.

    11For what man knoweth the things of a man, saue the spirite of a man, which is in him? Euen so the things of God knoweth no man, but the spirit of God.

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    2(Which he had promised afore by his Prophetes in the holy Scriptures)

  • 1 Pet 1:10-12
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    10Of the which saluation ye Prophets haue inquired and searched, which prophecied of the grace that should come vnto you,

    11Searching when or what time the Spirite which testified before of Christ which was in them, shoulde declare the sufferings that should come vnto Christ, and the glorie that shoulde followe.

    12Vnto whome it was reueiled, that not vnto themselues, but vnto vs they shoulde minister the things, which are nowe shewed vnto you by them which haue preached vnto you the Gospell by the holy Ghost sent downe from heauen, the which things the Angels desire to beholde.

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    7That he might shewe in the ages to come the exceeding riches of his grace, through his kindnesse toward vs in Christ Iesus.

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    8Who hath also declared vnto vs your loue in the Spirit.

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    2To call to remembrance the wordes, which were tolde before of the holy Prophetes, and also the commaundement of vs the Apostles of the Lord and Sauiour.

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    3In that yee are manifest, to be the Epistle of Christ, ministred by vs, and written, not with yncke, but with the Spirite of the liuing God, not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.

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    16To reueile his Sonne in me, that I should preach him among the Gentiles, immediatly I communicated not with flesh and blood:

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    3If our Gospell bee then hid, it is hid to them that are lost.

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    21For the prophecie came not in olde time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moued by the holy Ghost.

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    18That ye, being rooted and grounded in loue, may be able to comprehend with al Saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height:

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  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1Beholde, what loue the Father hath giuen to vs, that we should be called the sonnes of God: for this cause this world knoweth you not, because it knoweth not him.

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  • 1 Pet 3:19
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    19By the which hee also went, and preached vnto the spirits that are in prison.

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    17Wherefore, be ye not vnwise, but vnderstand what the will of the Lord is.

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    21But nowe is the righteousnesse, of God made manifest without the Lawe, hauing witnes of the Lawe and of the Prophets,

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    5For our Gospell was not vnto you in worde only, but also in power, and in the holy Ghost, and in much assurance, as ye know after what maner we were among you for your sakes.

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    14Therefore their mindes are hardened: for vntill this day remaineth the same couering vntaken away in the reading of the olde Testament, which vaile in Christ is put away.

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    18But those thinges which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his Prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath thus fulfilled.

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    5For the hopes sake, which is laide vp for you in heauen, whereof yee haue heard before by the word of trueth, which is the Gospel,

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    17This I say therefore and testifie in the Lorde, that yee hencefoorth walke not as other Gentiles walke, in vanitie of their minde,

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