Ephesians 3:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

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  • 2 Pet 3:2 : 2 That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior:
  • Jude 1:17 : 17 But, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:
  • Acts 10:28 : 28 And he said to them, You know that it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to keep company with or come to one of another nation; but God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone;
  • Titus 1:1-3 : 1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's chosen ones, and the acknowledgment of the truth which is in accordance with godliness; 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began; 3 But has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was entrusted to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;
  • John 14:26 : 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I have said to you.
  • John 16:13 : 13 However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth: for he will not speak on his own; but whatever he hears, he will speak: and he will show you things to come.
  • Acts 10:19-20 : 19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, three men seek you. 20 Arise therefore, and go down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
  • Heb 11:39-40 : 39 And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, 40 God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.
  • 1 Pet 1:10-12 : 10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, 11 Searching for what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating, when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. 12 To them it was revealed that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which have now been reported to you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things which angels desire to look into.
  • Eph 3:9 : 9 And to make all people see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world has been hidden in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
  • Eph 4:11-12 : 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the equipping of the saints, for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ:
  • 2 Tim 1:10-11 : 10 But is now revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: 11 To which I am appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
  • Rom 16:25 : 25 Now to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret since the world began,
  • 1 Cor 12:8-9 : 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9 To another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10 To another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
  • 1 Cor 12:28-29 : 28 And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?
  • Matt 13:17 : 17 Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things you see but did not see them, and to hear the things you hear but did not hear them.
  • Matt 23:34 : 34 Therefore, indeed, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
  • Luke 2:26-27 : 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law,
  • Luke 10:24 : 24 For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them.
  • Luke 11:49 : 49 Therefore the wisdom of God also said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute:

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    2If you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God which was given to me for you:

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    4By which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

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    25Of which I was made a minister, according to the stewardship of God given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God;

    26Even the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

    27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

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    8To me, who am less than the least of all saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

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    11According to the eternal purpose which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

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    6That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the gospel:

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    8Which He has lavished on us in all wisdom and understanding;

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    25Now to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret since the world began,

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    17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him:

    18The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

    19And what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power,

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    10But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

    11For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of man which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

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    2Which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy scriptures,

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    10Concerning this salvation, the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,

    11Searching for what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating, when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.

    12To them it was revealed that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which have now been reported to you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things which angels desire to look into.

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    16That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner being;

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    20He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

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    7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,

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    7That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

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    8Who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

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    2That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior:

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    3But if our gospel is hidden, it is hidden to those who are lost:

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    13These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

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    21For the prophecy did not come in old time by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

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    18May be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width, and length, and depth, and height;

    19And to know the love of Christ, which surpasses knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.

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    1Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

    2Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

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    19By whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison,

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    17Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

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    14But their minds were blinded: for until this day, the same veil remains untaken away in the reading of the old covenant; which veil is done away in Christ.

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    18But those things which God beforehand has shown by the mouth of all His prophets, that Christ should suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

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    5For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

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    17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,

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    16And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.