Ephesians 3:5

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(which was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit),

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  • 2 Pet 3:2 : 2 I want you to recall both the predictions foretold by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.
  • Jude 1:17 : 17 Exhortation to the Faithful But you, dear friends– recall the predictions foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 10:28 : 28 He said to them,“You know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile, yet God has shown me that I should call no person defiled or ritually unclean.
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.
  • Titus 1:1-3 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that is in keeping with godliness, 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before time began. 3 But now in his own time he has made his message evident through the preaching I was entrusted with according to the command of God our Savior.
  • John 14:26 : 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.
  • John 16:13 : 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come.
  • Acts 10:19-20 : 19 While Peter was still thinking seriously about the vision, the Spirit said to him,“Look! Three men are looking for you. 20 But get up, go down, and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”
  • Heb 11:39-40 : 39 And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised. 40 For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.
  • 1 Pet 1:10-12 : 10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who predicted the grace that would come to you searched and investigated carefully. 11 They probed into what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ and his subsequent glory. 12 They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven– things angels long to catch a glimpse of.
  • Eph 3:9 : 9 and to enlighten everyone about God’s secret plan– the mystery that has been hidden for ages in God who has created all things.
  • Eph 4:11-12 : 11 And he himself gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,
  • 2 Tim 1:10-11 : 10 but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel! 11 For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher.
  • Rom 16:25 : 25 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that had been kept secret for long ages,
  • 1 Cor 12:8-9 : 8 For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.
  • 1 Cor 12:28-29 : 28 And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, gifts of healing, helps, gifts of leadership, different kinds of tongues. 29 Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform miracles, do they?
  • Matt 13:17 : 17 For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
  • Matt 23:34 : 34 “For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,
  • Luke 2:26-27 : 26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. 27 So Simeon, directed by the Spirit, came into the temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law,
  • Luke 10:24 : 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
  • Luke 11:49 : 49 For this reason also the wisdom of God said,‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’

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    25I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God– given to me for you– in order to complete the word of God,

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    27God wanted to make known to them the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

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    8To me– less than the least of all the saints– this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ

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    6namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

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    8that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight.

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    17I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, will give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,

    18– since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened– so that you can know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

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    10God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

    11For who among men knows the things of a man except the man’s spirit within him? So too, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

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    2This gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

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    10Concerning this salvation, the prophets who predicted the grace that would come to you searched and investigated carefully.

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    12They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven– things angels long to catch a glimpse of.

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    16I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he will grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

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    20He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.

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    7Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.

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    7to demonstrate in the coming ages the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

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    3revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts.

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    16to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being,

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    3But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing,

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    13And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

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    18you will be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

    19and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you will be filled up to all the fullness of God.

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    1(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God’s children– and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

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    19In it he went and preached to the spirits in prison,

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    17For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is.

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    21But now apart from the law the righteousness of God(although it is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed–

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    14But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away.

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    18But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets– that his Christ would suffer– he has fulfilled in this way.

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    5Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel

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    17Live in Holiness So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

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