Ephesians 3:9

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and to enlighten everyone about God’s secret plan– the mystery that has been hidden for ages in God who has created all things.

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  • Col 1:26 : 26 that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints.
  • Col 3:3 : 3 for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
  • 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,
  • Matt 13:35 : 35 This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet:“I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”
  • John 10:30 : 30 The Father and I are one.”
  • Rom 16:25-26 : 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, 26 but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith–
  • 1 Cor 2:7 : 7 Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.
  • Eph 1:4 : 4 For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and blameless before him in love.
  • Eph 1:9-9 : 9 He did this when he revealed to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, 10 toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ– the things in heaven and the things on earth.
  • Eph 3:3-5 : 3 that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly. 4 When reading this, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ 5 (which was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit),
  • Acts 15:18 : 18 known from long ago.
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the LORD’s decree the heavens were made; and by the breath of his mouth all the starry hosts.
  • Isa 44:24 : 24 The Lord Empowers Cyrus This is what the LORD, your protector, says, the one who formed you in the womb:“I am the LORD, who made everything, who alone stretched out the sky, who fashioned the earth all by myself,
  • Matt 10:27 : 27 What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
  • Matt 25:34 : 34 Then the king will say to those on his right,‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
  • Matt 28:19 : 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
  • Mark 16:15-16 : 15 He said to them,“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.
  • Luke 24:47 : 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
  • John 1:1-3 : 1 ¶ The Prologue to the Gospel In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God. 2 The Word was with God in the beginning. 3 All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.
  • John 5:17 : 17 So he told them,“My Father is working until now, and I too am working.”
  • John 5:19 : 19 So Jesus answered them,“I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.
  • 2 Tim 4:17 : 17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth!
  • Titus 1:2 : 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before time began.
  • Col 1:23 : 23 if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And we all agree, our religion contains amazing revelation: He was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
  • Heb 3:3-4 : 3 For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself! 4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
  • 1 Pet 1:20 : 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.
  • Rev 13:8 : 8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.
  • Rev 14:6 : 6 Three Angels and Three Messages Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, and he had an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth– to every nation, tribe, language, and people.
  • Rev 17:8 : 8 The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss and then go to destruction. The inhabitants of the earth– all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world– will be astounded when they see that the beast was, and is not, but is to come.
  • Rev 4:11 : 11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, since you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created!”
  • 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 Call to Stand Firm But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.
  • Heb 1:2-3 : 2 in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world. 3 The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
  • Col 1:16-17 : 16 for all things in heaven and on earth were created in him– all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers– all things were created through him and for him. 17 He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.

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    10The purpose of this enlightenment is that through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.

    11This was according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

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    2if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,

    3that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly.

    4When reading this, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ

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

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

  • Col 1:25-28
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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,

    26that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints.

    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.

    28We proclaim him by instructing and teaching all people with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature in Christ.

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

    9He did this when he revealed to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

    10toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ– the things in heaven and the things on earth.

  • 1 Cor 2:7
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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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    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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    15The Supremacy of Christ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,

    16for all things in heaven and on earth were created in him– all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers– all things were created through him and for him.

    17He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.

    18He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.

    19For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in the Son

    20and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross– through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

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    25Now 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,

    26but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith–

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    2My goal is that their hearts, having been knit together in love, may be encouraged, and that they may have all the riches that assurance brings in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ,

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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,

    19and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, as displayed in the exercise of his immense strength.

    20This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms

    21far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

    22And God put all things under Christ’s feet, and gave him to the church as head over all things.

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    19because what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

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

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    19Pray for me also, that I may be given the right words when I begin to speak– that I may confidently make known the mystery of the gospel,

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    21to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

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    18known from long ago.

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    3What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us(and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).

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    18And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.

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    3Believers’ Salvation and the Work of God I can pray this because his divine power has bestowed on us everything necessary for life and godliness through the rich knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence.