Ephesians 3:9

World English Bible (2000)

and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;

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  • Col 1:26 : 26 the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,
  • Col 3:3 : 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
  • 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
  • Matt 13:35 : 35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."
  • John 10:30 : 30 I and the Father are one."
  • Rom 16:25-25 : 25
  • 1 Cor 2:7 : 7 But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,
  • Eph 1:4 : 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love;
  • Eph 1:9-9 : 9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him 10 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;
  • Eph 3:3-5 : 3 how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words, 4 by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ; 5 which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
  • Acts 15:18 : 18 All his works are known to God from eternity.'
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By Yahweh's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.
  • Isa 44:24 : 24 Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb: "I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;
  • Matt 10:27 : 27 What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
  • Matt 25:34 : 34 Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
  • Matt 28:19 : 19 Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
  • Mark 16:15-16 : 15 He said to them, "Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.
  • Luke 24:47 : 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
  • John 1:1-3 : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.
  • John 5:17 : 17 But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too."
  • John 5:19 : 19 Jesus therefore answered them, "Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.
  • 2 Tim 4:17 : 17 But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
  • Titus 1:2 : 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who can't lie, promised before time began;
  • Col 1:23 : 23 if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
  • Heb 3:3-4 : 3 For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who built the house has more honor than the house. 4 For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God.
  • 1 Pet 1:20 : 20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of times for your sake,
  • Rev 13:8 : 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.
  • Rev 14:6 : 6 I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.
  • Rev 17:8 : 8 The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.
  • Rev 4:11 : 11 "Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!"
  • 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;
  • Heb 1:2-3 : 2 has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds. 3 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
  • Col 1:16-17 : 16 For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

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