Ephesians 1:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

having made known to us the secret of His will, according to His good pleasure, that He purposed in Himself,

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  • Col 1:26-28 : 26 the secret that hath been hid from the ages and from the generations, but now was manifested to his saints, 27 to whom God did will to make known what `is' the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations -- which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory, 28 whom we proclaim, warning every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus,
  • Rom 8:28 : 28 And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,
  • Eph 3:3-9 : 3 that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few `words' -- 4 in regard to which ye are able, reading `it', to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ, 5 which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit -- 6 that the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news, 7 of which I became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power; 8 to me -- the less than the least of all the saints -- was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news -- the untraceable riches of the Christ, 9 and to cause all to see what `is' the fellowship of the secret that hath been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create by Jesus Christ,
  • Rom 16:25-27 : 25 And to Him who is able to establish you, according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the secret, in the times of the ages having been kept silent, 26 and now having been made manifest, also, through prophetic writings, according to a command of the age-during God, having been made known to all the nations for obedience of faith -- 27 to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to him `be' glory to the ages. Amen.
  • 1 Cor 2:10-12 : 10 but to us did God reveal `them' through His Spirit, for the Spirit all things doth search, even the depths of God, 11 for who of men hath known the things of the man, except the spirit of the man that `is' in him? so also the things of God no one hath known, except the Spirit of God. 12 And we the spirit of the world did not receive, but the Spirit that `is' of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us,
  • Gal 1:12 : 12 for neither did I from man receive it, nor was I taught `it', but through a revelation of Jesus Christ,
  • Gal 1:16 : 16 to reveal His Son in me, that I might proclaim him good news among the nations, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood,
  • Eph 3:11 : 11 according to a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,
  • Eph 1:17-18 : 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him, 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
  • Job 23:13-14 : 13 And He `is' in one `mind', And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired -- and He doth `it'. 14 For He doth complete my portion, And many such things `are' with Him.
  • Ps 33:11 : 11 The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations.
  • Isa 14:24-27 : 24 Sworn hath Jehovah of Hosts, saying, `As I thought -- so hath it not been? And as I counselled -- it standeth; 25 To break Asshur in My land, And on My mountains I tread him down, And turned from off them hath his yoke, Yea, his burden from off their shoulder turneth aside. 26 This `is' the counsel that is counselled for all the earth, And this `is' the hand that is stretched out for all the nations. 27 For Jehovah of Hosts hath purposed, And who doth make void? And His hand that is stretched out, Who doth turn it back?'
  • Isa 46:10-11 : 10 Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, `My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.' 11 Calling from the east a ravenous bird, From a far land the man of My counsel, Yea, I have spoken, yea, I bring it in, I have formed `it', yea, I do it.
  • Jer 2:29 : 29 Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
  • Lam 3:37-38 : 37 Who `is' this -- he hath said, and it is, `And' the Lord hath not commanded `it'? 38 From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.
  • Matt 13:11 : 11 And he answering said to them that -- `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,
  • Acts 2:23 : 23 this one, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having taken by lawless hands, having crucified -- ye did slay;
  • Acts 4:28 : 28 to do whatever Thy hand and Thy counsel did determine before to come to pass.
  • Acts 13:48 : 48 And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe -- as many as were appointed to life age-during;
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety -- God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!
  • 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 who did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,

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    3 Blessed `is' the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

    4 according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,

    5 having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

    6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,

    7 in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

    8 in which He did abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

  • Eph 3:9-11
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    9 and to cause all to see what `is' the fellowship of the secret that hath been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create by Jesus Christ,

    10 that there might be made known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly `places', through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

    11 according to a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

  • Eph 1:10-12
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    10 in regard to the dispensation of the fulness of the times, to bring into one the whole in the Christ, both the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth -- in him;

    11 in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,

    12 for our being to the praise of His glory, `even' those who did first hope in the Christ,

  • Col 1:25-27
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    25 of which I -- I did become a ministrant according to the dispensation of God, that was given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God,

    26 the secret that hath been hid from the ages and from the generations, but now was manifested to his saints,

    27 to whom God did will to make known what `is' the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations -- which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory,

  • Eph 3:3-5
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    3 that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few `words' --

    4 in regard to which ye are able, reading `it', to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,

    5 which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit --

  • Col 1:8-14
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    8 who also did declare to us your love in the Spirit.

    9 Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

    10 to your walking worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, in every good work being fruitful, and increasing to the knowledge of God,

    11 in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.

    12 Giving thanks to the Father who did make us meet for the participation of the inheritance of the saints in the light,

    13 who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate `us' into the reign of the Son of His love,

    14 in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of the sins,

  • Col 1:19-20
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    19 because in him it did please all the fulness to tabernacle,

    20 and through him to reconcile the all things to himself -- having made peace through the blood of his cross -- through him, whether the things upon the earth, whether the things in the heavens.

  • Eph 1:17-20
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    17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,

    18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

    19 and what the exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power of His might,

    20 which He wrought in the Christ, having raised him out of the dead, and did set `him' at His right hand in the heavenly `places',

  • 23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call -- us --

  • 9 who did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,

  • 7 but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,

  • 7 that He might show, in the ages that are coming, the exceeding riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus,

  • 3 As all things to us His divine power (the things pertaining unto life and piety) hath given, through the acknowledgement of him who did call us through glory and worthiness,

  • Col 2:2-3
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    2 that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ,

    3 in whom are all the treasures of the wisdom and the knowledge hid,

  • 25 And to Him who is able to establish you, according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the secret, in the times of the ages having been kept silent,

  • 13 for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

  • 23 which is his body, the fulness of Him who is filling the all in all,

  • 10 for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

  • 4 who did give himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father,

  • 14 which is an earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of the acquired possession, to the praise of His glory.

  • 18 having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

  • 21 make you perfect in every good work to do His will, doing in you that which is well-pleasing before Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom `is' the glory -- to the ages of the ages! Amen.

  • 16 that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man,

  • 20 foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, and manifested in the last times because of you,

  • 30 and of Him ye -- ye are in Christ Jesus, who became to us from God wisdom, righteousness also, and sanctification, and redemption,

  • 19 to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that ye may be filled -- to all the fulness of God;