Colossians 1:26
Even rthe mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
τὸ μυστήριον τὸ ἀποκεκρυμμένον ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν γενεῶν· νυνὶ δὲ ἐφανερώθη τοῖς ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ,
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Romans 16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
Romans 16:26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
Ephesians 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Ephesians 1:9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
Matthew 13:11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
2 Timothy 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
2 Timothy 1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
Titus 1:3 But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
1 Peter 1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
1 Peter 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Colossians 4:3 Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
viz. that holy secret of godliness, Col 2:2,3 4:3 Mat 13:11 Rom 16:25,26 1Co 2:7 Eph 3:3,4,6,8,9,10; see 1Ti 3:16 Rev 14:6; which doth not consist in beggarly elements, Gal 4:9, or vain speculations, which these Colossians are cautioned to avoid, Col 2:8, however varnished; but is to them who are saved, the power of God, Rom 1:16 1Co 1:18,19, and the wisdom of God, 1Co 1:24, which lay hid in God before the world, 1Co 2:7 2Ti 1:9 Tit 1:2 1Pe 1:20: yea, and after God had to our first parents, and so to his people the Jews, given some glimpse of this mystery, which yet the Gentiles of several ages were ignorant of, and many of the Jews, yea, the most knowing of them did not, for many generations, know that the Gentiles without circumcision, &c. were to be admitted into the church, Act 10:28: the prophets were very inquisitive to know the meaning of it, but yet they also were much in the dark, 1Co 2:9 1Pe 1:10,11; yea, the angels did not know this hidden mystery, till revealed by the church, Eph 1:10.
but now God that revealeth secrets, Dan 2:28, hath opened his bosom counsel about this affair most clearly, so that his glory, by those that really fear him, may be seen with open face as in a glass through Christ, Mat 13:11 Mar 4:11 Joh 8:47 15:15 Act 16:14 1Co 2:10,16 2Co 3:18; all necessary to salvation being made conspicuous and clear to them, 1Pe 2:9.