By the word of the Lord the heavens were made and all their host by the breath of his mouth.
Ephesians 3:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 and to make everyone see what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Also to enlighten all men and make plain to them what is the plan [regarding the Gentiles and providing for the salvation of all men] of the mystery kept hidden through the ages and concealed until now in [the mind of] God Who created all things by Christ Jesus. American Standard Version (1901) and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things; Common English Bible God sent me to reveal the secret plan that had been hidden since the beginning of time by God, who created everything. Catholic Public Domain Version and to enlighten everyone concerning the dispensation of the mystery, hidden before the ages in God who created all things, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And to enlighten all men, that they may see what is the dispensation of the mystery which hath been hidden from eternity in God, who created all things: |
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made and all their host by the breath of his mouth.
Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the Lord, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by myself spread out the earth;
What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops.
This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth to speak in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden since the foundation.”
Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, and I also am working.”
Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing on his own but only what he sees the Father doing, for whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.
I want you to understand this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not claim to be wiser than you are: a hardening has come upon part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles has come in.
But we speak God’s wisdom, a hidden mystery, which God decreed before the ages for our glory
just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love.
for surely you have already heard of the commission of God’s grace that was given me for you
Pray also for me, so that when I speak a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven. I, Paul, became a minister of this gospel.
the mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints.
At the same time, pray for us as well, that God will open to us a door for the word, that we may declare the mystery of Christ, for which I am in prison,
But we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.
Without any doubt, the mystery of godliness is great: He was revealed in flesh, vindicated in spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among gentiles, believed in throughout the world, taken up in glory.
who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace, and this grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,
But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.
in the hope of eternal life that God, who never lies, promised before the ages began—
He was destined before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake.
and all the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slaughtered.
Then I saw another angel flying in midheaven, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation and tribe and language and people.
The beast that you saw was and is not and is about to ascend from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the inhabitants of the earth, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will be amazed when they see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.
“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”