1 Timothy 3:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Without a doubt, the secret of our life of worship is great: Christ was shown to us in human form; the Spirit proved that he was right; he was seen by angels. The message about him was told to the nations; people in the world believed in him; he was taken up to heaven in glory.

Cross References

John 1:14

The Word became a man and lived among us. We saw his divine greatness—the greatness that belongs to the only Son of the Father. The Word was full of grace and truth.

Hebrews 1:3

The Son shows the glory of God. He is a perfect copy of God’s nature, and he holds everything together by his powerful command. The Son made people clean from their sins. Then he sat down at the right side of God, the Great One in heaven.

Mark 16:19

After the Lord Jesus said these things to his followers, he was carried up into heaven. There, Jesus sat at the right side of God.

Romans 16:25

Praise God! He is the one who can make you strong in faith. He can use the Good News that I teach to make you strong. It is the message about Jesus Christ that I tell people. That message is the secret truth that was hidden for ages and ages but has been made known.

Luke 24:4

They did not understand this. While they were wondering about it, two men in shining clothes stood beside them.

Colossians 1:23

And that is what will happen if you continue to believe in the Good News you heard. You must remain strong and sure in your faith. You must not let anything cause you to give up the hope that became yours when you heard the Good News. That same Good News has been told to everyone on earth, and that’s the work that I, Paul, was given to do.

1 John 1:2

Yes, the one who is life was shown to us. We saw him, and so we can tell others about him. We now tell you about him. He is the eternal life that was with God the Father and was shown to us.

1 Peter 3:22

Now he has gone into heaven. He is at God’s right side and rules over angels, authorities, and powers.

1 Peter 1:12

It was made clear to them that their service was not for themselves. They were serving you when they told about the things you have now heard. You heard them from those who told you the Good News with the help of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even the angels would like very much to know more about these things you were told.

Isaiah 9:6

This will happen when the special child is born. God will give us a son who will be responsible for leading the people. His name will be “Wonderful Counselor, Powerful God, Father Who Lives Forever, Prince of Peace.”

Colossians 2:2

I want them to be strengthened and joined together with love and to have the full confidence that comes from understanding. I want them to know completely the secret truth that God has made known. That truth is Christ himself.

Colossians 1:27

God decided to let his people know just how rich and glorious that truth is. That secret truth, which is for all people, is that Christ lives in you, his people. He is our hope for glory.

Colossians 1:6

that was told to you. Throughout the world, this Good News is bringing blessings and is spreading. And that’s what has been happening among you since the first time you heard it and understood the truth about God’s grace.

Luke 22:43

Then an angel from heaven came to help him.

Matthew 3:16

So Jesus was baptized. As soon as he came up out of the water, the sky opened, and he saw God’s Spirit coming down on him like a dove.

1 John 3:5

You know that Christ came to take away people’s sins. There is no sin in Christ.

Hebrews 12:2

We must never stop looking to Jesus. He is the leader of our faith, and he is the one who makes our faith complete. He suffered death on a cross. But he accepted the shame of the cross as if it were nothing because of the joy he could see waiting for him. And now he is sitting at the right side of God’s throne.

1 Timothy 3:9

They must follow the true faith that God has now made known to us and always do what they know is right.

John 20:12

She saw two angels dressed in white sitting where Jesus’ body had been. One was sitting where the head had been; the other was sitting where the feet had been.

Matthew 1:23

“The virgin will be pregnant and will give birth to a son. They will name him Immanuel.” (Immanuel means “God with us.”)

Revelation 7:9

Then I looked, and there was a large crowd of people. There were so many people that no one could count them all. They were from every nation, tribe, race of people, and language of the earth. They were standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They all wore white robes and had palm branches in their hands.

1 Peter 1:20

Christ was chosen before the world was made, but he was shown to the world in these last times for you.

Hebrews 7:7

And everyone knows that the more important person always blesses the less important person.

Ephesians 6:19

Also pray for me—that when I speak, God will give me words so that I can tell the secret truth about the Good News without fear.

Ephesians 1:9

he let us know his secret plan. This was what God wanted, and he planned to do it through Christ.

Galatians 4:4

But when the right time came, God sent his Son, who was born from a woman and lived under the law.

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man came from the dust of the earth. The second man came from heaven.

1 Corinthians 2:7

But we speak God’s secret wisdom that has been hidden from everyone until now. God planned this wisdom for our glory. He planned it before the world began.

Romans 10:18

But I ask, “Did those people not hear the Good News?” Yes, they heard—as the Scriptures say, “Their voices went out all around the world. Their words went everywhere in the world.” Psalm 19:4

Acts 20:28

Be careful for yourselves and for all the people God has given you. The Holy Spirit gave you the work of caring for this flock. You must be shepherds to the church of God, the people he bought with his own blood.

Galatians 2:8

God gave Peter the power to work as an apostle for the Jewish people. God gave me the power to work as an apostle too, but for those who are not Jews.

Romans 9:5

They are the descendants of our great fathers, and they are the earthly family of the Messiah, who is God over all things. Praise him forever! Amen.

Acts 10:34

Peter began to speak: “I really understand now that God does not consider some people to be better than others.

Romans 8:3

The law was without power because it was made weak by our sinful selves. But God did what the law could not do: He sent his own Son to earth with the same human life that everyone else uses for sin. God sent him to be an offering to pay for sin. So God used a human life to destroy sin.

Acts 14:27

When Paul and Barnabas arrived, they gathered the church together. They told them everything God had used them to do. They said, “God opened a door for the non-Jewish people to believe!”

John 16:28

I came from the Father into the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

John 13:3

The Father had given Jesus power over everything. Jesus knew this. He also knew that he had come from God. And he knew that he was going back to God.

Luke 24:51

While he was blessing them, he was separated from them and carried into heaven.

Revelation 17:7

Then the angel said to me, “Why are you amazed? I will tell you the hidden meaning of this woman and the beast she rides—the beast with seven heads and ten horns.

Revelation 17:5

She had a title written on her forehead. This title has a hidden meaning. This is what was written: the great babylon mother of prostitutes and the evil things of the earth

Hebrews 8:1

Here is the point of what we are saying: We have a high priest like that, who sits on the right side of God’s throne in heaven.

2 Thessalonians 2:7

The secret power of evil is already working in the world now. But there is one who is stopping that secret power of evil. And he will continue to stop it until he is taken out of the way.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

This will happen on the day when the Lord Jesus comes to receive honor with his holy people. He will be admired among all who have believed. And this includes you because you believed what we told you.

Acts 1:19

And all the people of Jerusalem learned about this. That is why they named that field Akeldama, which in their language means “field of blood.”)

John 17:5

And now, Father, give me glory with you. Give me the glory I had with you before the world was made.

John 15:26

“I will send you the Helper from the Father. The Helper is the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father. When he comes, he will tell about me.

John 6:62

Then what will you think when you see the Son of Man going up to where he came from?

Luke 2:32

He is a light to show your way to the other nations. And he will bring honor to your people Israel.”

Mark 16:5

The women walked into the tomb and saw a young man there wearing a white robe. He was sitting on the right side of the tomb. The women were afraid.

Mark 1:13

He was there for 40 days, being tempted by Satan. During this time he was out among the wild animals. Then angels came and helped him.

Matthew 28:2

Suddenly an angel of the Lord came from the sky, and there was a huge earthquake. The angel went to the tomb and rolled the stone away from the entrance. Then he sat on top of the stone.

Matthew 13:11

Jesus answered, “Only you can know the secret truths about God’s kingdom. Those other people cannot know these secret truths.

Matthew 4:11

So the devil left him. Then some angels came to Jesus and helped him.

Micah 5:2

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, are the smallest town in Judah. Your family is almost too small to count, but the “Ruler of Israel” will come from you to rule for me. His beginnings are from ancient times, from long, long ago.

1 Peter 3:18

Christ himself suffered when he died for you, and with that one death he paid for your sins. He was not guilty, but he died for people who are guilty. He did this to bring all of you to God. In his physical form he was killed, but he was made alive by the Spirit.

Isaiah 7:14

But the Lord will still show you this sign: The young woman is pregnant and will give birth to a son. She will name him Immanuel.

Romans 10:12

It says this because there is no difference between those who are Jews and those who are not. The same Lord is the Lord of all people. And he richly blesses everyone who looks to him for help.

Romans 3:4

No, even if everyone else is a liar, God will always do what he says. As the Scriptures say about him, “You will be proved right in what you say, and you will win when people accuse you.” Psalm 51:4

Romans 16:26

It has now been shown to us. It was made known by what the prophets wrote, as God commanded. And it has now been made known to all people so that they can believe and obey God, who lives forever.

2 Corinthians 1:19

The Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one that Silas, Timothy, and I told you about was not yes and no. In Christ it has always been yes.

1 Peter 1:21

You believe in God through Christ. God is the one who raised him from death and gave honor to him. So your faith and your hope are in God.

1 John 3:8

The devil has been sinning since the beginning. Anyone who continues to sin belongs to the devil. The Son of God came for this: to destroy the devil’s work.

Luke 20:44

David calls the Messiah ‘Lord.’ So how can the Messiah also be David’s son?”