1 Timothy 3:16

New Century Version

Without doubt, the secret of our life of worship is great: He was shown to us in a human body, proved right in spirit, and seen by angels. He was proclaimed to the nations, believed in by the world, and taken up in glory.

Cross References

Isaiah 7:14

The Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be pregnant. She will have a son, and she will name him Immanuel.

Isaiah 9:6

A child has been born to us; God has given a son to us. He will be responsible for leading the people. His name will be Wonderful Counselor, Powerful God, Father Who Lives Forever, Prince of Peace.

Micah 5:2

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are too small to be among the army groups from Judah, from you will come one who will rule Israel for me. He comes from very old times, from days long ago.”

Matthew 1:23

“The virgin will be pregnant. She will have a son, and they will name him Immanuel,” which means “God is with us.”

Matthew 13:11

Jesus answered, “You have been chosen to know the secrets about the kingdom of heaven, but others cannot know these secrets.

Matthew 28:2

At that time there was a strong earthquake. An angel of the Lord came down from heaven, went to the tomb, and rolled the stone away from the entrance. Then he sat on the stone.

Matthew 3:16

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

Matthew 4:11

So the devil left Jesus, and angels came and took care of him.

Mark 1:13

He was in the desert forty days and was tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels came and took care of him.

Mark 16:19

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

Mark 16:5

The women entered the tomb and saw a young man wearing a white robe and sitting on the right side, and they were afraid.

Luke 2:32

It is a light for the non-Jewish people to see and an honor for your people, the Israelites.”

Luke 20:44

David calls the Christ ‘Lord,’ so how can the Christ be his son?”

Luke 22:43

Then an angel from heaven appeared to him to strengthen him.

Luke 24:4

While they were wondering about this, two men in shining clothes suddenly stood beside them.

Luke 24:51

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

John 1:14

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

John 13:3

Jesus knew that the Father had given him power over everything and that he had come from God and was going back to God.

John 15:26

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

John 16:28

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

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 20:12

She saw two angels dressed in white, sitting where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and one at the feet.

John 6:62

Then will it also bother you to see the Son of Man going back to the place where he came from?

Acts 1:19

Everyone in Jerusalem learned about this so they named this place Akeldama. In their language Akeldama means “Field of Blood.”)

Acts 10:34

Peter began to speak: “I really understand now that to God every person is the same.

Acts 14:27

When they arrived in Antioch, Paul and Barnabas gathered the church together. They told the church all about what God had done with them and how God had made it possible for those who were not Jewish to believe.

Acts 20:28

Be careful for yourselves and for all the people the Holy Spirit has given to you to oversee. You must be like shepherds to the church of God, which he bought with the death of his own son.

Romans 10:12

That Scripture says “anyone” because there is no difference between those who are Jews and those who are not. The same Lord is the Lord of all and gives many blessings to all who trust in him,

Romans 10:18

But I ask: Didn’t people hear the Good News? Yes, they heard—as the Scripture says: “Their message went out through all the world; their words go everywhere on earth.”

Romans 16:25

Glory to God who can make you strong in faith by the Good News that I tell people and by the message about Jesus Christ. The message about Christ is the secret that was hidden for long ages past but is now made known.

Romans 16:26

It has been made clear through the writings of the prophets. And by the command of the eternal God it is made known to all nations that they might believe and obey.

Romans 3:4

No! God will continue to be true even when every person is false. As the Scriptures say: “So you will be shown to be right when you speak, and you will win your case.”

Romans 8:3

The law was without power, because the law 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 others use for sin. By sending his Son to be an offering for sin, God used a human life to destroy sin.

Romans 9:5

They are the descendants of our great ancestors, and they are the earthly family into which Christ was born, who is God over all. Praise him forever! Amen.

1 Corinthians 15:47

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

1 Corinthians 2:7

I speak God’s secret wisdom, which he has kept hidden. Before the world began, God planned this wisdom for our glory.

2 Corinthians 1:19

The Son of God, Jesus Christ, that Silas and Timothy and I preached to you, was not yes and no. In Christ it has always been yes.

Galatians 2:8

God gave Peter the power to work as an apostle for the Jewish people. But he also gave me the power to work as an apostle for those who are not Jews.

Galatians 4:4

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

Ephesians 1:9

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

Ephesians 6:19

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

Colossians 1:23

This will happen if you continue strong and sure in your faith. You must not be moved away from the hope brought to you by the Good News that you heard. That same Good News has been told to everyone in the world, and I, Paul, help in preaching that Good News.

Colossians 1:27

God decided to let his people know this rich and glorious secret which he has for all people. This secret is Christ himself, who is in you. He is our only hope for glory.

Colossians 1:6

that was told to you. Everywhere in the world that Good News is bringing blessings and is growing. This has happened with you, too, since you heard the Good News and understood the truth about the grace of God.

Colossians 2:2

I want them to be strengthened and joined together with love so that they may be rich in their understanding. This leads to their knowing fully God’s secret, that is, Christ himself.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

This will happen on the day when the Lord Jesus comes to receive glory because of his holy people. And all the people who have believed will be amazed at Jesus. You will be in that group, because you believed what we told you.

2 Thessalonians 2:7

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

1 Timothy 3:9

With a clear conscience they must follow the secret of the faith that God made known to us.

Hebrews 1:3

The Son reflects the glory of God and shows exactly what God is like. He holds everything together with his powerful word. When the Son made people clean from their sins, he sat down at the right side of God, the Great One in heaven.

Hebrews 12:2

Let us look only to Jesus, the One who began our faith and who makes it perfect. He suffered death on the cross. But he accepted the shame as if it were nothing because of the joy that God put before him. And now he is sitting at the right side of God’s throne.

Hebrews 7:7

Now everyone knows that the more important person blesses the less important person.

Hebrews 8:1

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

1 Peter 1:12

It was shown them that their service was not for themselves but for you, when they told about the truths you have now heard. Those who preached the Good News to you told you those things with the help of the Holy Spirit who was sent from heaven—things into which angels desire to look.

1 Peter 1:20

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

1 Peter 1:21

Through Christ you believe in God, who raised Christ from the dead and gave him glory. So your faith and your hope are in God.

1 Peter 3:18

Christ himself suffered for sins once. He was not guilty, but he suffered for those who are guilty to bring you to God. His body was killed, but he was made alive in the spirit.

1 Peter 3:22

Now Jesus has gone into heaven and is at God’s right side ruling over angels, authorities, and powers.

1 John 1:2

He who gives life was shown to us. We saw him and can give proof about it. And now we announce to you that he has life that continues forever. He was with God the Father and was shown to us.

1 John 3:5

You know that Christ came to take away sins and that there is no sin in Christ.

1 John 3:8

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

Revelation 17:5

On her forehead a title was written that was secret. This is what was written: the great babylon mother of prostitutes and of the evil things of the earth

Revelation 17:7

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

Revelation 7:9

After the vision of these things I looked, and there was a great number of people, so many that no one could count them. They were from every nation, tribe, people, and language of the earth. They were all standing before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.