Ephesians 3:9

New English Translation

and to enlighten everyone about God’s secret plan – a secret that has been hidden for ages in God who has created all things.

Cross References

Psalm 33:6

By the Lord’s decree the heavens were made; by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created.

Isaiah 44:24

This is what the Lord, your protector, says, the one who formed you in the womb: “I am the Lord, who made everything, who alone stretched out the sky, who fashioned the earth all by myself,

Matthew 10:27

What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.

Matthew 13:35

This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”

Matthew 25:34

Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Matthew 28:19

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

Luke 24:47

and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

John 10:30

The Father and I are one.”

John 5:17

So he told them, “My Father is working until now, and I too am working.”

John 5:19

So Jesus answered them, “I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.

Acts 15:18

known from long ago.

Romans 11:25

For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

1 Corinthians 2:7

Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.

Ephesians 1:4

For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.

Ephesians 3:2

if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,

Ephesians 6:19

Pray for me also, that I may be given the message when I begin to speak – that I may confidently make known the mystery of the gospel,

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

Colossians 1:26

that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints.

Colossians 3:3

for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Colossians 4:3

At the same time pray for us too, that God may open a door for the message so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

1 Timothy 3:16

And we all agree, our religion contains amazing revelation: He was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

2 Timothy 1:9

He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth!

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the ages began.

1 Peter 1:20

He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.

Revelation 13:8

and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.

Revelation 14:6

Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, and he had an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth – to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

Revelation 17:8

The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss and then go to destruction. The inhabitants of the earth – all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world – will be astounded when they see that the beast was, and is not, but is to come.

Revelation 4:11

“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, since you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created!”