1 Timothy 3:16

The Passion Translation

For the mystery of righteousness is beyond all question! He was revealed as a human being, and as our great High Priest in the Spirit! Angels gazed upon him as a man and the glorious message of his kingly rulership is being preached to the nations! Many have believed in him and he has been taken back to heaven, and has ascended into the place of exalted glory in the heavenly realm. Yes, great is this mystery of righteousness!

Cross References

Isaiah 7:14

The Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold—the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and will name him God Among Us.

Isaiah 9:6

A child has been born for us; a son has been given to us. The responsibility of complete dominion will rest on his shoulders, and his name will be: the Wonderful One, the Extraordinary Strategist, the Mighty God, the Father of Eternity, the Prince of Peace!

Matthew 1:23

Listen! A virgin will be pregnant, she will give birth to a Son, and he will be known as “Emmanuel,” which means in Hebrew, “God became one of us.”

Matthew 13:11

He explained, “You’ve been given the intimate experience of insight into the hidden mysteries of the realm of heaven’s kingdom, but they have not.

Matthew 28:2

Suddenly, the earth shook violently beneath their feet as the angel of the Yahweh descended from heaven. Lightning flashed around him and his robe was dazzling white! The guards were stunned and terrified—lying motionless like dead men. Then the angel walked up to the tomb, rolled away the stone, and sat on top of it!

Matthew 3:16

And as Jesus rose up out of the water, the heavenly realm opened up over him and he saw the Holy Spirit descend out of the heavens and rest upon him in the form of a dove.

Matthew 4:11

At once the accuser left him, and angels suddenly gathered around Jesus to minister to his needs.

Mark 1:13

He remained there in the wilderness for forty days, enduring the ordeals of Satan’s tests. He encountered wild animals, but also angels who appeared and ministered to his needs.

Mark 16:19

After saying these things, Jesus was lifted up into heaven and sat down at the place of honor at the right hand of God!

Mark 16:5

And as they stepped into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right, dressed in a long white robe. The women were startled and amazed.

Luke 2:32

He will be glory for your people Israel, and the Revelation-Light for all people everywhere!”

Luke 20:44

Jesus explained, “If David calls this one ‘my Lord,’ how can he be his son?”

Luke 22:43

Jesus called for an angel of glory to strengthen him, and the angel appeared.

Luke 24:4

They stood there, stunned and perplexed. Suddenly, two men appeared above them in dazzling white robes shining like lightning.

Luke 24:51

While he was still speaking words of love and blessing, he floated off the ground into the sky, ascending into heaven before their very eyes!

John 1:14

And so the Living Expression became a man and lived among us! We gazed upon his glory, the glory of the One and Only who came from the Father overflowing with tender mercy and truth!

John 13:3

Now Jesus was fully aware that the Father had placed all things under his control, for he had come from God and was about to go back to be with him.

John 15:26

“And I will send you the Divine Encourager from the very presence of my Father. He will come to you, the Spirit of Truth, emanating from the Father, and he will speak to you about me.

John 16:28

I came to you sent from the Father’s presence, and I entered into the created world, and now I will leave this world and return to the Father’s side.”

John 17:5

So my Father, restore me back to the glory that we shared together when we were face-to-face before the universe was created.”

John 20:12

she saw two angels in dazzling white robes, sitting where Jesus’ body had been laid—one at the head and one at the feet!

John 6:62

What will you do when you see the Son of Man ascending into the realm from where he came?

Acts 1:19

Everyone in Jerusalem knows what happened to him. That’s why the field where he died is called in Aramaic ‘Haqel Dama,’ that is, ‘The Bloody Field.’

Acts 10:34

Peter said, “Now I know for certain that God doesn’t show favoritism with people but treats everyone on the same basis.

Acts 14:27

When they arrived in Antioch, they gathered the church together and shared with them all of the wonderful works God had done through them and how God had opened the door of faith for the non-Jews to enter in.

Acts 20:28

So guard your hearts. Be true shepherds over all the flock and feed them well. Remember, it was the Holy Spirit who appointed you to guard and oversee the churches that belong to Jesus, the Anointed One, which he purchased and established by his own blood.

Romans 10:12

So then faith eliminates the distinction between Jew and non-Jew, for he is the same Lord for all people. And he has enough treasures to lavish generously upon all who call on him.

Romans 10:18

Can it be that Israel hasn’t heard the message? No, they have heard it, for: The voice has been heard throughout the world, and its message has gone to the ends of the earth!

Romans 16:25

I give all my praises and glory to the one who has more than enough power to make you strong and keep you steadfast through the promises found in my gospel; that is, the proclamation of Jesus, the Anointed One. This wonderful news includes the unveiling of the mystery kept secret from the dawn of creation until now.

Romans 16:26

This mystery is understood through the prophecies of the Scripture and by the decree of the eternal God. And it is now heard openly by all the nations, igniting within them a deep commitment of faith.

Romans 3:4

Absolutely not! God will always be proven faithful and true to his word, while people are proven to be liars. This will fulfill what was written in the Scriptures: Your words will always be vindicated and you will rise victorious when you are being tried by your critics!

Romans 8:3

For God achieved what the law was unable to accomplish, because the law was limited by the weakness of human nature. Yet God sent us his Son in human form to identify with human weakness. Clothed with humanity, God’s Son gave his body to be the sin-offering so that God could once and for all condemn the guilt and power of sin.

Romans 9:5

We trace our beginnings back to the patriarchs, and through their bloodline is the genealogy of the Messiah, who is God over everything. May he be praised through endless ages! Amen!

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man was from the dust of the earth; the second Man is Yahweh, from the realm of heaven.

1 Corinthians 2:7

Instead, we continually speak of this wonderful wisdom that comes from God, hidden before now in a mystery. It is his secret plan, destined before the ages, to bring us into glory.

2 Corinthians 1:19

Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and he is the one whom Timothy, Silas, and I have preached to you—and he has never been both a “yes” and a “no.” He has always been and always will be for us a resounding “YES!”

Galatians 2:8

For the same God who empowered Peter’s apostolic ministry to the Jews also flowed through me as an apostle to those who are gentiles.

Galatians 4:4

But when the time of fulfillment had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law.

Ephesians 1:9

And through the revelation of the Anointed One, he unveiled his secret desires to us—the hidden mystery of his long-range plan, which he was delighted to implement from the very beginning of time.

Ephesians 6:19

And pray also that God’s revelation would be released through me every time I preach the wonderful mystery of the hope-filled gospel.

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you continue to advance in faith, assured of a firm foundation to grow upon. Never be shaken from the hope of the gospel you have believed in. And this is the glorious news I preach all over the world.

Colossians 1:27

Living within you is the Christ who floods you with the expectation of glory! This mystery of Christ, embedded within us, becomes a heavenly treasure chest of hope filled with the riches of glory for his people, and God wants everyone to know it!

Colossians 1:6

This is the wonderful message that is being spread everywhere, powerfully changing hearts throughout the earth, just like it has changed you! Every believer of this good news bears the fruit of eternal life as they experience the reality of God’s grace.

Colossians 2:2

I am contending for you that your hearts will be wrapped in the comfort of heaven and woven together into love’s fabric. This will give you access to all the riches of God as you experience the revelation of God’s great mystery—Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

This will happen on that day when he glorifies his holy ones, and they will be marveled at in all those who believed—including you, since in fact, you believed our message.

2 Thessalonians 2:7

For the mystery of lawlessness is already active, but the one who prevails will do so until he is separated from out of the midst.

1 Timothy 3:9

Instead, they must faithfully embrace the mysteries of faith while keeping a clean conscience.

Hebrews 1:3

The Son is the dazzling radiance of God’s splendor, the exact expression of God’s true nature—his mirror image! He holds the universe together and expands it by the mighty power of his spoken word. He accomplished for us the complete cleansing of sins, and then took his seat on the highest throne at the right hand of the majestic One.

Hebrews 12:2

We look away from the natural realm and we focus our attention and expectation onto Jesus who birthed faith within us and who leads us forward into faith’s perfection. His example is this: Because his heart was focused on the joy of knowing that you would be his, he endured the agony of the cross and conquered its humiliation, and now sits exalted at the right hand of the throne of God!

Hebrews 7:7

And no one could deny the fact that the one who has the power to impart a blessing is superior to the one who receives it. –

Hebrews 8:1

Now this is the crowning point of what we are saying: We have a magnificent King-Priest who ministers for us at the right hand of God. He is enthroned with honor next to the throne of the Majesty on high.

1 Peter 1:12

God revealed to the prophets that their ministry was not for their own benefit but for yours. And now, you have heard these things from the evangelists who preached the gospel to you through the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—the gospel containing wonderful mysteries that even the angels long to get a glimpse of.

1 Peter 1:20

This was part of God’s plan, for he was chosen and destined for this before the foundation of the earth was laid, but he has been made manifest in these last days for you.

1 Peter 1:21

It is through him that you now believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, so that you would fasten your faith and hope in God alone.

1 Peter 3:18

Christ suffered and died for sins once and for all—the innocent for the guilty —to bring you near to God by his body being put to death and by being raised to life by the Spirit.

1 Peter 3:22

who is now in heaven at the place of supreme authority next to God. The very powers of heaven, including every angel and authority, now yield in submission to him.

1 John 1:2

This Life-Giver was made visible and we have seen him. We testify to this truth: the eternal Life-Giver lived face-to-face with the Father and has now dawned upon us.

1 John 3:5

And you know without a doubt that Jesus was revealed to eradicate sins, and there is no sin in him. Anyone who continues to live in union with him will not sin.

1 John 3:8

But the one who indulges in a sinful life is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God was revealed was to undo and destroy the works of the devil.

Revelation 17:5

On her forehead was written these mysterious titles: “The great Babylon, mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth.”

Revelation 17:7

But the angel said to me, “Why are you so astonished? I will reveal to you the mystery of the woman, and of the wild beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her.

Revelation 7:9

After this I looked, and behold, right in front of me I saw a vast multitude of people—an enormous multitude so huge that no one could count—made up of victorious ones from every nation, tribe, people group, and language. They were all in glistening white robes, standing before the throne and before the Lamb with palm branches in their hands.