20 (A)He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was [a]manifest (B)in these last times for you

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  1. 1 Peter 1:20 revealed

just as (A)He chose us in Him (B)before the foundation of the world, that we should (C)be holy and without blame before Him in love,

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who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, (A)not according to our works, but (B)according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus (C)before time began, 10 but (D)has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

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26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

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All who dwell on the earth will worship him, (A)whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain (B)from the foundation of the world.

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in hope of eternal life which God, who (A)cannot lie, promised before time began, but has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;

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has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the [a]worlds;

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  1. Hebrews 1:2 Or ages, Gr. aiones, aeons

26 (A)the [a]mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, (B)but now has been revealed to His saints.

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  1. Colossians 1:26 secret or hidden truth

11 (A)according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

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and to make all see what is the [a]fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who (A)created all things [b]through Jesus Christ;

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  1. Ephesians 3:9 NU, M stewardship (dispensation)
  2. Ephesians 3:9 NU omits through Jesus Christ

But (A)when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, (B)born[a] (C)of a woman, (D)born under the law,

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  1. Galatians 4:4 Or made

The Coming Messiah

“But you, (A)Bethlehem (B)Ephrathah,
Though you are little (C)among the (D)thousands of Judah,
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be (E)Ruler in Israel,
(F)Whose goings forth are from of old,
From [a]everlasting.”

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  1. Micah 5:2 Lit. the days of eternity

(A)In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten (B)Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, (C)not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son (D)to be the propitiation for our sins.

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(A)the life (B)was manifested, and we have seen, (C)and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was (D)with the Father and was manifested to us—

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10 that in the dispensation of (A)the fullness of the times (B)He might gather together in one (C)all things in Christ, [a]both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.

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  1. Ephesians 1:10 NU, M omit both

Benediction

25 [a]Now (A)to Him who is able to establish you (B)according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, (C)according to the revelation of the mystery (D)kept secret since the world began 26 but (E)now made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, for (F)obedience to the faith—

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  1. Romans 16:25 M puts Rom. 16:25–27 after Rom. 14:23.

23 (A)I have been established from everlasting,
From the beginning, before there was ever an earth.

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25 whom God set forth (A)as a [a]propitiation (B)by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over (C)the sins that were previously committed,

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  1. Romans 3:25 mercy seat

25 (A)You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, (B)‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ 26 To you (C)first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, (D)in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.”

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15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between (A)your seed and (B)her Seed;
(C)He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.”

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(A)He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, (B)that He might destroy the works of the devil.

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And you know (A)that He was manifested (B)to take away our sins, and (C)in Him there is no sin.

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