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

and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery,(A) which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.

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And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

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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

26 the mystery(A) that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people.

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26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

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(A)For you died, (B)and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

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For you died,(A) and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

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For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

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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,

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He has saved(A) us and called(B) us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done(C) but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,

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Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

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35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:

(A)“I will open My mouth in parables;
(B)I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.”

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35 So was fulfilled(A) what was spoken through the prophet:

“I will open my mouth in parables,
    I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”[a](B)

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  1. Matthew 13:35 Psalm 78:2

35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret 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,

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in the hope of eternal life,(A) which God, who does not lie,(B) promised before the beginning of time,(C)

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In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

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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.

25 Now to him who is able(A) to establish you in accordance with my gospel,(B) the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery(C) hidden for long ages past, 26 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings(D) by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from[a] faith(E)

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  1. Romans 16:26 Or that is

25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,

26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

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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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All inhabitants of the earth(A) will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life,(B) the Lamb(C) who was slain from the creation of the world.[a](D)

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  1. Revelation 13:8 Or written from the creation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was slain

And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

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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

20 He was chosen before the creation of the world,(A) but was revealed in these last times(B) for your sake.

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20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

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