⁹ and to make everyone see^[a] what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in^[b] God, who created all things,^(A)

²⁶ the mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints.^(A)

³ for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.^(A)

⁹ who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace, and this grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,^[a](A)

³⁵ This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet:^[a]

² in the hope of eternal life that God, who never lies, promised before the ages began^(A)—

Final Doxology

²⁵ Now to God^[a] who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages^{(A) 26} but is now disclosed and through the prophetic writings is made known to all the gentiles, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith^(B)—

⁸ and all the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slaughtered.^[a](A)

²⁰ He was destined before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake.^(A)

³ Yet Jesus^[a] is worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself.^{(A) 4} (For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.)^(B)