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

I will open my mouth in a (A)parable;
I will utter [a]dark sayings of old,

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  1. Psalm 78:2 obscure sayings or riddles

I will open my mouth with a parable;(A)
    I will utter hidden things, things from of old—

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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

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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20 (A)He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was [a]manifest (B)in these last times for you 21 who through Him believe in God, (C)who raised Him from the dead and (D)gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

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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. 21 Through him you believe in God,(C) who raised him from the dead(D) and glorified him,(E) and so your faith and hope(F) are in God.

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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

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God [a]ordained before the ages for our glory,

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  1. 1 Corinthians 2:7 predetermined

No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery(A) that has been hidden(B) and that God destined for our glory before time began.

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24 (A)“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; (B)for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

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24 “Father, I want those you have given me(A) to be with me where I am,(B) and to see my glory,(C) the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.(D)

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Surely the Lord God does nothing,
Unless (A)He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.

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Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing
    without revealing his plan(A)
    to his servants the prophets.(B)

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34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, (A)inherit the kingdom (B)prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

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34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom(A) prepared for you since the creation of the world.(B)

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25 of which I became a minister according to (A)the [a]stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, 26 (B)the [b]mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, (C)but now has been revealed to His saints.

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  1. Colossians 1:25 dispensation or administration
  2. Colossians 1:26 secret or hidden truth

25 I have become its servant(A) by the commission God gave me(B) to present to you the word of God(C) in its fullness— 26 the mystery(D) that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people.

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which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:

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which was not made known to people in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.(A)

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Behold, the former things have come to pass,
And new things I declare;
Before they spring forth I tell you of them.”

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See, the former things(A) have taken place,
    and new things I declare;
before they spring into being
    I announce(B) them to you.”

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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