³⁵ This was so that what was spoken through the prophet would be ^[a]fulfilled:

²⁵ For ^(A)I do not want you, brothers and sisters, to be uninformed of this ^(B)mystery—so that you will not be ^(C)wise in your own estimation—that a partial ^(D)hardening has happened to Israel until the ^(E)fullness of the Gentiles has come in;

Paul’s Reliance upon the Spirit

2 And when I came to you, brothers and sisters, I ^(A)did not come as someone superior in ^[a]speaking ability or ^[b]wisdom, as I proclaimed to you ^(B)the ^[c]testimony of God.

⁷ but we speak God’s wisdom in a ^(A)mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ^(B)predestined before the ^(C)ages to our glory;

Servants of Christ

4 This is the way any person is to regard us: as ^(A)servants of Christ and ^(B)stewards of ^(C)the mysteries of God.

⁹ He ^[a](A)made known to us the mystery of His will, ^(B)according to His good pleasure which He ^(C)set forth in Him,

^3 (A)that ^(B)by revelation there was ^(C)made known to me ^(D)the mystery, ^(E)as I wrote before briefly.

⁹ and to ^[a]enlighten all people as to what the plan of the ^(A)mystery is which for ages has been ^(B)hidden in God, ^(C)who created all things;

¹⁹ and ^(A)pray in my behalf, that speech may be given to me ^(B)in the opening of my mouth, to make known with ^(C)boldness ^(D)the mystery of the gospel,