35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:[a]

(A)“I will open my mouth in parables;
    (B)I will utter what has been hidden (C)since the foundation of the world.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:35 Some manuscripts Isaiah the prophet

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

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and (A)to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery (B)hidden for ages in[a] God, (C)who created all things,

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 3:9 Or by

20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but (A)was made manifest (B)in the last times for the sake of you 21 (C)who through him are believers in God, (D)who raised him from the dead and (E)gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

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Doxology

25 (A)Now to him who is able to strengthen you (B)according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, (C)according to the revelation of the mystery (D)that was kept secret for (E)long ages 26 but (F)has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, (G)to bring about the obedience of faith—

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But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, (A)which God decreed before the ages for our glory.

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24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be (A)with me (B)where I am, (C)to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me (D)before the foundation of the world.

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“For the Lord God does nothing
    (A)without revealing his secret
    to his servants the prophets.

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25 (A)of which I became a minister according to (B)the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, 26 (C)the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints.

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which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.

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Behold, the former things have come to pass,
    (A)and new things I now declare;
before they spring forth
    I tell you of them.”

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and all (A)who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in (B)the book of life of (C)the Lamb (D)who was slain.

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