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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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

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

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

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.

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

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

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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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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

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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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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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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