Matthew 13:35
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35 This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet:[a]
“I will open my mouth to speak in parables;
I will proclaim what has been hidden since the foundation.”[b](A)
Psalm 78:2
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2 I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,(A)
Ephesians 3:9
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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)
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1 Peter 1:20-21
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20 He was destined before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake.(A) 21 Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your trust and hope are in God.
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Romans 16:25-26
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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)—
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- 16.25 Gk the one
1 Corinthians 2:7
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7 But we speak God’s wisdom, a hidden mystery, which God decreed before the ages for our glory
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John 17:24
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24 Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.(A)
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Amos 3:7
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7 Surely the Lord God does nothing
without revealing his secret
to his servants the prophets.(A)
Matthew 25:34
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34 Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,(A)
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Colossians 1:25-26
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25 I became its minister according to God’s commission that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,(A) 26 the mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints.(B)
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Ephesians 3:5
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5 In former generations this mystery[a] was not made known to humankind, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:(A)
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- 3.5 Gk it
Isaiah 42:9
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9 See, the former things have come to pass,
and new things I now declare;
before they spring forth,
I tell you of them.(A)
Revelation 13:8
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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)
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- 13.8 Or written in the book of life of the Lamb that was slaughtered from the foundation of the world
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