A mystery
is a truth once hidden
and now revealed by God.
Even the mystery
which hath been hid
from ages and from generations,
but now is made manifest
to his saints.
Which is Christ in you,
the hope of glory.
In Scripture a mystery is not a puzzle left unsolved. It is a truth hidden in God from ages and generations and now revealed to His saints. The great mystery is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Other mysteries include the mystery of the gospel, the mystery of Christ and the church, and the mystery of godliness. What was once concealed is now made known through the apostles and prophets. The mystery is revealed, yet it remains deep and glorious.
- A mystery is hidden, then revealed by God.
- The central mystery is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
- It was hid from ages and generations and is now made manifest to the saints.
- The mystery of Christ includes the Gentiles as fellowheirs.
- Great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh.
Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Even the mystery
which hath been hid
from ages and from generations,
but now is made manifest
to his saints:
which is Christ in you,
the hope of glory.
- Colossians 1:26-27 defines the mystery as Christ in you, the hope of glory.
- Ephesians 3:3-6 speaks of the mystery of Christ made known to the apostles and prophets.
- Romans 16:25-26 says the mystery was kept secret since the world began but is now made manifest.
- 1 Timothy 3:16 calls the incarnation the mystery of godliness.
- A mystery is revealed truth, not an unsolved riddle.
- The gospel itself is called the mystery of the gospel.
- Hidden – Kept secret from ages and generations.
- Revealed – Now made manifest to the saints.
- Christ in You – The central mystery and the hope of glory.
- Among the Gentiles – The Gentiles are fellowheirs.
- Godliness – God was manifest in the flesh.
- The Gospel – The mystery of the gospel.
- Colossians 1:26-27 – “Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints… which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”
- Ephesians 3:3-6 – “How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery… That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel.”
- Romans 16:25-26 – “According to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, but now is made manifest.”
- 1 Timothy 3:16 – “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.”
- Ephesians 6:19 – “That I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel.”
- Colossians 2:2 – “To the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ.”
- Ephesians 1:9 – “Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself.”
- Romans 11:25 – “For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.”
- 1 Corinthians 2:7 – “But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory.”
- Colossians 4:3 – “Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ.”
- Revelation 10:7 – “But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished.”
- Ephesians 5:32 – “This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.”
Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints.
Which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh.
A mystery is a truth once hidden and now revealed by God. The great mystery is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
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