1 Timothy 3:16

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1 Timothy 3:16

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Summary

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.

Without

Hebrews 7:7

The mystery

Manifest

1 John 3:5

Justified

Seen

Preached

Colossians 1:27

Believed

Acts 14:27

Colossians 1:6

Revelation 7:9

Received

General references

Bible References

Without

Without a doubt, the inferior is blessed by the superior.

The mystery

holding the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

He answered them, “Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.

Now to Him who has power to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation about Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept silent for long ages

On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined before the ages for our glory.

He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure that He planned in Him

The mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have briefly written above.

Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel.

I want their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery—Christ.

For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one now restraining will do so until he is out of the way,

On her forehead a cryptic name was written:

BABYLON THE GREAT

THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES

AND OF THE VILE THINGS OF THE EARTH.

Manifest

You know that He was revealed so that He might take away sins,

and there is no sin in Him.

Justified

The Lord God has opened My ear,
and I was not rebellious;
I did not turn back.

After Jesus was baptized, He went up immediately from the water. The heavens suddenly opened for Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on Him.

And John testified, “I watched the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He rested on Him.

“When the Counselor comes, the One I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.

When He comes, He will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgment:

“God has resurrected this Jesus. We are all witnesses of this.

concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David

according to the flesh

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all,

the righteous for the unrighteous,
that He might bring you to God,
after being put to death in the fleshly realm

but made alive in the spiritual realm.

Jesus Christ—He is the One who came by water and blood, not by water only, but by water and by blood. And the Spirit is the One who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

Seen

God’s chariots are tens of thousands,
thousands and thousands;
the Lord is among them in the sanctuary
as He was at Sinai.

Then the Devil left Him, and immediately angels came and began to serve Him.

Suddenly there was a violent earthquake, because an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and approached the tomb. He rolled back the stone and was sitting on it.

He was in the wilderness 40 days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels began to serve Him.

When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man

dressed in a long white robe sitting on the right side; they were amazed and alarmed.

But the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:

[Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him.

While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood by them in dazzling clothes.

She saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet, where Jesus’ body had been lying.

While He was going, they were gazing into heaven, and suddenly two men in white clothes stood by them.

This is so God’s multi-faceted wisdom may now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens.

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you. These things have now been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Angels desire to look into these things.

Preached

a light for revelation to the Gentiles

and glory to Your people Israel.

Then Peter began to speak: “Now I really understand that God doesn’t show favoritism,

Then Paul and Barnabas boldly said: “It was necessary that God’s message be spoken to you first. But since you reject it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles!

for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, since the same Lord of all is rich to all who call on Him.

since the One at work in Peter for an apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in me for the Gentiles.

This was not made known to people in other generations as it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:

God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Believed

After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

that has come to you. It is bearing fruit and growing all over the world, just as it has among you since the day you heard it and recognized God’s grace in the truth.

After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were robed in white with palm branches in their hands.

Received

Then after speaking to them, the Lord Jesus was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

And while He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.

Then what if you were to observe the Son of Man ascending to where He was before?

Jesus knew that the Father had given everything into His hands, that He had come from God, and that He was going back to God.

I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”

Now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence
with that glory I had with You
before the world existed.

I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach

For it says:

When He ascended

on high,

He took prisoners into captivity;

He gave gifts to people.

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact expression of His nature, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Now the main point of what is being said is this: We have this kind of high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that lay before Him endured a cross and despised the shame and has sat down at the right hand of God’s throne.

Now that He has gone into heaven, He is at God’s right hand with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.

General references

He made its posts of silver,
its back of gold,
and its seat of purple.
Its interior is inlaid with love
by the young women of Jerusalem.

This came from the Lord

and is wonderful in our eyes?”

“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good but One—God.

The Father and I are one.”