1 Timothy 3:16

Moffatt

1 Timothy 3:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Believed

Acts 14:27

Colossians 1:6

Revelation 7:9

Received

General references

Mark 12:11

Luke 18:19

John 10:30

Bible References

Without

(And there is no question that it is the inferior who is blessed by the superior.)

The mystery

they must maintain the divine truth of the faith with a pure conscience.

He replied, "Because it is granted you to understand the open secrets of the Realm of heaven, but it is not granted to these people.

[Now to Him who can strengthen you by my gospel, by the preaching of Jesus Christ, by revealing the secret purpose which after the silence of long ages

it is the mysterious Wisdom of God that we discuss, that hidden wisdom which God decreed from all eternity for our glory.

He has granted us complete insight and understanding of the open secret of his will, showing us how it was the purpose of his design

how the divine secret was disclosed to me by a revelation (if you read what I have already written briefly about this,

and on my behalf also, that I may be allowed to speak and open my lips in order to expound fully and freely that open secret of the gospel

May their hearts be encouraged! May they learn the meaning of love! May they have all the wealth of conviction that comes from insight! May they learn to know that open secret of God, the Father of Christ,

For the secret force of lawlessness is at work already; only, it cannot be revealed till he who at present restrains it is removed.

and on her forehead a name was written by way of symbol, "Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and of all abominations on earth."

Manifest

and you know he appeared to take [our] sins away. In him there is no sin;

Justified

Now when Jesus had been baptized, the moment he rose out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove upon him.

And John bore this testimony also: "I saw the Spirit descend like a dove from heaven and rest on him.

When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth which issues from the Father, he will bear witness to me;

And when he comes, he will convict the world, convincing men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment:

This Jesus God raised, as we can all bear witness.

concerning his Son, who was born of David's offspring by natural descent

Christ himself died for sins, once for all, a just man for unjust men, that he might bring us near to God; in the flesh he was put to death but he came to life in the Spirit.

Jesus Christ, he it is who came by water, blood, and Spirit ??not by the water alone, but by the water and the blood.

Seen

At this the devil left him, and angels came up and ministered to him.

But a great earthquake took place; an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled away the boulder and sat on it.

and in the desert he remained for forty days, while Satan tempted him; he was in the company of wild beasts, but angels ministered to him.

and on entering the tomb they saw a youth sitting on the right dressed in a white robe. They were bewildered,

but the angel said to them, "Have no fear. This is good news I am bringing you, news of a great joy that is meant for all the People.

[And an angel from heaven appeared to strengthen him;

They were puzzling over this, when two men flashed on them in dazzling raiment.

and noticed two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.

As he went up, their eyes were fixed on heaven; but just then two men stood beside them dressed in white,

to them it was revealed that they got this intelligence not for themselves but for you, regarding all that has now been disclosed to you by those who preached the gospel to you through the holy Spirit sent from heaven. The very angels long to get a glimpse of this!

Preached

to be a light of revelation for the Gentiles and a glory to thy people Israel."

Then Peter opened his lips and said, "I see quite plainly that God has no favourites,

So Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly. "The word of God," they said, "had to be spoken to you in the first instance; but as you push it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, well, here we turn to the Gentiles!

(for He who equipped Peter to be an apostle of the circumcised equipped me as well for the uncircumcised),

which was not disclosed to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his sacred apostles and prophets by the Spirit),

It is His will that they should understand the glorious wealth which this secret holds for the Gentiles, in the fact of Christ's presence among you as your hope of glory.

Believed

On their arrival they gathered the church together and reported how God had been with them, what he had done, and how he had opened a door into faith for the Gentiles.

which has reached you as it spreads over all the world with fruit and increase. Such has been your life from the day you learned to know what God's grace really is.

After that I looked, and there was a great host whom no one could count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clad in white robes, with palm-branches in their hands;

Received

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

And as he blessed them he parted from them [and was carried up to heaven].

Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending to where he formerly existed?

the Father had put everything into his hands ??knowing that he had come from God and was going to God,

From the Father I came and I entered the world; again, I leave the world and I go to the Father."

now, Father, glorify me in thy presence with the glory which I enjoyed in thy presence before the world began.

IN my former volume, Theophilus, I treated all that Jesus began by doing and teaching

Thus it is said, When he ascended on high he led a host captive and granted gifts to men.

He, reflecting God's bright glory and stamped with God's own character, sustains the universe with his word of power; when he had secured our purification from sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high;

The point of all this is, we do have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens,

our eyes fixed upon Jesus as the pioneer and the perfection of faith ??upon Jesus who, in order to reach his own appointed joy, steadily endured the cross, thinking nothing of its shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

who is at God's right hand ??for he went to heaven after angels, authorities, and powers celestial had been made subject to him.)

General references

this is the doing of the Lord, and a wonder to our eyes."

Jesus said to him, "Why call me 'good'? No one is good, no one but God.

I and my Father are one ??."