Parallel Verses
John Wesley New Testament
And to let all men see, what is the fellowship of the mystery, which was hidden from the beginning of the world by God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
New American Standard Bible
and to
King James Version
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Holman Bible
and to shed light for all about the administration of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created
International Standard Version
and help everyone see how this secret that has been at work was hidden for ages by God, who created all things.
A Conservative Version
and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery hidden from the ages in God who created all things through Jesus Christ.
American Standard Version
and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;
Amplified
and to make plain [to everyone] the plan of the mystery [regarding the uniting of believing Jews and Gentiles into one body] which [until now] was kept hidden through the ages in [the mind of] God who created all things.
An Understandable Version
[I was given the responsibility] to enlighten all people regarding the working out of God's secret plan, which has been kept hidden for ages in [the heart of] God, who created everything.
Anderson New Testament
and enlighten all men with respect to the plan of the mystery, which was concealed from the ages in God, who created all things;
Bible in Basic English
And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;
Common New Testament
and to make plain to everyone the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things;
Daniel Mace New Testament
and display to all the world that mysterious dispensation, which from all past ages has been conceal'd in the secret purpose of God, who created all things:
Darby Translation
and to enlighten all with the knowledge of what is the administration of the mystery hidden throughout the ages in God, who has created all things,
Goodspeed New Testament
and making clear how the secret purpose is to be worked out which has been hidden away for ages in God the creator of all things,
Julia Smith Translation
And to enlighten all what the distribution of the mystery, concealed from times immemorial in God, having created all things by Jesus Christ:
King James 2000
And to make all men see what is the plan of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Lexham Expanded Bible
and to enlighten everyone [as to] what [is] the administration of the mystery hidden from the ages by God, who created all [things],
Modern King James verseion
and to bring to light what is the fellowship of the mystery which from eternity has been hidden in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and to make all men see what the fellowship of the mystery is, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, which made all things through Jesus Christ,
Moffatt New Testament
and enlighten all men upon the new order of that divine secret which God the Creator of all concealed from eternity ??10 intending to let the full sweep of the divine wisdom be disclosed now by the church to the angelic Rulers and Authorities in the heavenly sphere,
Montgomery New Testament
and should make all men see the new dispensation of that secret purpose, hidden from eternity in the God who founded the universe,
NET Bible
and to enlighten everyone about God's secret plan -- a secret that has been hidden for ages in God who has created all things.
New Heart English Bible
and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things;
Noyes New Testament
to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery, which hath been hidden for ages in God, who created all things;
Sawyer New Testament
and to enlighten all men as to the dispensation of the mystery concealed from eternity in God who created all things,
The Emphasized Bible
And to bring to light - what is the administration of the sacred secret which had been hidden away from the ages in God, who did all things create:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and to make all men see what the communication of that mystery means, which was hid from the beginning in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Twentieth Century New Testament
And to make clear what is God's way of working out that hidden purpose which from the first has been concealed in the mind of the Creator of all things;
Webster
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Weymouth New Testament
and to show all men in a clear light what my stewardship is. It is the stewardship of the truth which from all the Ages lay concealed in the mind of God, the Creator of all things--
Williams New Testament
and to make clear how is to be carried out the trusteeship of this secret which has for ages been hidden away in God, the Creator of all things,
World English Bible
and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;
Worrell New Testament
and to plainly show what is the dispensation of the mystery which from the ages has been hidden away in God, Who made all things;
Worsley New Testament
and make all men to see the communication of the mystery, which from the ages past hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ;
Youngs Literal Translation
and to cause all to see what is the fellowship of the secret that hath been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create by Jesus Christ,
Themes
Angels » Know and delight in the gospel of Christ
Christ » Conqueror of death » Creator
Creation » Everything being created by the word of God (jesus Christ)
Topics
Interlinear
Pas
Photizo
Aion
Pas
Dia
References
Word Count of 36 Translations in Ephesians 3:9
Images Ephesians 3:9
Prayers for Ephesians 3:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Mystery Of Christ Revealed
8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints is this grace given, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. 9 And to let all men see, what is the fellowship of the mystery, which was hidden from the beginning of the world by God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 10 That the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in heavenly places,
Cross References
Colossians 1:26
The mystery which hath been hid from ages and generations; but now is manifested to his saints:
Colossians 3:3
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.
Matthew 13:35
Whereby was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hid from the foundation of the world.
Matthew 25:34
Then shall the king say to them on his right-hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you, from the foundation of the world.
Matthew 28:19
Go ye and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Mark 16:15-16
And he said to them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Luke 24:47
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
John 1:1-3
In the beginning existed the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 5:17
But Jesus answered them, My father worketh until now, and I work.
John 5:19
Then answered Jesus and said to them, Verily, verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do; but what things soever he doth, these also doth the Son likewise.
John 10:30
I and the Father are one.
Acts 15:18
Known unto God are all his works from eternity.
Romans 16:25-26
according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, (according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began,
1 Corinthians 2:7
which God ordained before the world for our glory;
Ephesians 1:4
As he hath chosen us through him, before the foundation of the world, that we might be holy and blameless before him in love,
Ephesians 1:9-10
in all wisdom and prudence, Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in himself,
Ephesians 3:3-5
as I wrote before in few words,
Colossians 1:16-17
For through him were created all things, that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible; whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all things were created by him and for him.
Colossians 1:23
If ye continue in the faith, grounded and settled, and are not removed from the hope of the gospel which ye have heard, which is preached to every creature that is under heaven, whereof I Paul am made a minister.
2 Thessalonians 2:13
But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to Salvation, thro' sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.
1 Timothy 3:16
The mystery of godliness is the pillar and ground of the truth, and without controversy a great thing: God was manifested in the flesh, was justified by the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up into glory.
2 Timothy 1:9
not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus, before the world began;
2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the preaching might be fully known, even that all nations might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Hebrews 1:2-3
Whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom he also made the worlds:
Hebrews 3:3-4
For this person was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he that hath builded it hath more honour than the house.
1 Peter 1:20
Who verily was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was manifested in these last times for you,
Revelation 4:11
saying, Worthy art thou, O Lord our God, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power, for thou hast created all things, and through thy will they are, and were created.
Revelation 13:8
And all that dwell upon the earth will worship him, whose name is not written in the book of life of the Lamb, who was slain, from the foundation of the world.
Revelation 14:6
And I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having an everlasting gospel to preach to them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation,
Revelation 17:8
The wild beast which thou sawest, was, and is not, and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth, (whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world) shall wonder when they behold the wild beast, that he was, and is not, and yet will be.