1 Timothy 3:16

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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

Colossians 1:27

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

but without all dispute the inferior receives benediction from the superior.

The mystery

holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.

And he answered and said unto them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

Now to him that is able to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, agreeable to the revelation of the mystery; which was concealed from all former ages,

but we speak the wisdom of God, which had been hid in mystery, which God predestined before the worlds were, for our glory:

having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in himself;

that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote unto you before briefly;

and for me that there may be given unto me utterance to open my mouth with boldness, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

that their hearts may be comforted, firmly united together in love, and unto all riches of full assurance of understanding, in the knowledge of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

For the mystery of iniquity is already powerfully working; only he that withholdeth hitherto, will do so till he is removed.

And upon her forehead was there a name written, Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother or harlots, and of the abominations of the earth.

Manifest

And ye know that he was manifested, that he might take away our sins; and in him there is no sin.

Justified

And Jesus, after his baptism, came straight from the water: and lo! the heavens were opened for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as it were a dove, and coming upon him:

And John bore witness, saying, I saw the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it rested upon him.

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

And when he cometh, he will convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment:

This very Jesus hath God raised up, of which we all are witnesses.

concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord; made from the seed of David after the flesh,

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, put to death indeed in the flesh, but raised to life by the Spirit:

This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus the Messiah; not by the water only, but by the water and the blood: and the Spirit is the witnessing person, because the Spirit is the truth.

Seen

Then the devil leaveth him, and lo! angels came and ministered unto him.

And, lo! there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

And he was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministred unto him.

And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting at the right hand, clothed in a white robe; and they were greatly terrified.

And the angel said unto them, Be not affrighted: for, behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, which shall be for all the people.

And an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.

And it came to pass, as they were in the greatest perplexity concerning this matter, then behold, two men stood by them in refulgent garments:

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

And as they looked up earnestly into the heaven, while he was passing, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

that now to the principalities and powers in the heavenly regions, the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church,

To whom it was revealed, that not for themselves, but for us were their ministrations employed in the things which are now declared unto you by those who have preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; on which things the angels bending forwards eagerly desire to gaze.

Preached

A light to give revelation to the Gentiles, and glory to thy people Israel.

Then Peter opening his mouth, said, In truth I perceive that God is not a respecter of persons:

Then Paul and Barnabas speaking with undaunted boldness, said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken unto you: but since ye have thrust it from you, and judged yourselves not worthy of eternal life, lo! we turn to the Gentiles.

For there is no difference between either Jew or Greek: for the same Lord of all is rich to all that call upon him.

(for he that wrought powerfully by Peter in his apostolic mission to the circumcision, wrought mightily also by me among the Gentiles.)

which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it hath been now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Believed

So when they arrived they called the church together, and related what great things God had done by them, and that he had opened to the heathen the door of faith.

which is come unto you, as it is also unto all the world; and beareth fruit, as also among you, from the day that ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

After these things I looked, and beheld a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation, and tribe, and people, and tongue, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches in their hands

Received

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

And it came to pass, as he pronounced the benediction upon them, he was parted from them, and taken up into heaven.

What then if ye see the Son of man ascending where he was formerly?

Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came out from God, and was going to God;

I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I am leaving the world, and going to the Father.

And now, Father, do thou glorify me with thyself in the glory which I held with thee before the world was.

THE former treatise, Theophilus, I composed, concerning all things which Jesus began both to do and to teach,

Wherefore the Scripture saith, "When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men."

who being the splendour of his glory, and the very impress of his substance, and upholding all things with his powerful word, by himself having effected the cleansing of our sins, he sat down at the right hand of Majesty on high;

NOW the summary of the things spoken is this: we have such an high-priest, who hath taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens;

earnestly looking up to Jesus the author and the finisher of faith; who, for the joy set before him, endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

who is at the right hand of God, gone into heaven, angels and dominations and powers being put in subjection under him.

General references

this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes."

Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good, but one, even God.

I and my Father are one.