1 Timothy 3:16

Wesley

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

And without all contradiction, the less is blessed of the greater.

The mystery

And let these be proved first,

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

according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, (according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began,

which God ordained before the world for our glory;

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,

as I wrote before in few words,

And for me that utterance may be given me, by the opening my mouth to make known boldly the mystery of the gospel,

That their hearts may be comforted, being knit together in love, even unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, unto the acknowledgment of the mystery of God,

For the mystery of iniquity already worketh; only he that with-holdeth will with-hold, till he be taken out of the way.

And on her forehead a name written, Mystery; Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots, and abominations of the earth.

Manifest

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

Justified

And Jesus being baptized, went up straightway from the water, and lo the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and coming upon him.

And John testified, saying, I saw the Spirit descending like a dove, and it abode upon him.

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

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

This Jesus God hath raised up, whereof all we are witnesses.

Concerning his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord,

For Christ also once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh,

This is he that came by water and blood; even Jesus Christ; not by the water only, but by the water and the blood: and it is the Spirit who testifieth; because the Spirit is truth.

Seen

Then the devil leaveth him, and behold angels came and waited upon him.

And behold, there had been a great earthquake, and an angel of the Lord descending from heaven, had come and rolled away the stone from the door and sat upon it.

tempted by Satan, and was with the wild-beasts; and the angels served him.

And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man, sitting on the right-side, clothed in a white robe; and they were affrighted.

And the angel said to them, Fear not; for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

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

behold two men stood by them in shining garments.

she stooped down into the sepulchre, And seeth two angels in white sitting, where the body of Jesus had laid, one at the head, and one at the feet.

And while they were stedfastly looking up to heaven, as he went up,

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

To whom it was revealed, that not for themselves, but for us they ministered the things which have been now declared to you by them that have preached the gospel to you, with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven: which things angels desire to look into.

Preached

And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.

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

Then Paul and Barnabas speaking boldly, said, It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold! we turn to the Gentiles.

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

(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, wrought likewise effectually in me toward the Gentiles:

Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed to the holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,

To whom among the Gentiles it was the will of God to make known, what is the riches of this glorious mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Believed

And being come and having gathered the church together, they related all that God had done with them, and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

of which ye heard before in the word of truth, Which is come to you, as also it is in all the world, and bringeth forth fruit, as it hath done likewise among you, from the day ye heard it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

After this I saw, and behold a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and tribes, and people, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes and palms in their hands.

Received

So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat on the right-hand of God.

And while he was blessing them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

What if ye shall see the Son of man ascend where he was before?

to betray him) Jesus knowing the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come forth from God, and going to God,

I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again I leave the world, and go to the Father.

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

The former treatise have I composed, O Theophilus, of all things which Jesus began both to do and to teach,

Wherefore he saith, Having ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and sustaining all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high,

The sum of what hath been spoken is, We have such an high priest, who is set down at the right-hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

who for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right-hand of the throne of God.

Who being gone into heaven, is on the right-hand of God, angels, and authorities, and powers being subjected to him.

General references

This was the Lord's doing, and it was marvellous in our eyes.

But Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good?

I and the Father are one.