1 Timothy 3:16

The Mystery Of Godliness Described

¹⁵ But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to act in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. ¹⁶ And most certainly, the mystery of godliness is great:

He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated in the Spirit,
seen by angels,
preached among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.

Among the Nations

Good News

He Was Taken Up

Holy Spirit

In the Spirit

In the World

Jesus Christ

Manifested in the Flesh

Mystery of God

Mystery of Godliness

Received Up in Glory

Seen by Angels

By The Spirit

Taken Up In Glory

Christ

Jesus

No

John 1:14

The Word became flesh
and took up residence among us.
We observed His glory,
the glory as the One and Only Son from the Father,
full of grace and truth.

Hebrews 1:3

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.

Mark 16:19

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

Luke 24:4

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

Romans 16:25

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

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith and are not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become a servant of it.

Isaiah 9:6

For a child will be born for us,
a son will be given to us,
and the government will be on His shoulders.
He will be named
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

Matthew 1:23

See, the virgin will become pregnant
and give birth to a son,
and they will name Him Immanuel,

which is translated “God is with us.”

Matthew 3:16

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.

Luke 22:43

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

Acts 20:28

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock that the Holy Spirit has appointed you to as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

1 Peter 1:12

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.

1 John 3:5

You know that He was revealed so that He might take away sins, and there is no sin in Him.

Psalm 68:17-18

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

Isaiah 7:14

Therefore, the Lord Himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive, have a son, and name him Immanuel.

Isaiah 50:5-7

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

Jeremiah 23:5-6

“The days are coming”—this is the Lord’s declaration—
“when I will raise up a Righteous Branch of David.
He will reign wisely as king
and administer justice and righteousness in the land.

Micah 5:2

Bethlehem Ephrathah,
you are small among the clans of Judah;
One will come from you
to be ruler over Israel for Me.
His origin is from antiquity,
from eternity.

Matthew 4:11

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

Matthew 13:11

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.

Matthew 28:2

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.

Mark 1:13

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

Mark 16:5

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.

Luke 2:10-14

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:

Luke 2:32

a light for revelation to the Gentiles
and glory to Your people Israel.

Luke 24:51

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

John 1:1-2

In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.

John 1:32-33

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

John 6:62

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

John 13:3

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.

John 15:26

“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.

John 16:8-9

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

John 16:28

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

John 17:5

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

John 20:12

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

Acts 1:1-11

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

Acts 1:19

This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that in their own language that field is called Hakeldama (that is, Field of Blood).

Acts 2:32-36

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

Acts 10:34

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

Acts 13:46-48

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!

Acts 14:27

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.

Romans 8:3

What the law could not do since it was limited by the flesh, God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending His own Son in flesh like ours under sin’s domain, and as a sin offering,

Romans 9:5

The ancestors are theirs, and from them, by physical descent, came the Messiah, who is God over all, praised forever. Amen.

Romans 10:12

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

Romans 10:18

But I ask, “Did they not hear?” Yes, they did:

Their voice has gone out to all the earth,
and their words to the ends of the inhabited world.

1 Corinthians 2:7

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

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man was from the earth
and made of dust;
the second man is from heaven.

Galatians 2:8

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

Galatians 4:4

When the time came to completion, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Ephesians 1:9

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

Ephesians 3:3-10

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

Ephesians 4:8-10

For it says:

When He ascended on high,
He took prisoners into captivity;
He gave gifts to people.

Ephesians 6:19

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.

Philippians 2:6-8

who, existing in the form of God,
did not consider equality with God
as something to be used for His own advantage.

Colossians 1:6

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.

Colossians 1:16-18

For everything was created by Him,
in heaven and on earth,
the visible and the invisible,
whether thrones or dominions
or rulers or authorities—
all things have been created through Him and for Him.

Colossians 1:27

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

Colossians 2:2

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.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

in that day when He comes to be glorified by His saints and to be admired by all those who have believed, because our testimony among you was believed.

2 Thessalonians 2:7

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

1 Timothy 3:9

holding the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

Hebrews 2:9-13

But we do see Jesus—made lower than the angels for a short time so that by God’s grace He might taste death for everyone—crowned with glory and honor because of His suffering in death.

Hebrews 7:7

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

Hebrews 8:1

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,

Hebrews 12:2

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.

1 Peter 1:20

He was chosen before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the times for you

1 Peter 3:18

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.

1 Peter 3:22

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

1 John 1:2

that life was revealed,
and we have seen it
and we testify and declare to you
the eternal life that was with the Father
and was revealed to us—

1 John 5:6-8

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.

Revelation 1:17-18

When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. He laid His right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and the Last,

Revelation 7:9

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.

Revelation 17:5

On her forehead a cryptic name was written:

BABYLON THE GREAT

THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES

AND OF THE VILE THINGS OF THE EARTH.

Revelation 17:7

Then the angel said to me, “Why are you astonished? I will tell you the secret meaning of the woman and of the beast, with the seven heads and the 10 horns, that carries her.

Romans 1:3-4

concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh