when He made known to us the secret of His will. And this is in harmony with God's merciful purpose

Now we know that for those who love God all things are working together for good--for those, I mean, whom with deliberate purpose He has called.

In Him we Jews have been made heirs, having been chosen beforehand in accordance with the intention of Him whose might carries out in everything the design of His own will,

"Because," He replied, "while to you it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of the Heavens, to them it is not.

delivered up through God's settled purpose and foreknowledge--you by the hands of Gentiles have nailed to a cross and have put to death.

to do all that Thy power and Thy will had predetermined should be done.

The Gentiles listened with delight and extolled the Lord's Message; and all who were pre-destined to the Life of the Ages believed.

To Him who has it in His power to make you strong, as declared in the Good News which I am spreading, and the proclamation concerning Jesus Christ, in harmony with the unveiling of the Truth which in the periods of past Ages remained unuttered,

For us, however, God has drawn aside the veil through the teaching of the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, including the depths of the divine nature.

For, in fact, it was not from man that I received or learnt it, but by a revelation from Jesus Christ.

saw fit to reveal His Son within me in order that I might tell among the Gentiles the Good News concerning Him, at once I did not confer with any human being,

For I always beseech the God of our Lord Jesus Christ--the Father most glorious--to give you a spirit of wisdom and penetration through an intimate knowledge of Him,

and that by a revelation the truth hitherto kept secret was made known to me as I have already briefly explained it to you.

Such was the eternal purpose which He had formed in Christ Jesus our Lord,

the truth which has been kept secret from all ages and generations, but has now been revealed to His people,

And, beyond controversy, great is the mystery of our religion-- that Christ appeared in human form, and His claims justified by the Spirit, was seen by angels and proclaimed among Gentile nations, was believed on in the world, and received up again into glory.

For He saved us and called us with a holy call, not in accordance with our desserts, but in accordance with His own purpose and the free grace which He bestowed on us in Christ Jesus before the commencement of the Ages,

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Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

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Made

For I always beseech the God of our Lord Jesus Christ--the Father most glorious--to give you a spirit of wisdom and penetration through an intimate knowledge of Him,
and that by a revelation the truth hitherto kept secret was made known to me as I have already briefly explained it to you.
"Because," He replied, "while to you it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of the Heavens, to them it is not.
To Him who has it in His power to make you strong, as declared in the Good News which I am spreading, and the proclamation concerning Jesus Christ, in harmony with the unveiling of the Truth which in the periods of past Ages remained unuttered,
For us, however, God has drawn aside the veil through the teaching of the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, including the depths of the divine nature.
For, in fact, it was not from man that I received or learnt it, but by a revelation from Jesus Christ.
the truth which has been kept secret from all ages and generations, but has now been revealed to His people,
And, beyond controversy, great is the mystery of our religion-- that Christ appeared in human form, and His claims justified by the Spirit, was seen by angels and proclaimed among Gentile nations, was believed on in the world, and received up again into glory.

Purposed

In Him we Jews have been made heirs, having been chosen beforehand in accordance with the intention of Him whose might carries out in everything the design of His own will,
Such was the eternal purpose which He had formed in Christ Jesus our Lord,
delivered up through God's settled purpose and foreknowledge--you by the hands of Gentiles have nailed to a cross and have put to death.
to do all that Thy power and Thy will had predetermined should be done.
The Gentiles listened with delight and extolled the Lord's Message; and all who were pre-destined to the Life of the Ages believed.
Now we know that for those who love God all things are working together for good--for those, I mean, whom with deliberate purpose He has called.
For He saved us and called us with a holy call, not in accordance with our desserts, but in accordance with His own purpose and the free grace which He bestowed on us in Christ Jesus before the commencement of the Ages,

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Such was the eternal purpose which He had formed in Christ Jesus our Lord,
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