Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things;

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 all things.

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,

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:

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

to make
φωτίζω 
Photizo 
Usage: 10

all
πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704

φωτίζω 
Photizo 
Usage: 10

τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

is the fellowship
κοινωνία 
Koinonia 
Usage: 20

of the mystery
μυστήριον 
Musterion 
Usage: 23


which, who, the things, the son,
Usage: 0

ἀπό 
Apo 
from, of, out of, for, off, by, at, in, since 9, on, not tr., .
Usage: 490

the beginning of the world
αἰών 
Aion 
Usage: 101

ἀποκρύπτω 
Apokrupto 
Usage: 3

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

who

which, who, the things, the son,
Usage: 0

κτίζω 
Ktizo 
Usage: 13

πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704

by
διά 
Dia 
by, through, with, for, for ... sake, therefore , for this cause , because,
Usage: 527

Ἰησοῦς 
Iesous 
Usage: 969

References

Morish

Watsons

Images Ephesians 3:9

Prayers for Ephesians 3:9

Context Readings

The Mystery Of Christ Revealed

8 To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, 9 and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things; 10 so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.

Cross References

Colossians 1:26

that is, the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but has now been manifested to His saints,

Colossians 3:3

For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Psalm 33:6

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
And by the breath of His mouth all their host.

Isaiah 44:24

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb,
“I, the Lord, am the maker of all things,
Stretching out the heavens by Myself
And spreading out the earth all alone,

Matthew 10:27

What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

Matthew 13:35

This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
I will open My mouth in parables;
I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

Matthew 25:34

“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Matthew 28:19

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

Mark 16:15-16

And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

Luke 24:47

and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

John 1:1-3

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

John 5:17

But He answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.”

John 5:19

Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner.

John 10:30

I and the Father are one.”

Acts 15:18

Says the Lord, who makes these things known from long ago.

Romans 16:25-26

Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past,

1 Corinthians 2:7

but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory;

Ephesians 1:4

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love

Ephesians 1:9-10

He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him

Ephesians 3:3-5

that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief.

Colossians 1:16-17

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

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

1 Timothy 3:16

By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness:
He who was revealed in the flesh,
Was vindicated in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Proclaimed among the nations,
Believed on in the world,
Taken up in glory.

2 Timothy 1:9

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully accomplished, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion’s mouth.

Titus 1:2

in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,

Hebrews 1:2-3

in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.

Hebrews 3:3-4

For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house.

1 Peter 1:20

For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you

Revelation 4:11

Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.”

Revelation 13:8

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain.

Revelation 14:6

And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people;

Revelation 17:8

The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come.

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