Matthew 13:35

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

I will utter

General references

Matthew 5:2

Acts 15:18

Bible References

I will utter

Yet the doom of Tyre and Sidon will be more bearable at the Judgment than yours.

Now to him who is able to strengthen you, as promised in the Good News entrusted to me and in the proclamation of Jesus Christ, in accordance with the revelation of that hidden purpose, which in past ages was kept secret but now has been revealed

No, it is a divine philosophy that we teach, one concerned with the hidden purpose of God-that long-hidden philosophy which God, before time began, destined for our glory.

In former generations it was not made known to mankind, as fully as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to the Apostles and Prophets among Christ's People--

Of which I myself became a minister in virtue of the office with which God entrusted me for your benefit, to declare the Message of God in all its fulness--

It was God who saved us, and from him we received our solemn Call--not as a reward for anything that we had done, but in fulfillment of his own loving purpose. For that love was extended to us, through Christ Jesus, before time began,

and is based on the hope of Immortal Life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began,

God, who, of old, at many times and in many ways, spoke to our ancestors, by the Prophets,

as they strove to discern what that time could be, to which the Spirit of Christ within them was pointing, when foretelling the sufferings that would befall Christ, and the glories that would follow.

General references

And he began to teach them as follows:

Says the Lord, as he does these things, foreknown from of old.'