aCited Matt. 13:35; See Ps. 49:4
b[Num. 21:27]
cSee ch. 43:19
dFor ver. 25-27, see Luke 10:21, 22
eSee Acts 17:24
fJob 37:24; 1 Cor. 1:19-27; 2 Cor. 3:14
gch. 21:16; Ps. 8:2; [ch. 13:11; 16:17]
iCited from Ps. 78:2
j[ver. 11; Rom. 16:25, 26; 1 Cor. 2:7]
kch. 25:34; Luke 11:50; [John 17:24; Eph. 1:4; 1 Pet. 1:20]
lEph. 3:20; Jude 24
mSee ch. 2:16
n1 Cor. 2:1; 4:1; Eph. 1:9; 3:3-5; 5:32; 6:19
o[1 Cor. 2:7]
p2 Tim. 1:9; Titus 1:2
qCol. 1:26; 2 Tim. 1:10; Titus 1:3
r[Col. 1:6]; See ch. 1:5
s[ch. 2:10; 2 Thess. 2:13; 1 Pet. 1:2]
tJames 2:5; [Deut. 7:6; 26:18]
u[2 Tim. 1:9]; See Matt. 13:35
vch. 5:27; Col. 1:22; 1 Thess. 4:7
w[2 Cor. 11:6]
xCol. 4:3
zSee Gal. 3:29
aach. 2:16
abch. 5:7
acCol. 1:23, 25
adSee 2 Cor. 3:6
aeSee ver. 2
af[ver. 20]; See ch. 1:19
agSee 1 Cor. 15:9
ahSee Acts 9:15
ai[Job 5:9; Rom. 11:33]
ajSee ch. 1:18; Rom. 2:4
akSee ver. 2, 3
alCol. 1:26
anRev. 4:11; [ch. 2:10]

Psalms 78:2

2 aI will open my mouth bin a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,

Isaiah 48:6-7

6 “You have heard; now see all this;
and will you not declare it?
From this time forth cI announce to you new things,
hidden things that you have not known.
 7They are created now, not long ago;
before today you have never heard of them,
lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’

Matthew 11:25

Come to Me, and I Will Give You Rest

25 dAt that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, eLord of heaven and earth, that fyou have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and grevealed them to little children;

Matthew 13:35

35This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: ▼
▼Some manuscripts Isaiah the prophet

i“I will open my mouth in parables;
jI will utter what has been hidden ksince the foundation of the world.”

Romans 16:25-26

Doxology

25 lNow to him who is able to strengthen you maccording to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, naccording to the revelation of the mystery othat was kept secret for plong ages 26but qhas now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, rto bring about the obedience of faith—

Ephesians 1:4

4 seven as he tchose us in him ubefore the foundation of the world, that we should be vholy and blameless before him. In love

Ephesians 3:4-9

4 wWhen you read this, you can perceive my insight into xthe mystery of Christ, 5which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. 6This mystery is ▼
▼The words This mystery is are inferred from verse 4
 that the Gentiles are zfellow heirs, aamembers of the same body, and abpartakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

7 acOf this gospel I was made ada minister according to the gift of aeGod’s grace, which was given me afby the working of his power. 8To me, agthough I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, ahto preach to the Gentiles the aiunsearchable ajriches of Christ, 9and akto bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery alhidden for ages in ▼
▼Or by
 God, anwho created all things,
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