1 Corinthians 2:7
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7 Rather, we speak God’s wisdom,[a] mysterious, hidden, which God predetermined before the ages for our glory,
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- 2:7–10a God’s wisdom: his plan for our salvation. This was his own eternal secret that no one else could fathom, but in this new age of salvation he has graciously revealed it to us. For the pattern of God’s secret, hidden to others and now revealed to the Church, cf. also Rom 11:25–36; 16:25–27; Eph 1:3–10; 3:3–11; Col 1:25–28.
Ephesians 1:9
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9 he has made known to us the mystery[a] of his will in accord with his favor that he set forth in him(A)
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- 1:9 Mystery: as in Rom 16:25; Col 1:26–27 and elsewhere, a secret of God now revealed in the plan to save and sum up all things in Christ (Eph 1:10); cf. Eph 3:3–6.
Ephesians 3:3-9
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3 [namely, that] the mystery[a] was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly earlier.(A) 4 When you read this you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, 5 which was not made known to human beings in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,(B) 6 that the Gentiles are coheirs, members of the same body, and copartners in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.(C)
7 Of this I became a minister by the gift of God’s grace that was granted me in accord with the exercise of his power.(D) 8 To me, the very least of all the holy ones, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the inscrutable riches of Christ,(E) 9 and to bring to light [for all][b] what is the plan of the mystery hidden from ages past in God who created all things,(F)
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- 3:3–4 The mystery: God’s resolve to deliver Gentiles along with Israel through Christ; cf. notes on Eph 1:10; 3:9.
- 3:9 [For all]: while some think this phrase was added so as to yield the sense “to enlighten all about the plan…,” it is more likely that some manuscripts and Fathers omitted it accidentally or to avoid the idea that all conflicted with Paul’s assignment to preach to the Gentiles (Eph 3:8) specifically.
Colossians 1:26
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26 the mystery hidden from ages and from generations past. But now it has been manifested to his holy ones,(A)
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