The Mystery of the Gospel
Ephesians 3:9
In 9 translations
- BSB
- and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.NE and WH and to illuminate the stewardship; TR and to illuminate for everyone the fellowship
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- 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,TR reads “fellowship” instead of “administration”
- ASV
- 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;
- LSV
- and to cause all to see what [is] the fellowship of the secret that has been hid from the ages in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ,
- YLT
- 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,
- DBY
- 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,Elohim
- DRC
- And to enlighten all men, that they may see what is the dispensation of the mystery which hath been hidden from eternity in God, who created all things:
- GNV
- And to make cleare vnto all men what the fellowship of the mysterie is, which from the beginning of the world hath bene hid in God, who hath created all things by Iesus Christ,
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include πάντας (“all”); Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read οἰκονομία (“administration”); Textus Receptus read κοινωνία (“fellowship”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ (“through Jesus Christ”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: πάντας. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read πάντας; Westcott and Hort (1881) omit this wording.
- SBLGNT: κτίσαντι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read κτίσαντι; Robinson–Pierpont add διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ φωτίσαι πάντας τίς ἡ οἰκονομία τοῦ μυστηρίου τοῦ ἀποκεκρυμμένου ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων ἐν τῷ θεῷ τῷ τὰ πάντα κτίσαντι,
- RP2018
- καὶ φωτίσαι πάντας τίς ἡ οἰκονομία τοῦ μυστηρίου τοῦ ἀποκεκρυμμένου ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων ἐν τῷ θεῷ τῷ τὰ πάντα κτίσαντι διὰ Ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ,
- TR-Boyd
- καὶ φωτίσαι πάντας τίς ἡ κοινωνία τοῦ μυστηρίου τοῦ ἀποκεκρυμμένου ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων ἐν τῷ Θεῷ τῷ τὰ πάντα κτίσαντι διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ,
- SCR1894
- και φωτισαι παντας τις η κοινωνια του μυστηριου του αποκεκρυμμενου απο των αιωνων εν τω θεω τω τα παντα κτισαντι δια ιησου χριστου
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- Colossians 1:26the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.
- Matthew 13:35So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
- 2 Timothy 1:9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- Colossians 3:3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
- Matthew 28:19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
- Hebrews 3:3–4For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. And every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.
- John 1:1–3In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
- Revelation 4:11“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
- Isaiah 44:24Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
- Hebrews 1:2–3But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature,…
- Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
- Ephesians 1:9–10And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
- Romans 16:25–26Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past but now revealed and made known through the writings of…
- 1 Timothy 3:16By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up…
- Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
- Matthew 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
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