Ephesians 1:9

God made known to us the mystery of his will, his good purpose set forth in Christ. It reveals that salvation unfolds a once-hidden, now-disclosed divine plan.

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• Col 1:26–28the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.
• Rom 16:25–27Now 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
• Eph 3:3–9that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.
• 2 Tim 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.
• Eph 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
• Rom 8:28And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
• Gal 1:12I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
• Eph 3:11according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 1 Cor 2:10–12But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
• 1 Tim 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 in glory.
• Eph 1:17–18that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
• Gal 1:16to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,
• Matt 13:11He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
• Acts 13:48When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
• Lam 3:37–38Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
• Acts 2:23He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
• Acts 4:28They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
• Isa 46:10–11I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
• Job 23:13–14But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
• Isa 14:24–27The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
• Ps 33:11The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.
• Jer 2:29Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

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