35 so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

I will open my mouth in parables;
I will declare things kept secret
from the foundation of the world.[a][b](A)

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  1. 13:35 Some mss omit of the world
  2. 13:35 Ps 78:2

35 So was fulfilled(A) what was spoken through the prophet:

“I will open my mouth in parables,
    I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”[a](B)

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  1. Matthew 13:35 Psalm 78:2

35 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.

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25 I don’t want you to be ignorant(A) of this mystery,(B) brothers and sisters, so that you will not be conceited:(C) A partial hardening has come upon Israel(D) until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.(E)

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All Israel Will Be Saved

25 I do not want you to be ignorant(A) of this mystery,(B) brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited:(C) Israel has experienced a hardening(D) in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,(E)

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25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

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Paul’s Proclamation

When I came to you, brothers and sisters, announcing the mystery[a] of God to you, I did not come with brilliance(A) of speech(B) or wisdom.

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  1. 2:1 Other mss read testimony

And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom(A) as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[a]

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  1. 1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts proclaimed to you God’s mystery

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

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On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined(A) before the ages for our glory.(B)

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No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery(A) that has been hidden(B) and that God destined for our glory before time began.

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But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

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The Faithful Manager

A person should think of us in this way: as servants(A) of Christ and managers(B) of the mysteries of God.(C)

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The Nature of True Apostleship

This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants(A) of Christ and as those entrusted(B) with the mysteries(C) God has revealed.

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Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

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He made known to us the mystery of his will,(A) according to his good pleasure that he purposed in Christ(B)

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he[a] made known to us the mystery(A) of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed(B) in Christ,

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  1. Ephesians 1:9 Or us with all wisdom and understanding. And he

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

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The mystery was made known to me by revelation,(A) as I have briefly written above.

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that is, the mystery(A) made known to me by revelation,(B) as I have already written briefly.

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How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,

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and to shed light for all about the administration of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created(A) all things.

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and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery,(A) which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.

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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:

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19 Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness(A) the mystery of the gospel.

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19 Pray also for me,(A) that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly(B) make known the mystery(C) of the gospel,

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19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

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