1 Timothy 3:16

The Mystery Of Godliness Described

¹⁵ But, for fear I may be hindered, I now write, so that you may have rules to guide you in dealing with God's household. For this is what the Church of the ever-living God is, and it is the pillar and foundation-stone of the truth. ¹⁶ And, beyond controversy, great is the mystery of our religion-- that Christ appeared in human form, and His claims justified by the Spirit, was seen by angels and proclaimed among Gentile nations, was believed on in the world, and received up again into glory.

Among the Nations

Good News

He Was Taken Up

Holy Spirit

In the Spirit

In the World

Jesus Christ

Manifested in the Flesh

Mystery of God

Mystery of Godliness

Received Up in Glory

Seen by Angels

By The Spirit

Taken Up In Glory

Christ

Jesus

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John 1:14

And the Word came in the flesh, and lived for a time in our midst, so that we saw His glory--the glory as of the Father's only Son, sent from His presence. He was full of grace and truth.

Hebrews 1:3

He brightly reflects God's glory and is the exact representation of His being, and upholds the universe by His all-powerful word. After securing man's purification from sin He took His seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Mark 16:19

So the Lord Jesus after having thus spoken to them was taken up into Heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

Luke 24:4

At this they were in great perplexity, when suddenly there stood by them two men whose raiment flashed like lightning.

Romans 16:25

To Him who has it in His power to make you strong, as declared in the Good News which I am spreading, and the proclamation concerning Jesus Christ, in harmony with the unveiling of the Truth which in the periods of past Ages remained unuttered,

Colossians 1:23

if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation, without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been appointed to serve.

Matthew 1:23

"Mark! The maiden will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call His name Immanuel" --a word which signifies 'God with us'.

Matthew 3:16

and Jesus was baptized, and immediately went up from the water. At that moment the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him,

Luke 22:43

And there appeared to Him an angel from Heaven, strengthening Him;

Acts 20:28

"Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has placed you to take the oversight for Him and act as shepherds to the Church of God, which He has bought with His own blood.

1 Peter 1:12

To them it was revealed that they were serving not themselves but you, when they foretold the very things which have now been openly declared to you by those who, having been taught by the Holy Spirit which had been sent from Heaven, brought you the Good News. Angels long to stoop and look into these things.

1 John 3:5

And you know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.

Matthew 4:11

Thereupon the Devil left Him, and angels at once came and ministered to Him.

Matthew 13:11

"Because," He replied, "while to you it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of the Heavens, to them it is not.

Matthew 28:2

But to their amazement there had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord had descended from Heaven, and had come and rolled back the stone, and was sitting upon it.

Mark 1:13

where He remained for forty days, tempted by Satan; and He was among the wild beasts, but the angels waited upon Him.

Mark 16:5

Upon entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting at their right hand, clothed in a long white robe. They were astonished and terrified.

Luke 2:10-14

But the angel said to them, "Put away all fear; for I am bringing you good news of great joy--joy for all the People.

Luke 2:32

A light to shine upon the Gentiles, And the glory of Thy people Israel."

Luke 24:51

And while He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into Heaven.

John 1:1-2

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:32-33

John also gave testimony by stating: "I have seen the Spirit coming down like a dove out of Heaven; and it remained upon Him.

John 6:62

"Does this seem incredible to you? What then if you were to see the Son of Man ascending again where He was before?

John 13:3

although He knew that the Father had put everything into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was now going to God,

John 15:26

"When the Advocate is come whom I will send to you from the Father's presence--the Spirit of Truth who comes forth from the Father's presence--He will be a witness concerning me.

John 16:8-9

And He, when He comes, will convict the world in respect of sin, of righteousness, and of judgement; --

John 16:28

I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again I am leaving the world and am going to the Father."

John 17:5

And now, Father, do Thou glorify me in Thine own presence, with the glory that I had in Thy presence before the world existed.

John 20:12

and saw two angels clothed in white raiment, sitting one at the head and one at the feet where the body of Jesus had been.

Acts 1:1-11

My former narrative, Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus did and taught as a beginning, down to the day on which,

Acts 1:19

This fact became widely known to the people of Jerusalem, so that the place received the name, in their language, of Achel-damach, which means 'The Field of Blood.')

Acts 2:32-36

This Jesus, God has raised to life-- a fact to which all of us testify.

Acts 10:34

Then Peter began to speak. "I clearly see," he said, "that God makes no distinctions between one man and another;

Acts 13:46-48

Then, throwing off all reserve, Paul and Barnabas said, "We were bound to proclaim God's Message to you first. But since you spurn it and judge yourselves to be unworthy of the Life of the Ages--well, we turn to the Gentiles.

Acts 14:27

Upon their arrival they called the Church together and proceeded to report in detail all that God, working with them, had done, and how He had opened for the Gentiles the door of faith.

Romans 8:3

For what was impossible to the Law--powerless as it was because it acted through frail humanity--God effected. Sending His own Son in a body like that of sinful human nature and as a sacrifice for sin, He pronounced sentence upon sin in human nature;

Romans 9:5

To them the Patriarchs belong, and from them in respect of His human lineage came the Christ, who is exalted above all, God blessed throughout the Ages. Amen.

Romans 10:12

Jew and Gentile are on precisely the same footing; for the same Lord is Lord over all, and is infinitely kind to all who call upon Him for deliverance.

Romans 10:18

But, I ask, have they not heard? Yes, indeed: "To the whole world the preachers' voices have sounded forth, and their words to the remotest parts of the earth."

1 Corinthians 2:7

But in dealing with truths hitherto kept secret we speak of God's wisdom--that hidden wisdom which, before the world began, God pre-destined, so that it should result in glory to us;

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man is a man of earth, earthy; the second man is from Heaven.

Galatians 2:8

for He who had been at work within Peter with a view to his Apostleship to the Jews had also been at work within me with a view to my Apostleship to the Gentiles--

Galatians 4:4

But, when the time was fully come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born subject to Law,

Ephesians 1:9

when He made known to us the secret of His will. And this is in harmony with God's merciful purpose

Ephesians 3:3-10

and that by a revelation the truth hitherto kept secret was made known to me as I have already briefly explained it to you.

Ephesians 4:8-10

For this reason Scripture says: "He re-ascended on high, He led captive a host of captives, and gave gifts to men."

Ephesians 6:19

and ask on my behalf that words may be given to me so that, outspoken and fearless, I may make known the truths (hitherto kept secret)

Philippians 2:6-8

Although from the beginning He had the nature of God He did not reckon His equality with God a treasure to be tightly grasped.

Colossians 1:6

For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God,

Colossians 1:16-18

For in Him was created the universe of things in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, thrones, dominions, princedoms, powers--all were created, and exist through and for Him.

Colossians 1:27

to whom it was His will to make known how vast a wealth of glory for the Gentile world is implied in this truth--the truth that 'Christ is in you, the hope of glory.'

Colossians 2:2

in order that their hearts may be cheered, they themselves being welded together in love and enjoying all the advantages of a reasonable certainty, till at last they attain the full knowledge of God's truth, which is Christ Himself.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

when He comes on that day to be glorified in His people and to be wondered at among all who have believed, including you--because you believed the testimony which we brought for your acceptance.

2 Thessalonians 2:7

For lawlessness is already at work in secret; but only until the man who is now exercising a restraining influence is removed,

1 Timothy 3:9

but holding the secret truths of the faith with a clear conscience.

Hebrews 2:9-13

But Jesus--who was made a little inferior to the angels in order that through God's grace He might taste death for every human being--we already see wearing a crown of glory and honour because of His having suffered death.

Hebrews 7:7

And beyond all dispute it is always the inferior who is blessed by the superior.

Hebrews 8:1

Now in connexion with what we have been saying the chief point is that we have a High Priest who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God's Majesty in the heavens,

Hebrews 12:2

simply fixing our gaze upon Jesus, our Prince Leader in the faith, who will also award us the prize. He, for the sake of the joy which lay before Him, patiently endured the cross, looking with contempt upon its shame, and afterwards seated Himself-- where He still sits--at the right hand of the throne of God.

1 Peter 1:20

He was pre-destined indeed to this work, even before the creation of the world, but has been plainly manifested in these last days for the sake of you who, through Him,

1 Peter 3:18

because Christ also once for all died for sins, the innocent One for the guilty many, in order to bring us to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit,

1 Peter 3:22

who is at God's right hand, having gone into Heaven, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

1 John 1:2

the Life was manifested, and we have seen and bear witness, and we declare unto you the Life of the Ages which was with the Father and was manifested to us--

1 John 5:6-8

Jesus Christ is He who came with water and blood; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. And it is the Spirit who gives testimony-- because the Spirit is the Truth.

Revelation 1:17-18

When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as if I were dead. But He laid His right hand upon me and said, "Do not be afraid: I am the First and the Last, and the ever-living One.

Revelation 7:9

After this I looked, and a vast host appeared which it was impossible for anyone to count, gathered out of every nation and from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in long white robes, and carrying palm-branches in their hands.

Revelation 17:5

And on her forehead was a name written: "I am a symbol of great Babylon, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth."

Revelation 17:7

Then the angel said to me, "Why are you so astonished? I will explain to you the secret meaning of the woman and of the seven-headed, ten-horned Wild Beast which carries her.

Romans 1:3-4

who, as regards His human descent, belonged to the posterity of David,