Ephesians 3:5

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Ephesians 3:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.

4 In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

5 which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.

6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

7 I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.

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For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”

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2 Timothy 1:10

And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,

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to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

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in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

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Hebrews 11:39

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Hebrews 11:40

God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

1 Peter 1:10

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,

1 Peter 1:11

trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

1 Peter 1:12

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

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built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

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And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

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to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,

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Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.

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2 Peter 3:2

by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.

Jude 1:17

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Luke 2:27

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So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”

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to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,

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to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.