Ages Clear Disclosed Generations Hid Hidden Kept Letter Manifest Manifested Mystery Past Paul's Revealed Saints Secret Thessalonians Truth
1:26 [Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his {t} saints:
(t) Whom he chose to sanctify to himself in Christ. Moreover, he says that the mystery of our redemption was hidden since the world began, except that it was revealed to a few, who also were taught it extraordinarily.
1:26 Even the mystery... is made manifest to his saints. The mystery of the gospel, of salvation through Christ, hidden from past ages, but now revealed to the saints. A mystery, as Paul uses the term, is a thing hidden in the past, but now made known.
1:26 The mystery - Namely, Christ both justifying and sanctifying gentiles, as well as Jews. Which hath been comparatively hid from former ages and past generations of men.
1:24-29 Both the sufferings of the Head and of the members are called the sufferings of Christ, and make up, as it were, one body of sufferings. But He suffered for the redemption of the church; we suffer on other accounts; for we do but slightly taste that cup of afflictions of which Christ first drank deeply. A Christian may be said to fill up that which remains of the sufferings of Christ, when he takes up his cross, and after the pattern of Christ, bears patiently the afflictions God allots to him. Let us be thankful that God has made known to us mysteries hidden from ages and generations, and has showed the riches of his glory among us. As Christ is preached among us, let us seriously inquire, whether he dwells and reigns in us; for this alone can warrant our assured hope of his glory. We must be faithful to death, through all trials, that we may receive the crown of life, and obtain the end of our faith, the salvation of our souls.
Ages Clear Disclosed Generations Hid Hidden Kept Manifest Manifested Mystery Past Revealed Saints Secret Times Truth
Ages Clear Disclosed Generations Hid Hidden Kept Manifest Manifested Mystery Past Revealed Saints Secret Times Truth
