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Kolose 1:26

yaitu rahasia yang tersembunyi dari abad ke abad dan dari turunan ke turunan, tetapi yang sekarang dinyatakan kepada orang-orang kudus-Nya.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gospel;   Minister, Christian;   Mysteries;   Preaching;   Salvation;   Wisdom;   Thompson Chain Reference - Mysteries-Revelations;   Privileges;   Revelations, Devine;   Secret Things;   Special Privileges;   The Topic Concordance - Evangelism;   Gentiles/heathen;   Knowledge;   Manifestation;   Mystery;   Saints;   Teaching;   Warning;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Missionary Work by Ministers;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Kingdom of god;   Mystery;   Paul;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Age, Ages;   Knowledge of God;   Mystery;   Predestination;   Time;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Age;   Mystery;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Colossians;   God;   Mystery;   Sacrament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Generation;   Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Colossians, Epistle to the;   Dependence;   Ephesians Epistle to the;   Generation ;   Mystery ;   Unconscious Faith;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Dispensation,;   Mystery;   Saint;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Christ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Mystery;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Age;   Generation;   Hidden;   Mystery;   Pauline Theology;   Regeneration;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for May 10;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
yaitu rahasia yang tersembunyi dari abad ke abad dan dari turunan ke turunan, tetapi yang sekarang dinyatakan kepada orang-orang kudus-Nya.
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
yaitu rahasia yang sudah tersembunyi berzaman-zaman dan turun-temurun, tetapi sekarang sudah dinyatakan kepada orang-orang suci-Nya.

Contextual Overview

12 Geuyng thankes vnto ye father, which hath made vs meete to be partakers of the inheritaunce of the saintes in lyght. 13 Who hath delyuered vs from the power of darcknesse, and hath translated vs into the kingdome of his deare sonne. 14 In who we haue redemptio through his blood, the forgeuenesse of sinnes: 15 Who is the image of the inuisible God, the first borne of all creatures. 16 For by him were all thinges created, that are in heaue and that are in earth, visible and inuisible, whether [they be] maiestie or lordeshippe, either rule or power: All thynges were created by hym and for hym. 17 And he is before all thynges, and in hym all thynges consist. 18 And he is the head of the body of the Churche: he is the begynnyng, the first borne of the dead, that in all thynges he myght haue the preeminence. 19 For it pleased [the father] that in hym shoulde all fulnesse dwell, 20 And by hym to reconcile all thynges vnto hym selfe, & to set at peace through the blood of his crosse by hym, both the thynges in earth, and thynges in heauen, 21 And you which were sometyme straungers, and enemies, by cogitation in euyll workes, hath he nowe yet reconciled,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the mystery: Romans 16:25, Romans 16:26, 1 Corinthians 2:7, Ephesians 3:3-10

now: Psalms 25:14, Matthew 13:11, Mark 4:11, Luke 8:10, 2 Timothy 1:10

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 30:11 - it is not hidden Proverbs 8:6 - for Isaiah 64:4 - have not Matthew 11:11 - greater Matthew 13:35 - I will utter Matthew 16:17 - but Matthew 20:7 - Because John 15:15 - all Acts 13:41 - for 1 Corinthians 4:1 - mysteries 1 Corinthians 13:2 - understand 1 Corinthians 14:2 - howbeit Ephesians 1:9 - made Ephesians 3:9 - hid Ephesians 6:19 - the mystery Colossians 4:3 - the mystery 1 Peter 1:20 - verily

Cross-References

Genesis 1:2
And the earth was without fourme, and was voyde: & darknes [was] vpon the face of the deepe, and the spirite of God moued vpon the face of the waters.
Genesis 1:4
And God sawe the lyght that it was good: and God deuided the lyght from the darknes.
Genesis 1:6
And God said: let there be a firmament betwene the waters, and let it make a diuision betwene waters and waters.
Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament the heauen: and the euenyng and the mornyng were the seconde day.
Genesis 1:9
And God saide: let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered together into one place, and let the drye lande appeare: and it was so.
Genesis 1:20
And God sayde: let the waters bryng foorth mouyng creature that hath lyfe, and foule that may flee vpon the earth in the open firmament of heauen.
Genesis 1:24
And God sayde: let the earth bryng foorth lyuyng creature after his kynde, cattell, worme, and beastes of the earth after his kynde: and it was so.
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God sayde vnto them: be fruitefull, & multiplie, and replenishe the earth, & subdue it, and haue dominion of the fisshe of the sea, and foule of the ayre, & of euery lyuing thing that moueth vpon the earth.
Genesis 1:29
And God sayde: beholde, I haue geuen you euery hearbe bearing seede, which is in the vpper face of all ye earth, and euery tree in the which is the fruite of a tree bearing seede, [that] they may be meate vnto you:
Genesis 3:22
And the Lorde God sayde: Beholde, the man is become as one of vs, in knowing good and euyll: And now lest peraduenture he put foorth his hande, and take also of the tree of lyfe and eate, and lyue for euer.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

[Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages and generations,.... This is said, as explanative of the word of God; signifying that he did not mean the Scriptures in general, which are the word of God, and every part of them; some part of which is historical, another prophetical, another practical, and another doctrinal; nor the law, which also is the word of God, but the Gospel, called "the mystery", as it often is; because it contains things, which, though revealed, are mysteries to a natural man; and even to enlightened persons, who have the clearest view of them, the "modus" of them is not to be accounted for; such as the doctrines of the Trinity, of the union of the two natures in Christ, the incarnation of the Son of God, the union and communion of the church with Christ, the resurrection of the dead, c. And though perhaps great and special regard may be here had to the calling of the Gentiles, which, though revealed in the prophecies of the Old Testament, was in a great measure hid in them, and not so clearly known in ages and generations past as now, yet the whole may be applied to the Gospel mystery in general which was first hid in the heart of God, in his thoughts and purposes, in his counsel and covenant, and in his Son, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge; and then in the ceremonies and shadows of the law, which but few had any insight into, and discerning of; and, during that dispensation, was wholly hid from the Gentiles; and but in part known by the Jews, and but by a few, and comparatively by them very darkly; and not so clearly by the angels themselves, who pry into these mysteries, and now, under the Gospel dispensation, learn from the church the manifold wisdom of God; and indeed it was hidden from all men, Jews and Gentiles, in a state of nature, and even from the wise and prudent of this world:

but now is made manifest to his saints; now under the Gospel dispensation, since the coming of Christ; there is an external revelation of the Gospel by him, more clearly, by whom grace and truth came, called the revelation of Christ; and an internal revelation of it by his Spirit, who is the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; which is made to saints, the holy apostles and prophets, who are the saints to whom this faith, and the mystery of it, were first delivered with so much power and evidence; and to all the elect of God, whom he has separated for himself in eternal election; whom Christ has sanctified by his blood, and to whom he is made sanctification; and who are called with an holy calling, have principles of grace and holiness wrought in them by the Spirit of God, and therefore called "his" saints; these have only a spiritual discerning of the Gospel, for the natural man neither knows nor receives it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Even the mystery - To make that mystery fully known. See this explained in the notes at Ephesians 3:2-9. The great doctrine that salvation was to be proclaimed to all mankind, Paul says, had been concealed for many generations. Hence, it was called a mystery, or a hidden truth.

But now is made manifest to his saints - It was communicated especially to the apostles who were appointed to proclaim it, and through them to all the saints. Paul says that he regarded himself as specially called to make this truth known, as far as possible, to mankind.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 26. The mystery which hath been hid — The mystery is this: that God had designed to grant the Gentiles the same privileges with the Jews, and make them his people who were not his people. That this is what St. Paul means by the mystery, see Ephesians 3:3, c.

Made manifest to his saints — It is fully known to all who have embraced the doctrine of Christ crucified to all Christians.


 
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