I was chosen to explain to everyone this mysterious plan that God, the Creator of all things, had kept secret from the beginning.

又使众人都明白，这历代以来隐藏在创造万物之神里的奥秘，是如何安排的，

又使众人都明白什么是历代以来隐藏在创造万物之上帝里的奥秘，

又使众人都明白什么是历代以来隐藏在创造万物之神里的奥秘，

让全人类都明白世代隐藏在创造万物的上帝里面的奥秘，

并且使众人明白那奥秘的救世计划是什么（这奥秘是历代以来隐藏在创造万有的神里面的），

并且使所有的人都明白这奥秘的计划到底是什么，这奥秘自古以来被隐藏在创造万有的神里面，

又使眾人都明白，這歷代以來隱藏在創造萬物之神裏的奧祕是如何安排的，

又使眾人都明白甚麼是歷代以來隱藏在創造萬物之上帝裏的奧祕，

又使眾人都明白甚麼是歷代以來隱藏在創造萬物之神裏的奧祕，

讓全人類都明白世代隱藏在創造萬物的上帝裡面的奧祕，

並且使眾人明白那奧祕的救世計劃是甚麼（這奧祕是歷代以來隱藏在創造萬有的神裡面的），

照明歷世以來隱藏在創造萬有之上帝裏的奧祕、是何等的安排，

並且使所有的人都明白這奧祕的計劃到底是什麼，這奧祕自古以來被隱藏在創造萬有的神裡面，

令眾知此頒布之奧秘、即歷世隱於創造萬有之上帝者、

令眾共知上帝永世所隱奧妙、上帝以耶穌基督造萬物、

且光照眾人、皆知此奧妙何如、即歷世以來、藏於藉耶穌基督有原文抄本無藉耶穌基督句創造萬物之天主心內之奧妙、

使舉世之人、咸得領會造物主自始隱藏之救世玄謨。

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

God told me to make clear to everyone how the mystery came about. In times past it was kept hidden in the mind of God, who created all things.

and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things,

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

and to enlighten all people as to what the plan of the mystery is which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things;

and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ;

and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;

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

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:

and to enlighten everyone about God’s secret plan– a secret that has been hidden for ages in God who has created all things.

and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,

This message was kept secret for centuries and generations past, but now it has been revealed to God’s people.

For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.

This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God— who does not lie— promised them before the world began.

Now all glory to God, who is able to make you strong, just as my Good News says. This message about Jesus Christ has revealed his plan for you Gentiles, a plan kept secret from the beginning of time.But now as the prophets foretold and as the eternal God has commanded, this message is made known to all Gentiles everywhere, so that they too might believe and obey him.

This fulfilled what God had spoken through the prophet:“ I will speak to you in parables. I will explain things hidden since the creation of the world.”

For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time— to show us his grace through Christ Jesus.

But Jesus deserves far more glory than Moses, just as a person who builds a house deserves more praise than the house itself.For every house has a builder, but the one who built everything is God.

“ Then the King will say to those on his right,‘ Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.

God chose him as your ransom long before the world began, but now in these last days he has been revealed for your sake.

Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem:‘ There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’

In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.He existed in the beginning with God.God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.

What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ear, shout from the housetops for all to hear!

And then he told them,“ Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned.

No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God— his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began.

And all the people who belong to this world worshiped the beast. They are the ones whose names were not written in the Book of Life that belongs to the Lamb who was slaughtered before the world was made.

he who made these things known so long ago.’

This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer and Creator:“ I am the Lord, who made all things. I alone stretched out the heavens. Who was with me when I made the earth?

But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed as God’s servant to proclaim it.

So Jesus explained,“ I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

The Father and I are one.”

Without question, this is the great mystery of our faith: Christ was revealed in a human body and vindicated by the Spirit. He was seen by angels and announced to the nations. He was believed in throughout the world and taken to heaven in glory.

But Jesus replied,“ My Father is always working, and so am I.”

God has now revealed to us his mysterious will regarding Christ— which is to fulfill his own good plan.And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ— everything in heaven and on earth.

As I briefly wrote earlier, God himself revealed his mysterious plan to me.As you read what I have written, you will understand my insight into this plan regarding Christ.God did not reveal it to previous generations, but now by his Spirit he has revealed it to his holy apostles and prophets.

But the Lord stood with me and gave me strength so that I might preach the Good News in its entirety for all the Gentiles to hear. And he rescued me from certain death.

Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.

The Lord merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born.

And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe.The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.

And I saw another angel flying through the sky, carrying the eternal Good News to proclaim to the people who belong to this world— to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

“ You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased.”

As for us, we can’t help but thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters loved by the Lord. We are always thankful that God chose you to be among the first to experience salvation— a salvation that came through the Spirit who makes you holy and through your belief in the truth.

The beast you saw was once alive but isn’t now. And yet he will soon come up out of the bottomless pit and go to eternal destruction. And the people who belong to this world, whose names were not written in the Book of Life before the world was made, will be amazed at the reappearance of this beast who had died.

for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see— such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him.He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together.