1 Timothy 3:16
14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
- KJV
- And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
- WEB
- Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
- ASV
- And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.
- DARBY
- And confessedly the mystery of piety is great. God has been manifested in flesh, has been justified in [the] Spirit, has appeared to angels, has been preached among [the] nations, has been believed on in [the] world, has been received up in glory.
- BLB
- And confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness: [He] who appeared in flesh, was justified in the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.
- ÅB
- Og som enhver må bekjenne, stor er den gudsfryktens hemmelighet: Han som ble åpenbart i kjød, rettferdiggjort i ånd, sett av engler, forkynt iblant folkeslag, trodd i verden, opptatt i herlighet.
- OTB
- Uten tvil er gudsfryktens mysterium stort:
Han som ble åpenbart i kjødet,
Rettferdiggjort i Ånden,
Sett av engler,
Forkynt blant folkeslagene,
Trodd i verden,
Tatt opp i herlighet. - B1930
- Og som enhver må bekjenne, stor er den gudsfryktens hemmelighet: Han som blev åpenbaret i kjød, rettferdiggjort i ånd, sett av engler, forkynt iblandt folkeslag, trodd i verden, optatt i herlighet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Read in contextHebrews 1:3
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Read in contextMark 16:19
So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
Read in contextRomans 16:25
Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
Read in context1 John 5:6–8
This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
Read in context1 John 1:2
(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
Read in contextPhilippians 2:6–8
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
Read in contextColossians 1:23
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
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