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Ephesians 3:9

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

Ephesians 3:9 BSB
  1. a NE and WH and to illuminate the stewardship; TR and to illuminate for everyone the fellowship

Ephesians 3:9 has 34 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 11 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Colossians 1:26 (13 votes) and Matthew 13:35 (9 votes). 43 other verses point back to it. It links with 23 other books, from Genesis 1 to Revelation 17.

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Which verses does Ephesians 3:9 point to?

The 20 strongest of 34, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Colossians 1:2613 votes

    the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.

  2. Matthew 13:359 votes

    So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

  3. 2 Timothy 1:98 votes

    He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.

  4. Colossians 3:36 votes

    For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

  5. Matthew 28:195 votes

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

  6. Hebrews 3:3–45 votes

    For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. And every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.

  7. Psalm 33:64 votes

    By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

  8. Isaiah 44:244 votes

    Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,

  9. John 1:1–34 votes

    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. …

  10. Hebrews 1:2–34 votes

    But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

  11. Revelation 4:114 votes
  12. Romans 16:25–263 votes
  13. Ephesians 1:9–103 votes

    And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.

  14. 1 Timothy 3:163 votes

    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.

  15. Titus 1:23 votes

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

  16. Matthew 10:272 votes
  17. Matthew 25:342 votes
  18. Mark 16:15–162 votes
  19. Luke 24:472 votes
  20. John 5:172 votes

Which verses point to Ephesians 3:9?

The 10 strongest of 43.