13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Church
• Creation
• Providence

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 1:30 — But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
• 1Pet 1:20 — Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
• 1Tim 3:16 — 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 int
• 2Tim 1:9 — Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
• Acts 15:18 — Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
• Col 1:16 — For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by hi
• Col 1:26 — Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
• Col 2:2 — That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of C
• Col 2:3 — In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
• Col 3:3 — For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
• Eph 1:9 — Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
• Eph 3:3 — How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
• Eph 3:5 — Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
• Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
• Heb 1:2 — Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
• Heb 1:2 — Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
• Heb 3:3 — For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
• Isa 44:24 — Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
• Isa 44:24 — Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
• Jer 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
• John 1:1 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• John 1:1 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• John 1:3 — All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
• John 1:7 — The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
• Matt 13:35 — That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
• Matt 13:35 — That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
• Matt 28:19 — Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
• Ps 33:6 — By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
• Ps 139:17 — How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
• Rev 4:11 — Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
• Rev 4:11 — Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
• Rev 14:6 — And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
• Rom 11:25 — For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be c
• Rom 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,
• Rom 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,
• Titus 1:2 — In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;