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May God receive glory. He is able to strengthen your faith because of the good news I preach. It is the message about Jesus Christ. It is in keeping with the mystery that was hidden for a very long time.
Reference
Greek: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
Greek: προσλαμβάνω (proslambánō)
to take to oneself, i.e. use (food), lead (aside), admit (to friendship or hospitality)
Hebrew: qᵉbal
to acquire
Greek: κλέος (kléos)
renown (as if being called)
Hebrew: heder
honour; used (figuratively) for the capital city (Jerusalem)
Greek: ὅδε (hóde)
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
Hebrew: hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Greek: ἱκανός (hikanós)
competent (as if coming in season), i.e. ample (in amount) or fit (in character)
Hebrew: day
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
Greek: σθενόω (sthenóō)
probably akin to the base of G2476 (ἵστημι)); to strengthen, i.e. (figuratively) confirm (in spiritual knowledge and power)
Greek: ἐλπίς (elpís)
expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence
Hebrew: gâlâl
a circumstance (as rolled around); only used adverbially, on account of
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: βίος (bíos)
life, i.e. (literally) the present state of existence; by implication, the means of livelihood
Hebrew: rᵉkûwsh
property (as gathered)
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: λαλέω (laléō)
to talk, i.e. utter words
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ἐπαγγελία (epangelía)
an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good)
Hebrew: malʼăkûwth
a message
Greek: πρός (prós)
a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated)
Hebrew: ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, to
Greek: Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs)
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Greek: Χριστός (Christós)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: μυστήριον (mystḗrion)
a secret or "mystery" (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites)
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: ἀντί (antí)
opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to)
Hebrew: bᵉmôw
in, with, by, etc.
Hebrew: ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Hebrew: qaṭ
a little, i.e. (adverbially) merely
Hebrew: ʼârôk
long
Hebrew: môneh
properly, something weighed out, i.e. (figuratively) a portion of time, i.e. an instance
Parallel theme
1 Corinthians 2:7
Ephesians 1:9
2 Corinthians 4:3
Acts 20:32
Matthew 13:17
References Christ
Acts 9:20
1 Corinthians 1:23
References Jesus
Romans 2:16
2 Thessalonians 2:14
Ephesians 3:9
Verse Explanation
Paul praises God because the Gospel can strengthen believers, explaining that the message about Jesus Christ and God's plan, once hidden but now revealed, is powerful enough to establish the church.
History
1st century AD: Paul understood the Gospel as God's revealed plan that had been made known through Jesus Christ and the preaching of the apostles.