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Bible Verses About Christian Mysteries

Early Christian writings usually treat Christian mysteries as sacred truths that belong to God and are given to believers, not as secret magic. Clement, Origen, Irenaeus, and the liturgical texts tie these mysteries to Scripture, baptism, the Eucharist, and the hidden wisdom of God in Christ. The evidence is broad that Christians spoke of a mystery of faith and guarded holy things with reverence, but it is mixed on how much was secret teaching versus public worship language.

Some cards are only about pagan mysteries or use the word in a loose way, so they do not directly prove Christian doctrine about Christian mysteries.

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Foundation Texts

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

Direct apostolic mystery language

Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

Direct passage on the mystery hidden from ages and now revealed.

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:

Direct passage on the fellowship of the mystery hidden in God.

And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

Direct NT teaching on mysteries given to disciples

Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Direct stewardship language for mysteries

Supporting Passages

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

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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.

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The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

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Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

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But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

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Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

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He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

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To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

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How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,

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And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

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This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

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That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

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Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

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