11 translations · Greek
1 Timothy 3:16
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.
1 Timothy 3:16 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- and confessedly, great is the secret of piety: who was revealed in flesh, declared righteous in [the] Spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!
- FBV Free Bible Version
- There's no question about it: the revealed truth about God is amazing! He was made known to us in human form, he was vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, declared to the nations, trusted in by the world, and taken up in glory!
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety — God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!
- DBY Darby Translation
- 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.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- 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.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And evidently great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, appeared unto angels, hath been preached unto the Gentiles, is believed in the world, is taken up in glory.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Καὶ | Kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| ὁμολογουμένως | homologoumenōs | By common confession | G3672 ὁμολογουμένως undeniably |
| μέγα | mega | great | G3173 μέγας great |
| ἐστὶν | estin | is | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| τῆς | tēs | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| εὐσεβείας | eusebeias | of godliness | G2150 εὐσέβεια piety |
| μυστήριον | mystērion | mystery | G3466 μυστήριον mystery |
| Ὃς | Hos | [He] | G3739 ὅς which |
| ἐφανερώθη | ephanerōthē | appeared | G5319 φανερόω to reveal |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| σαρκί | sarki | [the] flesh | G4561 σάρξ flesh |
| ἐδικαιώθη | edikaiōthē | was vindicated | G1344 δικαιόω to justify |
| ἐν | en | by | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| πνεύματι | pneumati | [the] Spirit | G4151 πνεῦμα spirit/breath: spirit |
| ὤφθη | ōphthē | was seen | G3708 ὁράω to see: see |
| ἀγγέλοις | angelois | by angels | G32 ἄγγελος angel |
| ἐκηρύχθη | ekērychthē | was proclaimed | G2784 κηρύσσω to preach |
| ἐν | en | among | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| ἔθνεσιν | ethnesin | [the] nations | G1484 ἔθνος Gentiles |
| ἐπιστεύθη | episteuthē | was believed in | G4100 πιστεύω to trust (in) |
| ἐν | en | throughout | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| κόσμῳ | kosmō | [the] world | G2889 κόσμος world |
| ἀνελήμφθη | anelēmphthē | was taken up | G353 ἀναλαμβάνω to take up |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| δόξῃ | doxē | glory | G1391 δόξα glory |
Related verses
- John 1:14
The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
- Hebrews 1:3
His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
- Mark 16:19
So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
- Romans 14:24
Now to him who is able to establish you according to my Good News and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret through long ages,
- 1 John 5:6–8
This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three who testify: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.
- 1 John 1:2
(and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);
- Philippians 2:6–8
who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
- Luke 24:4
While they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.
- Colossians 1:23
if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
- Colossians 1:27
to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
15 but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 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.
Read all of 1 Timothy 3 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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