'Mystery' in the Bible
For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you will not be wise {in your own sight}, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,
but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory,
Behold, I tell you a mystery: we will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed,
making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he purposed in him,
According to revelation the mystery was made known to me, just as I wrote beforehand in brief,
so that you may be able when you read to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ
and to enlighten everyone [as to] what [is] the administration of the mystery hidden from the ages by God, who created all [things],
(This mystery is great, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.)
and for me, that a word may be given to me at the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
the mystery [which] has been hidden from the ages and from the generations, but has now been revealed to his saints,
to whom God wanted to make known what [is] the glorious wealth of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,
so that their hearts may be encouraged, united in love and into all the wealth of the full assurance of insight into the knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ,
praying at the same time for us also, that God may open for us a door of the message, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which also {I am a prisoner},
For the mystery of lawlessness is at work already; only the one who now restrains [will do so] until he is out of the way,
holding the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience,
And most certainly, great is the mystery of godliness: Who was revealed in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the Gentiles, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.
[As for] the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands--the seven stars are [the] angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are [the] seven churches.
But in the days of the sound of the seventh angel, whenever he is about to blow the trumpet, then the mystery of God is completed, as he announced to his own slaves the prophets."
And on her forehead a name [was] written, a mystery: "Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth."
And the angel said to me, "Why are you astonished? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that has the seven heads and the ten horns that carries her.