In Romans 16:25 and a Caution from Peter 3:15-16
" 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
2 Peter 3:15-16 And account [that] the longsuffering of our Lord [is] salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
In other words, get your out of the sand. This is a fact Jack!
In the King James Bible (KJB), the Apostle Paul uses the term "mystery" (from the Greek mystērion, meaning a secret or hidden truth now revealed by God) several times across his epistles. These refer to divine truths that were hidden in past ages but revealed through Paul (and sometimes other apostles/prophets) for the Church age.
Paul does not provide a single numbered list, but the key mysteries he explicitly names or describes are as follows, with direct KJV verses:
- The mystery of the Gospel / the mystery of Christ (often central to Paul's message)
- Romans 16:25-26: "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, But now is made manifest..."
- Ephesians 6:19: "...to make known the mystery of the gospel."
- Colossians 4:3-4: "...to speak the mystery of Christ..."
- Colossians 2:2: "...the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ."
- Colossians 1:26-27: "...the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: ... which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." This encompasses the full revelation of salvation through Christ's death and resurrection, including Christ indwelling believers.
- The mystery of His will (God's plan to unite all things under Christ)
- Ephesians 1:9-10: "Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ..."
- The mystery of the Gentiles' inclusion / the fellowship of the mystery (Gentiles as fellow heirs with Jews in one body, the Church)
- Ephesians 3:3-6: "...by revelation he made known unto me the mystery... 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; That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel..."
- Ephesians 3:9: "...to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God..."
- The mystery of godliness (the incarnation and work of Christ)
- 1 Timothy 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 into glory."
- The mystery of the partial blindness/hardening of Israel (until the fullness of the Gentiles comes in)
- Romans 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 come in."
- The mystery of the Rapture / the change at Christ's coming (believers' bodies transformed)
- 1 Corinthians 15:51: "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed..."
- The mystery of lawlessness / iniquity (already at work, leading to the man of sin)
- 2 Thessalonians 2:7: "For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way."
- The mystery of marriage / Christ and the Church (as a profound union, illustrated by husband and wife)
- Ephesians 5:31-32: "For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church."
Paul also refers generally to "mysteries of God" (1 Corinthians 4:1: "Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God") and "the wisdom of God in a mystery" (1 Corinthians 2:7).
Many interpreters (especially in dispensational teaching) view these as interconnected aspects of one overarching "mystery" revealed uniquely to Paul—the gospel of grace, the Church as Christ's body, and related truths hidden from prior generations. The core emphasis is that these were not fully revealed in the Old Testament or earlier New Testament writings but made known through Paul for the Church.
What I have to say is that if you don't understand the mysteries that Paul teaches for us in this dispensation. then Gods word will be confusing in your reading of any other part of Gods Word.
I went to another AI which I won't use again. These mysteries are not accepted. This is what mans religion does to the Word of God when they don't like what it says. The Bible is all the Word of God. Paul is the apostle to the Gentiles, US!