What does Romans 16:25 say God is able to do for believers?
Romans 16:25 declares that God is of power to establish believers according to the gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which was kept secret since the world began. He is able to establish them in that truth.
Les explains that Romans 16:25 is addressed to believers, saying God is of power to establish them according to the gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery. That mystery, or secret, had been kept in the mind of God and kept secret since the world began. Les emphasizes this mystery is the whole circle of Paul's doctrines, kept secret until God revealed them to this man. He notes most came out during the three years at Sinai, with deeper revelations in Ephesians, and then directs to Ephesians 3, suggesting Paul's prison epistles may contain deeper doctrines poured out while he was imprisoned in Caesarea waiting to go to Rome.
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,
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What does Romans 16:25 say God is able to do through Paul's gospel?
Romans 16:25 says God is of power to establish believers according to Paul's gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revealing of the mystery that was kept secret since the world began.
What does the word 'revelation' mean in Romans 16:25?
Les teaches that in Romans 16:25 the word 'revelation' means a revealing—the other root word for revelation. It is the unveiling of the mystery, or secret, that had been kept in the mind of God since the world began. Les identifies this mystery as the whole circle of Paul's doctrines, kept secret until God revealed them to this man. He notes that most of these revelations came out during Paul's three years at Sinai, and the deeper revelations come out in Ephesians. The verse says God is able to establish believers according to the gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, which is according to this revelation of the mystery.
What mystery was revealed in Romans 16:25?
Romans 16:25 says that Paul's gospel and preaching of Jesus Christ was according to the revelation of a mystery or secret which had been kept secret since the world began.