What Does Colossians 1:26 Mean in the King James?
Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
What was concealed across ages and generations is now brought into view.
THE MEANING
What was held hidden across ages and generations is now made visible among those set apart to God. The verse names a present change: concealment gives way to disclosure.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that what was hidden from earlier generations must remain inaccessible is undone here: the mystery is now made manifest to those set apart to God.
THE ROOT
ἀποκεκρυμμένον
apokekrymmenon
GROWS FROM
κρύπτω
kryptō
To hide or conceal.
“hid” in this verse is apokekrymmenon. The word describes something kept out of sight, while the verse marks a decisive change in its state: what was concealed is now disclosed. “Mystery” here is not presented as something that must remain unknowable; the sentence moves from hidden to visible.
ALSO GROWS
kryptos: hidden, concealed
κρυπτός
This related form names the condition the mystery was in across ages and generations.
apokryptō: hide away, conceal
ἀποκρύπτω
This compound verb carries the concealment language used for the mystery before it is made manifest.
ἐφανερώθη
ephanerōthē
GROWS FROM
φανερόω
phaneroō
To make visible or disclose.
“made manifest” in this verse is ephanerōthē. The verse sets disclosure directly against concealment: what was hidden is brought into view. “Now” locates that change in the reader’s present, among those set apart to God.
ALSO GROWS
phaneros: visible, apparent
φανερός
This related form describes the state the mystery enters when it is made manifest.
phanerōsis: manifestation, disclosure
φανέρωσις
This noun from the same word family names the act of making something visible.
THE PATTERN
What is concealed is brought into the open when it is revealed.
He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:THE THREAD
For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.Both verses use φανερόω (phaneroō), “make visible, disclose,” for what is manifested. Mark gives the pattern broadly; Colossians names its present arrival among those set apart to God.
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