Without controversy] rather, 'as we confess'; and then the Apostle quotes some words of an early confession of the Christian faith: 'He who was incarnate; whose righteousness was made manifest; who was an object of open vision to angels; whom the Apostles preached to the world; whom the faithful believed in; who at the end of His ministry was taken up into heaven.' The reading is apparently not God was manifest (AV), but 'He who was manifest' (RV). Mystery] The hidden secret now revealed in Christ, which is the basis of holiness: cp. 1 Timothy 3:9.

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