9and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
10His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
— Ephesians 3:9-10

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