1 Timothy 3:16 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
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- 1 Timothy 3:16: “God was manifest” or “He who was manifested”?
The Byzantine text, followed by the Patriarchal Text and the KJV, reads “God was manifest in the flesh.” The oldest manuscripts read “who was manifested,” and the Latin reads “which was manifested.” In ancient Greek manuscripts the abbreviated word for “God” and the word “who” looked almost the same. Either way, the hymn speaks of Christ incarnate.
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
And evidently great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, appeared unto angels, hath been preached unto the Gentiles, is believed in the world, is taken up in glory.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And it is clearly great, this mystery of piety, which was manifested in the flesh, which was justified in the Spirit, which has appeared to Angels, which has been preached to the Gentiles, which is believed in the world, which has been taken up in glory.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached amongst the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen of angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, received up in glory.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: God appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and confessedly, great is the secret of piety: who was revealed in flesh, declared righteous in [the] Spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
And confessedly the mystery of piety is great. God has been manifested in flesh, has been justified in [the] Spirit, has appeared to angels, has been preached among [the] nations, has been believed on in [the] world, has been received up in glory.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And without controuersie, great is the mysterie of godlinesse, which is, God is manifested in the flesh, iustified in the Spirit, seene of Angels, preached vnto the Gentiles, beleeued on in the world, and receiued vp in glorie.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
It is undeniable that the revealed truth of godliness is great: “He appeared in the flesh, was justified by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among nations, was believed on in the world, and was taken up in glory.”
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
And with out naye great is that mistery of godlines: God was shewed in the flesshe was iustified in the sprete was sene of angels was preached vnto the gentyls was beleved on in erth and receaved vp in glory.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety — God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!
FBV Free Bible Version
There's no question about it: the revealed truth about God is amazing! He was made known to us in human form, he was vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, declared to the nations, trusted in by the world, and taken up in glory!
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y es grande á todas luces el sacramento de la piedad, en que Dios se ha manifestado en carne, ha sido justificado en espíritu, ha sido visto de los Angeles, ha sido predicado á los Gentiles, ha sido creido en el mundo, ha sido recibido en gloria.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y sin contradicción, grande es el misterio de la piedad: Dios ha sido manifestado en carne; ha sido justificado con el Espíritu; ha sido visto de los ángeles; ha sido predicado á los Gentiles; ha sido creído en el mundo; ha sido recibido en gloria.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
No hay duda alguna de que lo que Dios ha revelado acerca de nuestra fe es muy grande: Cristo vino a la tierra como hombre, fue declarado inocente por el Espíritu, fue visto por los ángeles, fue predicado entre las naciones, creído en el mundo y recibido en la gloria.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Por confesión unánime, grande es el misterio de la piedad: Él fue manifestado en [el ]cuerpo, Justificado en Espíritu, Visto por ángeles, Proclamado entre gentiles, Creído en [el] mundo, Recibido arriba en gloria.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
No hay duda alguna sobre ello: la verdad revelada sobre Dios es asombrosa. Él se nos fue dado a conocer en forma humana, fue vindicado por el Espíritu, visto por ángeles, declarado a las naciones, creído por el mundo, y recibido en gloria.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Sin duda, grande es el misterio de la piedad: Dios fue manifestado en carne, justificado en el Espíritu, visto por ángeles, predicado entre los gentiles, creído en el mundo y recibido arriba en gloria.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
καὶ ὁμολογουμένως μέγα ἐστὶ τὸ τῆς εὐσεβείας μυστήριον· Θεὸς ἐφανερώθη ἐν σαρκί, ἐδικαιώθη ἐν Πνεύματι, ὤφθη ἀγγέλοις, ἐκηρύχθη ἐν ἔθνεσιν, ἐπιστεύθη ἐν κόσμῳ, ἀνελήφθη ἐν δόξῃ.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και ομολογουμενως μεγα εστιν το της ευσεβειας μυστηριον· θεος εφανερωθη εν σαρκι, εδικαιωθη εν πνευματι, ωφθη αγγελοις, εκηρυχθη εν εθνεσιν, επιστευθη εν κοσμω, ανεληφθη εν δοξη.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Καὶ ὁμολογουμένως μέγα ἐστὶ τὸ τῆς εὐσεβείας μυστήριον· Θεὸς ἐφανερώθη ἐν σαρκί, ἐδικαιώθη ἐν πνεύματι, ὤφθη ἀγγέλοις, ἐκηρύχθη ἐν ἔθνεσιν, ἐπιστεύθη ἐν κόσμῳ, ἀνελήφθη ἐν δόξῃ.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και ομολογουμενωσ μεγα εστιν το τησ ευσεβειασ μυστηριον θεοσ εφανερωθη εν σαρκι εδικαιωθη εν πνευματι ωφθη αγγελοισ εκηρυχθη εν εθνεσιν επιστευθη εν κοσμω ανεληφθη εν δοξη
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καὶ ὁμολογουμένως μέγα ἐστὶν τὸ τῆς εὐσεβείας μυστήριον· Ὃς ἐφανερώθη ἐν σαρκί, ἐδικαιώθη ἐν πνεύματι, ὤφθη ἀγγέλοις, ἐκηρύχθη ἐν ἔθνεσιν, ἐπιστεύθη ἐν κόσμῳ, ἀνελήμφθη ἐν δόξῃ.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καὶ ὁμολογουμένως μέγα ἐστὶν τὸ τῆς εὐσεβείας μυστήριον· ⸀Ὃς ἐφανερώθη ἐν σαρκί, ἐδικαιώθη ἐν πνεύματι, ὤφθη ἀγγέλοις, ἐκηρύχθη ἐν ἔθνεσιν, ἐπιστεύθη ἐν κόσμῳ, ἀνελήμφθη ἐν δόξῃ.
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Et manifeste magnum est pietatis sacramentum, quod manifestatum est in carne, justificatum est in spiritu, apparuit angelis, prædicatum est gentibus, creditum est in mundo, assumptum est in gloria.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ и҆сповѣ́дꙋемѡ ве́лїѧ є҆́сть бл҃гоче́стїѧ та́йна: бг҃ъ ꙗ҆ви́сѧ во пл҃ти, ѡ҆правда́сѧ въ дс҃ѣ, показа́сѧ а҆́гг҃лѡмъ, проповѣ́данъ бы́сть во ꙗ҆зы́цѣхъ, вѣ́ровасѧ въ мі́рѣ, вознесе́сѧ во сла́вѣ.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
И беспрекословно — великая благочестия тайна: Бог явился во плоти, оправдал Себя в Духе, показал Себя Ангелам, проповедан в народах, принят верою в мире, вознесся во славе.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και αναντιρρήτως το μυστήριον της ευσεβείας είναι μέγα· ο Θεός εφανερώθη εν σαρκί, εδικαιώθη εν πνεύματι, εφάνη εις αγγέλους, εκηρύχθη εις τα έθνη, επιστεύθη εις τον κόσμον, ανελήφθη εν δόξη.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И, као што је признато, велика је тајна побожности: Бог се јави у телу, оправда се у Духу, показа се анђелима, проповеди се незнабошцима, верова се на свету, узнесе се у слави.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I, kao što je priznato, velika je tajna pobožnosti: Bog se javi u telu, opravda se u Duhu, pokaza se anđelima, propovedi se neznabošcima, verova se na svetu, uznese se u slavi.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَبِٱلْإِجْمَاعِ عَظِيمٌ هُوَ سِرُّ ٱلتَّقْوَى: ٱللهُ ظَهَرَ فِي ٱلْجَسَدِ، تَبَرَّرَ فِي ٱلرُّوحِ، تَرَاءَى لِمَلَائِكَةٍ، كُرِزَ بِهِ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، أُومِنَ بِهِ فِي ٱلْعَالَمِ، رُفِعَ فِي ٱلْمَجْدِ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC