9 And having conceived a great and unutterable scheme He communicated it to His Son alone. (DIO) 10 For so long as He kept and guarded His wise design as a mystery, He seemed to neglect us and to be careless about us. (DIO) 11 But when He revealed it through His beloved Son, and manifested the purpose which He had prepared from the beginning, He gave us all these gifts at once, participation in His benefits, and sight and understanding of (mysteries) which none of us ever would have expected. (DIO)
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