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.
Though all this makes a very plain and consistent sense, yet we are perplexed by various readings on the first clause, θεος εφανερωθηενσαρκι, God was manifest in the flesh; for instead of θεος, God, several MSS., versions, and fathers, have ος or ο, who or which. And this is generally referred to the word mystery; Great is the mystery of godliness, WHICH was manifest in the flesh.