{The mystery} (	o must(8872)ion). See on  1Co 2:7  for this
interesting word from must(8873) (initiate), from mue(935c), to wink,
to blink. The Gnostics talked much of "mysteries." Paul takes
their very word (already in common use,  Mt 13:11 ) and uses it
for the gospel. {Which hath been hid} (	o apokekrummenon).
Perfect passive articular participle from apokrupt(935c), old verb,
to hide, to conceal from ( 1Co 2:7  Eph 3:9 ). {But now it hath
been manifested} (
un de ephaner(9374)h(885c)). First aorist passive
indicative of phanero(935c), to make manifest (phaneros). The
construction is suddenly changed (anacoluthon) from the
participle to the finite verb.