The Lord has commanded me to teach and declare his wisdom, displayed at this time in the mystery of our redemption; a mystery, which for so many ages, nay even from all eternity, has been locked up in the breast of the Almighty, but which he has at length vouchsafed to reveal. (Menochius)
EPHESIANS 3:9 fwti,sai @pa,ntaj# {C} Several important witnesses read only fwti,sai (a* A 424c 1739 1881 Origen Ambrosiaster½ Hilary Jerome _al_). It is difficult to decide whether pa,ntaj was omitte...
Verse 9. _AND TO MAKE ALL MEN SEE_] και φωτισαι παντας. _And to_ _illuminate all_; to give _information_ both to Jews and Gentiles; to afford them a _sufficiency of light_, so that they might be able...
AND TO MAKE ALL MEN SEE - In order that the whole human family might see the glory of God in the plan of salvation. Hitherto the revelation of his character and plans had been confined to the Jews. No...
3. THE MYSTERY MADE KNOWN Chapter S 2:11-3:21 _ 1. The condition of the Gentiles (Ephesians 2:11)_ 2. But now in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:13) 3. The new and great relationship (Ephesians 2
A DIGRESSION. PAUL THE PRISONER AND HIS RELATION TO THE MYSTERY. A knowledge of Paul's story may be presumed among those who read this letter: they will have heard how he was entrusted with the missio...
PRISON AND PRIVILEGES (Ephesians 3:1-13) To understand the connection of thought in this passage it has to be noted that Ephesians 3:2-13 are one long parenthesis. The for this cause of Ephesians 3:1...
It is to me, who am less than the least of all God's consecrated people. that this privilege has been given the privilege of preaching to the Gentiles the wealth of Christ, the full story of which no...
AND... GOD. And to enlighten all as to what is the stewardship (committed to me) of the mystery (App-193) that hath been hidden from the ages in God. MAKE... SEE. enlighten. See Ephesians 1:18. FELL...
_and to make all_men _see_ Lit., "_to illuminate all men_." The Latin versions have _illuminare omnes_. Some ancient MSS. (including the great MS. of the British Museum, and the Sinaitic), and other a...
9. The second effect of the commission has a yet wider range. Ultimately it reaches the whole universe of created being by bringing into clear light an eternal fact of boundless issues. ΦΩΤΊΣΑΙ. The G...
Ephesians 2:15. ΚΑΤΑΡΓΉΣΑΣ אAB &c. καταρτίσας D*. Ephesians 2:21. ΠΑ͂ΣΑ ΟἸΚΟΔΟΜῊ א*BDG _al_ Clem Orig Chrys. πᾶσα ἡ οἰκ. א*ACP _al mult_. Ephesians 3:5. Τ. ἉΓΊΟΙΣ�. ΠΡΟΦΉΤΑΙΣ אAC &c.
ΦΩΤΊΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΦΩΤΊΖΩ (G5461) освещать, выводить на свет, проливать свет на. _Inf._ цели, ΆΠΟΚΕΚΡΥΜΜΈΝΟΥ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΑΠΟΚΡΎΠΤΩ (G613) прятать. _Perf. part._ указывает на состо...
WHICH—HATH BEEN HID IN GOD,— It is evident that here is an allusion to the burying of a treasure in some secret place; (comp. Matthew 13:44 where the same word is used;) as there may also be in the wo...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 3:1-19) E. Paul's prayer for our strengthening. Ephesians 3:1-19. 1. Beginning of prayer. Ephesians 3:1. 2. Parenthetical Paul's mini
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: TO MAKE ALL MEN SEE, [ phootisai ...
__ Summary of the Present Grace 2 The present secret administration of which there is no hint in any Scriptures before this epistle was penned, consists essentially of three separate items, all of w...
3:9 ages (d-19) Or 'from eternity.' literally 'from the ages;' but in the sense of the period elapsed, not 'hidden from them.'...
REASONS FOR RENEWING THE PRAYER FOR WISDOM 1-13. A digression, which, however, could not be spared. As in Ephesians 1:15, he begins to speak of himself, and this time he explains his unique interest i...
'That which for ages has been kept secret from the wisest and holiest is now brought to light for all to see.' 10. It is an amazing thought that, by means of the Church, God's varied wisdom in the sch...
CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR EPHESIANS _LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_ CHAPTER 3 3:1-13 ~ GOD HAS MADE HIS SECRET KNOWN 3:1-6 ~ GOD MADE HIS SECRET KNOWN TO PAUL V1 For this reason...
TO MAKE ALL MEN SEE. — St. Paul speaks here first of manifestation to all men. The phrase used in the original is at once stronger and weaker than our version of it. It is stronger, for the word is, p...
Ephesians 3:1 contain two subjects closely blended together. The first (carrying on what is implied in the contrast drawn out in Ephesians 2) is the absolute newness of this dispensation to the Gentil...
CHAPTER 12 THE SECRET OF THE AGES Ephesians 3:1 Ephesians 3:2 are in form a parenthesis. They interrupt the prayer which appears to be commencing in the first verse and is not resumed until Ephesian...
These verses make a paragraph by themselves. Their main subject is the call of the Gentiles and Paul's Apostolic vocation in relation thereto. He reminds his readers of the mystery of that call, its r...
καὶ φωτίσαι πάντας τίς ἡ κοινωνία τοῦ μυστηρίου τοῦ ἀποκεκρυμμένου ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων : _and to make all see what is the fellowship (dispensation) of the mystery which from all ages hath been hidden_. The...
GENTILES SHARE THE “UNSPEAKABLE RICHES” Ephesians 3:1 _ Dispensation_ should be rendered, “stewardship.” We are God's trustees for men. To each of us is given some special phase of truth which we mus...
God's dwelling in the Church is not finality. It is equipment for the fulfillment of the divine purpose. The apostle claims a stewardship in the mystery of the Church, and declares the astounding fact...
Paul's Mission Paul considered his mission to the Gentiles a special favor bestowed upon him by God. This came about by the working of God's power both in saving Paul and in giving him the needed stre...
(7) Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. (8) Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace g...
In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
Equality in Christ I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week, in Chapter 2 of Ephesians we took a look at the Lord's "Never Ending Grace." 1. And although the Apostle Paul was speaking specifically to Gentiles,...
9._What is the fellowship of the mystery. _The publication of the gospel is called a _fellowship, _because it is the will of God that his purpose, which had formerly been hidden, shall now be shared b...
The whole of Chapter 3 is a parenthesis unfolding the mystery; and presenting at the same time, in the prayer that concludes it, the second character of God set before us at the beginning of the epist...
AND TO MAKE ALL MEN SEE WHAT IS THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE MYSTERY,.... Or "the dispensation of the mystery" as the Complutensian, and several copies, and the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions, read. The m...
And to make all _men_ see what _is_ the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: Ver. 9. _And to make all men see...
_Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints_, &c. Here are the noblest strains of eloquence, to paint the exceeding low opinion which the apostle had of himself, and the fulness of unfathomable...
WHAT IS THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE MYSTERY; the mystery is that, through faith in Christ, Gentiles and Jews were to be united to God and one another in holy fellowship and communion for ever. "The fellowsh...
AND TO MAKE ALL MEN SEE WHAT IS THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE MYSTERY, WHICH FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD HATH BEEN HID IN GOD, WHO CREATED ALL THINGS BY JESUS CHRIST;...
The humility of the apostle and the greatness of his mission:...
THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST REVEALED (vs.1-13) "For this cause" -- because of the marvelous greatness of the work God had accomplished for and in His saints -- Paul preached "the unsearchable riches of Chr...
CHAPTER 3 Paul describes himself as: The ____________ of Jesus Christ For the ____________. We are living in the _________________ of the grace of God. A dispensation is a period of _______ given...
“AND TO MAKE ALL MEN SEE WHAT IS THE DISPENSATION OF THE MYSTERY WHICH FOR AGES HATH BEEN HID IN GOD WHO CREATED ALL THINGS”. “And to make all men see”: “And to enlighten all men” (Alf). “And to bring...
8-12 Those whom God advances to honourable employments, he makes low in their own eyes; and where God gives grace to be humble, there he gives all other needful grace. How highly he speaks of Jesus C...
TO MAKE ALL MEN; all those to whom the apostle was sent. SEE; or, to enlighten them; i.e. ministerially, ACTS 26:18; as to enlighten them principally belongs to Christ, 1 THESSALONIANS 1:9. WHAT IS TH...
Shepherd of Hermas Vision First God, who dwells in the heavens, and made out of nothing the things that exist, and multiplied and increased them on account of His holy Church,[7]...
Ephesians 3:9 and G2532 make G5461 all G3956 see G5461 (G5658) what G5101 fellowship G2842 mystery G3466 which...
‘And to make all men see what is the stewardship of the mystery, which from all ages has been hid in God who created all things, to the intent that now to the principalities and the powers in the heav...
Ephesians 3:9. AND TO MAKE ALL MEN SEE. Not simply to teach all men, but to enlighten all, which is to be accomplished by means of the gospel. ‘All,' which is not emphatic, refers to the ‘Gentiles' (E...
1. _Paul's Office as Apostle to the Gentiles._ In view of the great privilege detailed in chap. Ephesians 2:19-22, culminating in Ephesians 2:22, the Apostle begins to speak of his prayer on behalf of...
TO MAKE SEE (φωτισα). First aorist active infinitive of φοτιζω, late verb, to turn the light on. With the eyes of the heart enlightened (Ephesians 1:18) one can then turn the light for others to se...
MYSTERY (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 13:11). _...
Ephesians 3:1. The Grace Given to Paul. The enthusiasm with which the Apostle speaks of preaching the Gospel to the heathen is contagious. His words burn on the page, and our hearts take fire as we r...
CONTENTS: Church, a mystery hidden in past ages. Prayer for inner fullness and knowledge. CHARACTERS: Christ, God, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The divine purpose to make of both Jew and Gentile a...
Ephesians 3:1. _Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ._ He was indeed the prisoner of Caesar, but a greater than Cæsar had said to him in the castle at Jerusalem, “Be of good cheer, Paul, for as thou has...
AND TO MAKE ALL MEN SEE. In contrast to the mystery religions which claimed to reveal secrets to the privileged few, Paul states that his mission is to tell _all men!_ GOD'S SECRET PLAN, is put into e...
_And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ._ CREATION NOT HITHERTO COMPLETE What...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 3:1 Revelation of the Gospel Mystery. Paul explains his calling and ministry as an apostle to the Gentiles. This assured his Gentile readers that their inheritance in Chris...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 3:7. WHEREOF I WAS MADE A MINISTER.—A deacon, a runner of errands. A lowly word, which reminds us of his own self-estimate—“not worthy to be called an apost...
EXPOSITION EPHESIANS 3:1 DIGRESSION ON THE ADMISSION OF THE GENTILES TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD....
Let's turn to the third chapter of Ephesians. For this cause [Paul said] I, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles (Ephesians 3:1), It is interesting that Paul was actually a prisoner of Rome,...
1 Corinthians 2:7; 1 Peter 1:20; 1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Thessalonians 2:13;...
To make all men see [φ ω τ ι σ α ι π α ν τ α ς]. Lit., to enlighten. The mystery. The admission of the Gentiles into covenant privileges. From the beginning of the world [α π ο τ ω ν α ι ω ν ω ν]. Lit...
What is the fellowship of the mystery — What those mysterious blessings are whereof all believers jointly partake. Which was, in a great measure, hidden from eternity by God, who, to make way for the...