Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ephesians 3:1
For this cause — That ye may be so "built together," I am a prisoner for you gentiles — For your advantage, and for asserting your right to these blessings. This it was which so enraged the Jews against him.
For this cause — That ye may be so "built together," I am a prisoner for you gentiles — For your advantage, and for asserting your right to these blessings. This it was which so enraged the Jews against him.
EPHESIANS 3:1 tou/ Cristou/ @VIhsou/# {C} The balance between the weight of the evidence that supports the presence of VIhsou/ following Cristou/ and its absence from several significant witnesses is...
CHAPTER III. _Paul, a prisoner for the testimony of Jesus, declares his_ _knowledge of what had been a mystery from all ages, that the_ _Gentiles should be fellow heirs and of the same body with th...
FOR THIS CAUSE - On account of preaching this doctrine; that is, the doctrine that the gospel was to be proclaimed to the Gentiles. I PAUL, THE PRISONER OF JESUS CHRIST - A prisoner in the service of...
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 for this cause that I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for the sake of you Gentiles you must have heard of the share that God gave me in dispensing his grace to you, because God's secret was m...
This chapter is parenthetical, and within it is another parenthesis, verses: Ephesians 3:2. Both must be carefully noted. FOR THIS CAUSE. On this account. JESUS CHRIST. Christ Jesus. App-98. GENTILE...
Ephesians 3:1-13. He would pursue the subject of the Temple, but digresses to say more of the world-wide scope of the Gospel _For this cause_ With such a present and such a future for my reason, motiv...
ΤΟΎΤΟΥ ΧΆΡΙΝ resumed in Ephesians 3:14. It is closely connected with Ephesians 2:22, the climax of the whole paragraph Ephesians 2:11-22. ἘΓῺ ΠΑΥ͂ΛΟΣ. This personal appeal is characteristic of the wri...
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.
ΤΟΎΤΟΥ ΧΆΡΙΝ поэтому, за счет этого, по этой причине. Речь идет не только о строительстве дома Божьего на твердом основании, но также об объединении иудеев и не-иудеев (Barth). ΔΈΣΜΙΟΣ (G1198) заключ...
FOR THIS CAUSE, &C.— This chapter throws back a great light on those which precede, and more clearly opens the design of this epistle: for St. Paul here in plain words tells the Ephesians that he was...
_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
The "Mystery" revealedEPH_14-17. "I, Paul, (am) the prisoner (lit. "fettered"), is not the bond-slave designation used in other places, but rather a word for being constrained or tied down. Here, "of...
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, As the first chapter treated of THE FATHER'S office; the second, THE SON'S; so this, that of THE SPIRIT. OF JESUS CHRIST - Gre...
1 Compare the condition of the two classes with that of the individual believer in Rom_6:2. Such as have "died to sin" "together with Christ", "are vivified together with Him", and "are reckoning them...
3:1 prisoner (b-6) Lit. 'the one in bonds.'...
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...
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...
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...
FOR THIS CAUSE... — After much discussion of the construction of this verse, there seems little doubt that the nominative, “I, Paul,” must be carried on beyond the digression upon the mystery of the g...
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...
τούτου χάριν ἐγὼ Παῦλος ὁ δέσμιος τοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ : _for this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus_. The τούτου χάριν is referred by some (Mey., etc.) to the immediately preceding sentence; th...
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...
A Prisoner in Christ's Service Paul begins a prayer in 3:1, but immediately digresses. He does not return to his prayer until verse 14. Because Jew and Gentile were built together on the one foundatio...
For (1) this cause I Paul, (a) the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, (1) He maintains his apostleship against the offence of the cross, upon which he also makes an argument to confirm himself...
_For this cause I, Paul, the prisoner, &c. The sense seems to be, I, Paul, am a prisoner; otherwise the sense will be suspended, and interrupted by a long parenthesis till the 14th verse, where it is...
(1) В¶ For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, (2) If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: It is more than probable, that...
CONTENTS The Apostle in this Chapter, makes a particular Address to the Church at Ephesus, as a Gentile Church. He shows the gracious Design of God from the Beginning, to the Gentiles, as One with th...
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,...
1._For this cause. _Paul’s imprisonment, which ought to have been held as a confirmation of his apostleship, was undoubtedly presented by his adversaries in an opposite light. He therefore points out...
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...
FOR THIS CAUSE I PAUL, THE PRISONER OF JESUS CHRIST,.... Not actively, whom Christ had apprehended by his grace, and made a prisoner of hope; but passively, who was made a prisoner for Christ, on acco...
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, Ver. 1. _For this cause_] To wit, that you may be a habitation of God, through the Spirit. _ I Paul, the prisoner_] I hold not S...
_For this cause_ That you may be so built up together, and made the temple of God, and his habitation through the Spirit; _I bow my knees_, &c., see Ephesians 3:14, with which the words are evidently...
FOR THIS CAUSE; in view of all that has been said concerning your introduction through Christ, to the household of faith. THE PRISONER OF JESUS CHRIST; one who is subjected to imprisonment for the ca...
THE MINISTRY OF PAUL FOR THE EDIFICATION OF THE CHURCH. The revelation of knowledge to Paul:...
FOR THIS CAUSE I, PAUL, THE PRISONER OF JESUS CHRIST FOR YOU GENTILES,...
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...
“FOR THIS CAUSE. PAUL, THE PRISONER OF CHRIST JESUS IN BEHALF OF YOU GENTILES” “For this cause”: Resuming the prayer started in Ephesians 1:15, which will actually be expressed in Ephesians 3:14-19....
1-7 For having preached the doctrine of truth, the apostle was a prisoner, but a prisoner of Jesus Christ; the object of special protection and care, while thus suffering for him. All the gracious of...
EPHESIANS CHAPTER 3 EPHESIANS 3:1 Paul, in bonds for preaching Christ to the Gentiles, showeth that the mystery of their calling, heretofore hidden, had been revealed to him, EPHESIANS 3:7 that by his...
Ephesians 3:1 this G5127 reason G5484 I G1473 Paul G3972 prisoner G1198 Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 for G5228 you...
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...
Ephesians 3:1. FOR THIS CAUSE. A strong expression, occurring only here, in chap. Ephesians 3:14 and Titus 1:5. The reference is to what precedes (chap....
FOR THIS CAUSE (τουτου χαριν). Use of χαριν (accusative of χαρις) as a preposition with the genitive and referring to the preceding argument about God's elective grace. It is possible that Paul star...
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...
FOR THIS REASON. "Because of the truth that God had already decided to adopt the Gentiles as children (Ephesians 1:5), I am the prisoner of Christ Jesus for your sake." Since Paul writes from his impr...
_For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles._ ST. PAUL’S MINISTRY TO THE GENTILES A DIVINE GRACE TO HIMSELF If not wholly singular, there is something very characteristic, i...
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 3:1. THE PRISONER OF JESUS CHRIST may be regarded as “the prisoner whom the Lord has bound” (so Winer and Meyer), or as “a prisoner belonging to Christ,” or...
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 Thessalonians 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 10:1; 2 Corinthians 11:23;...
For this cause. Seeing ye are so builded together. Of Christ Jesus [τ ο υ χ ρ ι σ τ ο υ ι η σ ο υ]. Notice the article, the Christ, and see on ch. Ephesians 2:13. Gentiles. To whom Paul was expressl...
FOR THIS CAUSE, that is, for preaching the gospel to the Gentiles in general; and in particular, for asserting, that the privileges of justification and salvation by Christ belonged equally to the Gen...