Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ephesians 3:6
That the gentiles are joint — heirs — Of God. And of the same body — Under Christ the head. And joint — partakers of his promise — The communion of the Holy Ghost.
That the gentiles are joint — heirs — Of God. And of the same body — Under Christ the head. And joint — partakers of his promise — The communion of the Holy Ghost.
Verse Ephesians 3:6. _THAT THE GENTILES SHOULD BE FELLOW HEIRS_] This is the _substance_ of that mystery which had been hidden from all ages, and which was now made known to the New Testament apostles...
THAT THE GENTILES SHOULD BE FELLOW-HEIRS - Fellow-heirs with the ancient people of God - the Jews - and entitled to the same privileges; see the Romans 8:17, note and Ephesians 2:13, note....
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...
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...
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...
THAT, &C. The subject of the revelation. FELLOWHEIRS. joint-heirs. Greek. _sunkleronomos._ See Romans 8:17. Occurs elsewhere, Hebrews 11:9. 1Pe 8:7. OF THE SAME BODY. members-of-a-joint-body. Greek....
_That the Gentiles_, &c. It is well to pause over a passage like this, and reflect that what seems now to be an axiom of religious thought, the equality of mankind in view of the offer of salvation, w...
ΣΥΝΚΛΗΡΟΝΌΜΑ. Cf. on κληρονομία Ephesians 1:14. ΣΎΝΣΩΜΑ, ἅπ. λεγ. Cf. ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι, Ephesians 2:16. ΣΥΝΜΈΤΟΧΑ ΤΗ͂Σ ἘΠΑΓΓΕΛΊΑΣ. Cf. Ephesians 2:12 (τῶν διαθηκῶν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας),...
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.
ΕΊΝΑΙ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть. Эпэкз. _inf._ объясняет содержание божественного откровения, ΣΥΓΚΛΗΡΟΝΌΜΟΣ (G4789) сонаследник, ΣΎΣΣΩΜΟΣ (G4954) члены, принадлежащие к одному телу, Σ...
PARTAKERS OF HIS PROMISE,— Namely, of the Spirit. Comp. Galatians 3:14. The phrase, Δια του ευαγγελιου, rendered _by the gospel,_ signifies _in the time of the gospel._...
_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
(3:6) "That the Gentiles are" is a translation of one word in the Greek and identifies a fact, not a purpose. "Fellow-heirs, joint-members, and sharers together" all indicate a common ownership throug...
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: Translate, 'That the Gentiles are,' etc., 'and fellow-corporate [ sussooma (G495...
__ 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...
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...
THAT THE GENTILES SHOULD BE FELLOWHEIRS. — More exactly, _are fellow-heirs,_ admitted already fully in God’s councils, as partially in actual fact to the kingdom of God. AND OF THE SAME BODY, AND [_fe...
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...
εἶναι τὰ ἔθνη συλκληρονόμα : [to wit], _that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs_. The εἶναι = _are_, not _should be_, the “mystery” or secret revealed being a _fact_, not a purpose. The _obj. inf._ express...
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...
God Made Known the Mystery Christ revealed both the plan of salvation and his plan for Paul to tell others about it (Galatians 1:11-17; Acts 26:15-18). Paul says he wrote a few words before about the...
_That the Gentiles should be coheirs, &c. This is the mystery which was heretofore unknown, and now revealed. This is what the greatest part of the Jews could never be brought to believe, that the Gen...
(3) How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, (4) Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) (5) Which in other age...
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,...
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...
THAT THE GENTILES SHOULD BE FELLOWHEIRS,.... With the Jews, of all the blessings of grace, of lasting salvation, and of the eternal, incorruptible, and never fading inheritance in heaven; that they sh...
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: Ver. 6. _Gentiles should be fellowheirs_] Co-heirs, concorporate, and consorts; th...
_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...
The gospel was designed to make all who embrace it children of God, and members of one family; to give them free access to him as their Father, and lead them to love one another as brethren. So far as...
THAT THE GENTILES SHOULD BE FELLOW-HEIRS, AND OF THE SAME BODY, AND PARTAKEN OF HIS PROMISE IN CHRIST BY THE GOSPEL,...
THE MINISTRY OF PAUL FOR THE EDIFICATION OF THE CHURCH. The revelation of knowledge to Paul:...
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...
“TO WIT, THAT THE GENTILES ARE FELLOW-HEIRS, AND FELLOW-MEMBERS OF THE BODY, AND FELLOW-PARTAKERS OF THE PROMISE IN CHRIST JESUS THROUGH THE GOSPEL”. “To wit”: “That is to say or namely” _(Coffman p....
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...
THAT THE GENTILES SHOULD BE FELLOW HEIRS; i.e. have an equal right to the heavenly inheritance with the believing Jews. AND OF THE SAME BODY; the same mystical body whereof Christ is the Head. AND PAR...
Ephesians 3:6 Gentiles G1484 be G1511 (G5750) heirs G4789 G2532 body G4954 and G2532 partakers G4830 His...
‘That is that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the Gospel.' This is the revealed mystery, that the Gentiles co...
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 3:6. THAT THE GENTILES ARE; not ‘should be,' for ‘a mystery is not a secret design, but a secret fact' (Alford). The whole verse explains ‘mystery' (Ephesians 3:4). FELLOW-HEIRS, _i.e._, wi...
TO WIT . Not in the Greek. But the infinitive (εινα) clause is epexegetical and gives the content of the revelation, a common idiom in the N.T. Τα εθνη is in the accusative of general reference. Pa...
THAT THE GENTILES That the Gentiles were to be saved was no mystery (Romans 9:24); (Romans 10:19). The mystery, "hid in God", was the divine purpose to make of Jew and Gentile a wholly new thing -- ...
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...
THE SECRET IS THIS. "The Gentiles share directly with the Jews in the heavenly inheritance. This means: they are now members of the same body, the church, through faith in Christ; they share in the _p...
_Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge In the mystery of Christ, which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto His holy apostles._ THE RESERV...
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...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 3:6 THE GENTILES ARE FELLOW HEIRS. See Romans 8:17; Galatians
_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 Corinthians 12:12; 1 Corinthians 12:27; 1 John 1:3; 1 John 2:25;...
Fellow - - heirs - of the same body - partakers [σ υ γ κ λ η ρ ο ν ο μ α σ υ σ σ ω μ α σ υ μ μ ε τ ο χ α]. The second of these words occurs only here; the third only here and ch. 5 7. They are strange...