(3:12) Now, the focus shifts and is on the Son. It is "in Him and through faith in Him" that we have the freedom from sin and the confidence in our redemption to "approach God (the Father)." Would the Son of God approach His Father with thanksgiving and petitions? Absolutely! So, too, may we approach our Father with thanksgiving for His provision and petition for that which we most need in order to live victorious lives in Christ.
Verse 12. _IN WHOM WE HAVE BOLDNESS_] _By whom we_, Gentiles, _have_ την παρρησιαν, _this liberty of speech_; so that we may _say_ any thing by _prayer_ and supplication, and την προσαγωγην, _this_ _...
WE HAVE BOLDNESS - The word used here - παῤῥησίαν parrēsian - means, properly, boldness of speaking; 2 Corinthians 7:4; John 7:26; Acts 4:13,...
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...
ACCESS. See Ephesians 2:18. WITH. Greek. _en._ App-104. CONFIDENCE. confident assurance. See 2 Corinthians 1:15. FAITH. App-150....
_in whom we have_ Here (see last note) _is_the realization. It was "purposed in Him" that we His saints should be unspeakably near to the Father; and so we now _are_, and angels see it. _boldness_ Lit...
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.
12. Here we come back to the position established in Ephesians 2:18, but the thought of the freedom and fulness of communion with the Father which is ours in Him is brought out in greater detail. ΠΑΡΡ...
ΠΑΡΡΗΣΊΑ (G3954) свободная речь, доверие, храбрость, ΠΡΟΣΑΓΩΓΉ (G4318) вход, доступ (_см._ Ephesians 2:18). ΠΕΠΟΊΘΗΣΙΣ (G4006) убежденность, доверие....
IN WHOM WE HAVE BOLDNESS, &C.— _"Through whom we have freedom of speech_ in our approaches to the throne of grace, _and_ have access with confidence of being heard, as being assured of audience and ac...
_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
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. Translate, 'Our boldness and our access () in confidence through our faith in Him.' 'THE access' (Greek); the formal introdu...
__ 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...
This verse returns to the idea of Ephesians 2:18, as though St. Paul, after the wide sweep of thought far beyond the earth in Ephesians 3:10, desired, as usual, to bring his readers back to the practi...
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 13 EARTH TEACHING HEAVEN Ephesians 3:10 "The mystery hidden since the ages began, in God who created all things": so the last paragraph concluded. The added phrase "through Jesus Christ" is...
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...
ἐν ᾧ ἔχομεν τὴν παρρησίαν καὶ τὴν προσαγωγήν : _in whom we have boldness and access_. The second τήν, which is inserted by the TR, has the support of some good authorities, [301] [302] 3 [303] [304] ...
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's Wisdom As Seen in the Mystery God's wisdom is many sided and can only be understood as he reveals it. This is true for angels as well as men. At the time of Paul's writing, God's great plan for...
(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,...
12._Through whom we have boldness. _The honor of reconciling the Father to the whole world must be given to Christ. From the effects of this grace its excellence is demonstrated; for _faith, _which is...
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...
IN WHOM WE HAVE BOLDNESS AND ACCESS,.... Into the holy of holies, to the throne of grace there, and to God the Father, as seated on it: Christ is the way of access; union to him gives right of access;...
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. Ver. 12. _Boldness and access_] True peace draws men to God, false drives them from God. Uprightness hath boldness, serenity h...
_To the intent that now_ Under the gospel dispensation, the last and best dispensation of divine grace and mercy to fallen man; _unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places_ To all the vario...
IN WHOM WE HAVE BOLDNESS AND ACCESS WITH CONFIDENCE BY THE FAITH OF HIM....
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...
“IN WHOM WE HAVE BOLDNESS AND ACCESS IN CONFIDENCE THROUGH OUR FAITH IN HIM”. “In whom”: In Christ. Again, Christ is the only access to God (John 14:6; Ephesians 2:16; 1 Timothy 2:5). “BOLDNESS”: “Chr...
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...
IN WHOM; or by, or through whom, or into whom being ingrafted and incorporated. WE HAVE BOLDNESS, or freeness of speech. It signifies that liberty and spiritual security, whereby we come to God as to...
Ephesians 3:12 in G1722 whom G3739 have G2192 (G5719) boldness G3954 and G2532 access G4318 with G1722 confidenc
‘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 3:12. IN WHOM WE HAVE. This explains and confirms what precedes. ‘We' refers to those who are really in Christ, since the privileges which follow are matters of experience. OUR BOLDNESS AND...
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...
IN CONFIDENCE (εν πεποιθησε). Late and rare word from πεποιθα. See 2 Corinthians 1:15.THROUGH OUR FAITH IN HIM (δια της πιστεως αυτου). Clearly objective genitive αυτου (in him)....
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 FREEDOM TO ENTER INTO. _Johnson_ says: "In Jesus Christ, all, both Jew and Gentile alike, can come boldly [with confidence] to God. Without the revelation of Christ [The Faith] we could hardly kno...
_In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of Him._ ACCESS TO GOD THROUGH CHRIST I. We have access. Approach to God in worship. Such a state of peace with God as allows a free...
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 3:10. TO THE INTENT THAT NOW … MIGHT BE KNOWN BY THE CHURCH THE MANIFOLD WISDOM OF GOD.—The Church as it expands from a “little flock” to a “multitude which...
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,...
Ephesians 2:18; Hebrews 10:19; Hebrews 4:14; John 14:6; Romans 5:2...
Faith of Him [τ η ς π ι σ τ ε ω ς α υ τ ο υ]. As often, for faith in Him....
By whom we have free access — Such as those petitioners have, who are introduced to the royal presence by some distinguished favourite. And boldness — Unrestrained liberty of speech, such as children...