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Verse 9. _HAVING MADE KNOWN UNTO US THE MYSTERY_] That the Gentiles
should ever be received into the Church of God, and have all the
privileges of the Jews, without being obliged to submit to
circumc...
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HAVING MADE KNOWN TO US THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL - The word
“mystery” (μυστήριον mustērion) means literally
something into which one must be “initiated” before it is fully
known (from μυέω _mueō_,...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE MASTERWORK OF GOD (1-3)
1. The Godhead at Work
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The introduction (Ephesians 1:1)_
2. The great doxology (Ephesians 1:3)
3. The work of the Father ...
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A PARAGRAPH OF PRAISE. God, who is also the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, is thanked for the blessings embracing every form of spiritual
riches bestowed through their mystical relationship to Chris...
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This happened because he made known to us the once hidden but now
revealed secret of his will, for so it was his good pleasure to do.
The secret was a purpose which he formed in his own mind before ti...
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THE PURPOSE OF GOD (Ephesians 1:1-14)...
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This is a letter from Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the
will of God, to God's consecrated people who live in Ephesus and who
are faithful in Jesus Christ. Grace be to you and peace from Go...
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HAVING MADE KNOWN. Greek. _gnorizo._ As in Ephesians 3:3.Philippians
1:1; Philippians 1:22 (wot). Compare App-132.
UNTO. to.
MYSTERY. See App-193.
HATH. Omit.
purposed
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Ascription of Praise, in view of the Election and Redemption of the
Saints
3. _Blessed_be _the God_, &c. The same Benediction occurs (verbatim in
the Greek, nearly so in A. V.), 2 Corinthians 1:3; 1 P...
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_Having made known_ An aorist participle. The time-reference is to the
actual revelation of the Gospel. Cp. e.g. Romans 3:21; Romans
16:25-26; 2 Timothy 1:10. And see last note.
_unto us_ the believin...
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1–14.
The title in its earliest form is simplest: πρὸς
Ἐφεσίους (אABK); with ἄρχεται prefixed (DEFG). The
fuller title (τοῦ ἁγίου� L) Παύλου
ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς Ἐφεσίους occurs in LP....
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ΓΝΩΡΊΣΑΣ ἩΜΙ͂Ν Κ.Τ.Λ., ‘by making known to us the
secret of His will.’ The communication of this knowledge of the
ultimate purpose of God, as a consequence of the favour that God has
towards us, is th...
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Ephesians 1:3-14. AN ASCRIPTION OF BLESSING TO GOD
The Epistle opens with an act of adoration in view of the eternal
purpose of God now made known to men. The stages in the revelation of
that purpose...
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ΓΝΩΡΊΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (conymcme.)_ от ΓΝΩΡΊΖΩ
(G184) открывать. _Aor._ описывает
одновременное действие (GGBB, 625; VA, 382-85).
ΠΡΟΈΘΕΤΟ _aor. med. (dep.) ind. от_ ΠΡΟΤΊΘΗΜΙ
(G4388) класть перед...
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DISCOURSE: 2092
THANKS TO GOD FOR HIS SOVEREIGN GRACE AND MERCY
Ephesians 1:3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly plac...
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THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL,— St. Paul's so often terming God's purpose
of calling the Gentiles _a mystery,_ and so emphatically declaring it
to be _concealed from ages,_ and particularly revealed _to him...
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_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 1:1-14)
Greeting; Ephesians 1:1-2.
1.
By Paul. Ephesians 1:1.
2.
To the saints at Ephesus.
3.
To the faithful in Christ Jesus....
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(1:9-10) Paul is using the plural here ("He made known to us"), in
order that we might all personally identify with what he is saying. It
is specifically true, however, that Paul was the individual to...
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Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his
good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
Which He 'made to abound toward us' (), in that He made known to
us-namely, expe...
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1 The title "Christ Jesus" is the token of His exaltation; "Jesus
Christ" refers us to His humiliation. "Christ Jesus" is used by Paul,
especially in his later ministries. The words "in Ephesus" seem...
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THANKSGIVING FOR BLESSINGS AND PRAYER FOR WISDOM
1, 2. The salutation. I. In the Salutations to the Colossians and to
Philemon, written at the same time, 'Timothy the brother' is coupled
with St. Paul...
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MYSTERY] In the NT. this means a secret that has been revealed; a
favourite word with St. Paul (Ephesians 3:3; Ephesians 3:9; Ephesians
5:32;...
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CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR
EPHESIANS
_LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_
ABOUT THIS LETTER
The *apostle Paul wrote this letter when he was in a prison in Rome.
He wrote it to people i...
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[1.
Introduction to the Epistle (Ephesians 1:1).
(1) SALUTATION (Ephesians 1:1).
(2) THANKSGIVING TO GOD FOR —
(_a_)
_The election of the whole Church before the world began, by the
predestinating...
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HAVING MADE KNOWN UNTO US THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL. — In the same
connection we read in 1 Corinthians 2:7, “we speak the wisdom of God
in a mystery.” The word “mystery” properly signifies a thing
which...
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CHAPTER 2
THE ETERNAL PURPOSE
Ephesians 1:3
WE enter this epistle through magnificent gateway. The introductory
Act of Praise, extending from verse 3 to 14, Ephesians 1:3 is one of
the most sublime...
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CHAPTER 3
THE BESTOWMENT OF GRACE
Ephesians 1:6
THE blessedness of men in Christ is not matter of purpose only, but of
reality and experience. With the word grace in the middle of the sixth
verse th...
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γνωρίσας ἡμῖν : _having made known unto us_. Better,
“in that He made known unto us”. As in Ephesians 1:5 the aor.
part, is _modal_, not _temporal_, expressing an act not conceived as
prior to that in...
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OUR RICHES IN CHRIST
Ephesians 1:1
This has been called the “Epistle of _In-ness,_ ”because it is so
full of the preposition _in. Saints_ are flesh and blood like
ourselves, and _we_ may be saints. T...
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The theme of this letter is pre-eminently of the Church as the medium
for the accomplishment of the divine purpose. Those addressed are
described as "saints," and as "the faithful in Christ Jesus." Th...
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Redeemed
A redemption price is paid to buy something back. As Lipscomb says, in
this case it is to rescue from bondage to the devil. It is in Christ
and through his blood particularly, that we find re...
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Having made known unto us the (m) mystery of his will, (13) according
to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
(m) For unless the Lord had opened to us that mystery, we could never
hav...
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That he might make known to us, and to all men, the mystery of his
will and pleasure in establishing his new law, of calling all
Gentiles, as well as Jews, to believe in his Son, made man for us, in
t...
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(8) Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; (9)
Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his
good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
In those ver...
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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...
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The Chosen
I. INTRODUCTION
A. A Little History!
1. Written approx. 61 AD by the Apostle Paul during his Roman
imprisonment.
2. There are several indications that this was a "circular" letter
writt...
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9._Having made known to us the mystery of his will. _Some were alarmed
at the novelty of his doctrine. With a view to such persons, he very
properly denominates it a _mystery of the divine will, _and...
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The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has blessed us with all
spiritual blessings in the heavenly places in Christ, having chosen us
in Him. Chapter 1 unfolds (Ephesians 1:4-7) these blessings,...
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HAVING MADE KNOWN UNTO US THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL,.... The Gospel,
which is a mystery, a hidden mystery, the mystery of God and of
Christ, and the mystery of the Gospel; the several doctrines of it ar...
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Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his
good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
Ver. 9. _The mystery of his will_] That is, the gospel, a mystery both
to men, 1 C...
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_Having made known to us_ By his Word and Spirit; _the mystery of his
will_ The gracious scheme of salvation by faith, the appointment of
which depended on his sovereign will alone; termed _a mystery_...
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THE MYSTERY; that which is explained in verse Ephesians 1:10. Men have
no correct views of salvation through faith in Christ, except as God
reveals it to them; and no disposition to believe on him exc...
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HAVING MADE KNOWN UNTO US THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL, ACCORDING TO HIS
GOOD PLEASURE, WHICH HE HATH PURPOSED IN HIMSELF;...
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The manifestation of God's grace according to His counsel:...
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SALUTATION
(vs.1-2)
As an apostle of Jesus Christ, Paul writes this epistle as an
authoritative communication from God. Indeed, his apostleship is "by
the will of God." Nothing of his own or of any...
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CHAPTER 1
The author of this letter is ___________. He is an apostle. The word
apostle means ____________________. He states that he is not an
apostle by his own choice. He is an apostle by the will o...
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“making known unto us the mystery of His will, according to His good
pleasure which He purposed in Him”
“MAKING KNOWN UNTO US”: God has shared more than "forgiveness"
with Christians. God has revealed...
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9-14 Blessings were made known to believers, by the Lord's showing to
them the mystery of his sovereign will, and the method of redemption
and salvation. But these must have been for ever hidden from...
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HAVING MADE KNOWN UNTO US; having revealed to us outwardly by the
preaching of the gospel; inwardly, by the illumination of the Spirit.
THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL; the whole doctrine of grace and salvati...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
) "all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on
earth,"[761]
Tertullian On Monogamy
The apostle, too, writing to the Ephesians, says that God "h...
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Ephesians 1:9 known G1107 (G5660) us G2254 mystery G3466 His G846 will
G2307 to G2596 His G846 pleasure...
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‘Having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his
good pleasure which he purposed in him, unto a stewardship (regulation
of an estate) of the fullness of times, to sum up all things i...
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I. _Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ._
Ephesians 1:3-14 form but one sentence, so heaped up in thought and so
involved in construction as to well-nigh baffle all attempts at exact
analysis. Th...
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I. THE CHURCH CHOSEN IN CHRIST, THE HEAD OF THE BODY.
This chapter is made up of two parts: the _first_ (Ephesians 1:3-14),
an ascription of praise for spiritual blessings in Christ; the
_second_ (Eph...
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Ephesians 1:9. HAVING MADE KNOWN TO US. This explains what precedes.
Ellicott: ‘in making known to us'; Alford: ‘in that He made
known.' Hence this takes place at the same time with the causing to
abo...
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THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL
(το μυστηριον του θεληματος αυτου). Once
hidden, now revealed as in Colossians 1:26 which see. See also
Colossians 2:3.WHICH HE PURPOSED
(ην προεθετο). Second aorist middle...
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MYSTERY
See (Romans 16:25); (Romans 16:26); (Ephesians 3:3).
(_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 13:11). _...
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Ephesians 1:5
The Final Restoration of all Things.
There are several passages in the New Testament and this is one of
them which make it clear that the Divine mercy is ultimately to
achieve a complet...
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Ephesians 1:9
Christ the Justification of a Suffering World.
Such words as these of St. Paul spring out of that first bewilderment
of joy which belongs to the sense of discovery. Christ is still a
ne...
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Ephesians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ
Jesus: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from...
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In this chapter, we see what Paul, writing under the inspiration of
the Holy Spirit, has to say about the possessions and privileges of
believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 1:1. Paul, an apo...
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The Epistle to the Ephesians is a complete Body of Divinity. In the
first chapter you have the doctrines of the gospel; in the next, you
have the experience of the Christians; and before the Epistle i...
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We frequently read this chapter and the whole of this Epistle because
it has been well remarked that the Epistle to the Ephesians is a body
of divinity in miniature. Here all the great doctrines of th...
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Ephesians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
to the saints, which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ
Jesus: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from...
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Ephesians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ
Jesus: grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from...
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Ephesians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,_
He was not made an apostle by man, neither did he take the office upon
himself, but he was made an apostle by the will of God.
E...
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CONTENTS: Believer's position in grace. The prayer for knowledge and
power.
CHARACTERS: Christ, God, Holy Spirit, Paul.
CONCLUSION: The believer is vitally united to Jesus Christ by the
indwelling S...
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Ephesians 1:4. _According as he hath chosen us in him before the
foundation of the world, that we should be holy, and without blame
before him in_ _love._ What words of consolation! The full soul of t...
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_Having made known unto us the mystery of His will, according to His
good pleasure which He hath purposed in Himself._
THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL
I. The sovereign grace of God in making known to us t...
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 1:9 In Scripture, MYSTERY refers to the
revealing of something previously hidden (see note on Col. 1:26–27).
The mystery of God’s will, now revealed in Christ
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 1:3 In the original Greek, this section
is one long, elegant sentence. Paul shows that the triune God began
and completed reconciliation and redemption of the world for the...
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 1:1 Introduction. Paul greets the
believers in Ephesus (vv. Ephesians 1:1) and offers praise to God (vv....
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Ephesians 1:3. BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER.—The Hebrew form for
“hallowing the Name” was, “The Holy One, blessed be He.” The
Prayer Book version of Psalm c. gives, “...
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EXPOSITION
EPHESIANS 1:1, EPHESIANS 1:2
ADDRESS AND SALUTATION.
EPHESIANS 1:1...
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Let's turn in our Bibles to Ephesians.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God (Ephesians 1:1),
Now, if you were writing this epistle, take out the name Paul, and
insert your name and the...
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1 Corinthians 2:10; 1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy 1:9; Acts 13:48; Ac
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Having made known. The participle is explanatory of which He made to
abound, etc. : in that He made known.
The mystery of His will. For mystery, see on Romans 11:25; Colossians
1:26. Another key - wor...
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CHRIST THE ALL IN ALL
Ephesians 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We cannot call Ephesians the Epistle of Paul. It was written by the
Holy Ghost through Paul. The Holy Ghost came to take the things of
Christ,...
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Having made known to us — By his word and by his Spirit. The mystery
of his will — The gracious scheme of salvation by faith, which
depends on his own sovereign will alone. This was but darkly
discove...