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Verse 10. _IN THE DISPENSATION OF THE FULNESS OF TIMES_] εις
οικονομιαν του πληρωματος των καιρων.
The word οικονομια, which is the same as our word _economy_,
signifies, as Dr. Macknight has well ob...
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THAT IN THE DISPENSATION - The word rendered here as
“dispensation,” οἰκονομία oikonomia, means properly
“the management of household affairs.” Then it means stewardship
or administration; a dispens...
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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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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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THE PURPOSE OF GOD (Ephesians 1:1-14)...
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THAT IN. Greek. _eis_. App-104.
DISPENSATION. Greek. _oikonomia._ See 1 Corinthians 9:17.
FULNESS. Greek. _pleroma_. First occurance: Matthew 9:16.
HE MIGHT GATHER TOGETHER IN ONE. to sum up (litera...
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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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_in the dispensation_, &c. Lit., IN VIEW OF THE STEWARDSHIP OF THE
FULNESS OF THE SEASONS. The word rendered "dispensation" is lit.
"stewardship, house-management." Its special meaning here seems to b...
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ΕἸΣ ΟἸΚΟΝΟΜΊΑΝ ΤΟΥ͂ ΠΛΗΡΏΜΑΤΟΣ ΤΩ͂Ν
ΚΑΙΡΩ͂Ν, ‘with a view to a dispensation or stewardship
appropriate to the fulness of the seasons.’ οἰκονομία, see
Additional Note. The treasures to be dispensed are...
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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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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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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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HE MIGHT GATHER TOGETHER— The original,
'Ανακεφαλαιωσασθαι, rendered _gathered together,_
properly signifies, _to recapitulate, recollect,_ or _put together the
heads of a discourse,_ and _to unite ag...
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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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That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather
together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and
which are on earth; even in him:
IN, [ eis (G1519): rather unto]...
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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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'For carrying out a dispensation which was carried out in the fulness
of the seasons, so as to gather up in one all things in Christ.' When
all the seasons had run out, the final revelation came: cp....
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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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THAT IN THE DISPENSATION OF THE FULNESS OF TIMES. — The connection
marked in our version seems certainly erroneous. The words should be
connected with the previous verse, and translated thus: _which H...
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EVEN IN HIM: IN WHOM ALSO WE HAVE OBTAINED AN INHERITANCE. — We have
here (in the repetition, “even in Him”) an emphatic transition to
the truth most closely concerning the Apostle and his readers. Th...
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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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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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εἰς οἰκονομίαν : _unto a dispensation_. This expresses
the _end_ which God had in view in that which He purposed. Some
(Erasm., Calv., etc.) give εἰς the _temporal_ sense of _usque ad._
But the idea i...
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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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God's Purpose
God was not rushed, or delayed, in the carrying out of his purpose.
Instead, when the time was ripe, full or ready, God sent Jesus. He
sent him to die, shed his blood, be buried and rai...
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(14) That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might (n)
gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven,
and which are on earth; [even] in him:
(14) The Father exhibit...
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_In the dispensation of the fulness of times. It may perhaps be
translated, at the appointed fulness of time, which is generally
expounded to signify at the time decreed from eternity. --- To
establis...
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(10) That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather
together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and
which are on earth; even in him:
I beg to consider this verse...
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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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10._That in the dispensation of the fullness of times. _That no man
may inquire, why one time rather than another was selected, the
apostle anticipates such curiosity, by calling the appointed period...
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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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THAT IN THE DISPENSATION OF THE FULNESS OF TIMES,.... Or "according to
the dispensation", c. as the Alexandrian copy reads the fulness of
time appointed by God, and fixed in the prophets; after many t...
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That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather
together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and
which are on earth; _even_ in him:
Ver. 10. _That in the dispensat...
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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 DISPENSATION OF THE FULNESS OF TIMES; the Christian dispensation
appointed by him, to be introduced when the full time should come.
GATHER TOGETHER IN ONE; unite into one holy kingdom.
ALL THING...
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The manifestation of God's grace according to His counsel:...
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THAT IN THE DISPENSATION OF THE FULLNESS OF TIMES HE MIGHT GATHER
TOGETHER IN ONE ALL THINGS IN CHRIST, BOTH WHICH ARE IN HEAVEN, AND
WHICH ARE ON EARTH, EVEN IN HIM.
The apostle here resumes the thou...
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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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HEAVEN:
_ Gr._ the heavens...
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“UNTO. DISPENSATION OF THE FULNESS OF THE TIMES, TO SUM UP ALL
THINGS IN CHRIST, THE THINGS IN THE HEAVENS, AND THE THINGS UPON THE
EARTH; IN HIM,. SAY”
“Unto”: “With. view to” (NASV). “Put into effec...
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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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Some copies join the last clause of the former verse with this,
leaving out the relative _which, _ and concluding the sentence at
_good pleasure, _ and then read: _He purposed in himself, that in the...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I
and yet again, "All things are gathered together by God in
Christ."[47]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I
of God, and the advents, and the birth from a virgin, and t...
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Ephesians 1:10 in G1519 dispensation G3622 fullness G4138 times G2540
one G346 (G5664) things G3956 in G1722 Chri
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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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‘In him, I say, in whom also we were made a heritage, having been
foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things
after the counsel of his own will, to the end that we should be to t...
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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 1:10. UNTO; not ‘until,' nor, ‘in,' but with a view to,
setting forth the end or aim of the purpose (Ephesians 1:9).
THE DISPENSATION. The article is wanting in the original, but the
idea i...
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UNTO A DISPENSATION OF THE FULNESS OF THE TIMES
(εις οικονομιαν του πληρωματος των
καιρων). See Colossians 1:25 for οικονομιαν. In
Galatians 4:4 "the fulness of the time" (το πληρωμα του
χρονου) the...
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DISPENSATION OF THE FULLNESS OF TIMES
The Dispensation of the Fulness of Times. This, the seventh and last
of the ordered ages which condition human life on the earth, is
identical with the kingdom c...
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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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GOD'S PLAN. "God's plan is to bring everything in all of creation into
a UNITY with Jesus Christ as head!" Compare Colossians 1:15-20 and
notes. WHICH HE WILL COMPLETE. God's act in Christ is complete...
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_That in the dispensation of the fulness of times He might gather
together in one all things in Christ._
HEAVEN AND EARTH UNITED IN CHRIST
Heaven and earth are to be restored to each other as well as...
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 1:10 FULLNESS OF TIME. The time for the
fulfillment of God’s plan. UNITE. God has reconciled all creation 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 10:11; 1 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 1
Corinthians 3:23;...
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That in the dispensation, etc. [ε ι ς ο ι κ ο ν ο μ ι α
ν]. The A. V. is faulty and clumsy. EiJv does not mean in, but unto,
with a view to. Dispensation has no article. The clause is directly
connect...
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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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That in the dispensation of the fullness of the times — In this last
administration of God's fullest grace, which took place when the time
appointed was fully come. He might gather together into one i...
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Does this verse teach that all will be saved (universalism)?
(See comments on Colossians 1:20)...
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These words discover to us the end and design of God in making known
the mystery of his will, that is, in revealing the gospel: it was to
gather into one universal church both angels and men, Jews and...