'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. 2Es 4:37. Dispensation] = (1) office of steward, (2) household management, (3) any provision or arrangement.
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
THE PURPOSE OF GOD (Ephesians 1:1-14)...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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....
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...
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...
ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΊΑ (G3622) управление домом, администрирование (TDNT; BAGD; TLNT). ΠΛΉΡΩΜΑ (G4138) полнота. Здесь, описательный _gen._ ΆΝΑΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΏΣΑΣΘΑΙ _aor. pass. inf. от_ ΆΝΑΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΌΩ (G346) собираться под...
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...
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...
_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....
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]...
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...
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...
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...
[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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
_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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
_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_...
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...
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...
The manifestation of God's grace according to His counsel:...
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...
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...
HEAVEN: _ Gr._ the heavens...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
Ephesians 1:10 in G1519 dispensation G3622 fullness G4138 times G2540 one G346 (G5664) things G3956 in G1722 Chri
‘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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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....
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...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 1:1 Introduction. Paul greets the believers in Ephesus (vv. Ephesians 1:1) and offers praise to God (vv....
_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, “...
EXPOSITION EPHESIANS 1:1, EPHESIANS 1:2 ADDRESS AND SALUTATION. EPHESIANS 1:1...
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...
1 Corinthians 10:11; 1 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 1 Corinthians 3:23;...
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...
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,...
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...
Does this verse teach that all will be saved (universalism)? (See comments on Colossians 1:20)...
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...