Ephesians 3:4

Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) WHEREBY - `according to which,' writing in brief (Ephesians 3:3). UNDERSTAND MY KNOWLEDGE, [ noeesai (G3539) sunesin (G4907), 'observe my insight:' sunienai (G4920), to comprehend; noein, to perceive, observe, notice]. Deep as are the mysteries of this letter, the way to understand them is to read it (2 Timothy 3:15). By observing his comprehension of the mysteries, they, too, will be enabled to comprehend. The mys...

4._By attending to which, ye may understand, _ πρὸς ὃ δύνασθε ἀναγινώσκοντες νοὢσαι. Erasmus renders it, “from which things, when ye read, ye may understand.” But to translate ἀναγινώσκειν τι as signifying _to read _is, I think, at variance with Greek syntax. I leave it as a subject of consideration, whether it does not rather signify _to attend_. The participle would then be connected with the preposition πρὸς, in the commencement of the verse, and the clause would run thus, _to which when ye attend, ye may understand _If, however, by viewing the verb ἀναγινώσκοντες, as disjoined from the preposition, you make it signify _reading, _the meaning will still be, “by reading you may understand according to what I have written;” taking the phrase πρὸς ὃ,...

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 offers of the gospel, and the joyful tidings it contains, come from the rich grace of God; it is the great means by which the Spirit works grace in the souls of men. The mystery, is that secret, hidden purpose of salvation through Christ. This was not so fully and clearly shown in the ages before Christ, as unto the prophets of the New Testament. This was the great truth made known to the apostle, that God would call the Gentiles to salvation by faith in Christ. An effectual working of Divine power attends the gifts of Divine grace. As God appointed Paul to the office, so he qualified him for it....

Verse Ephesians 3:4. _WHEREBY, WHEN YE READ_] When ye refer back to them. _YE MAY UNDERSTAND MY KNOWLEDGE_] Ye may see what God has given me to know concerning what has been hitherto a _mystery_-the calling of the Gentiles, and the breaking down the _middle wall_ between them and the Jews, so as to make _both one spiritual body_, and on the same conditions....

WHEREBY, WHEN YE READ - By the bare reading of which you may understand the view which I entertain of the plan of salvation, and the knowledge which I have of God’s method of saving people, particularly of his intention in regard to the salvation of the Gentiles. IN THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST - This does not refer to anything “mysterious” in the person of Christ; or the union of the divine and human nature in him; or to anything difficult of apprehension in the work of the atonement. It means the hitherto concealed doctrine that through the Messiah, the Gentiles were to be received to the same privileges as the Jews, and that the plan of salvation was to be made equally free for all. This great truth had been hitherto concealed, or but partially understood, and Paul says that he was appointed to make it known to the world. His “knowledge” on the subject, he says, could be understood by what h...

EXPOSITION EPHESIANS 3:1 DIGRESSION ON THE ADMISSION OF THE GENTILES TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. EPHESIANS 3:1 FOR THIS CAUSE. The reference is not merely to the last statement or illustration, but to the whole view of the purpose of God toward the Gentiles unfolded in Ephesians it. The apodosis does not come in till verse 14, at the beginning of which this conjunctive clause is repeated. I PAUL, THE PRISONER OF CHRIST JESUS FOR YOU GENTILES. He introduces himself in order to make known the feelings which w

WHEREBY WHEN YE READ,.... The above Chapter s, and seriously consider what is contained in them: YE MAY UNDERSTAND MY KNOWLEDGE IN THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST of his person, office, and grace; and which knowledge was very large indeed....

MYSTERY (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 13:11). _...

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 2:19) 4. The Mystery made known and Paul's ministry (Ephesians 3:1) 5. The prayer (Ephesians 3:14) 6. The doxology (Ephesians 3:20) With the eleventh verse of the second chapter we reach a new divisio

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 mission of proclaiming to the Gentiles God's dispensation of grace towards them (Ephesians 3:1 f.); it was by revelation, as aforesaid (_cf. Ephesians 1:17_), that the glorious secret of God was made known to him how fully they can judge for themselves by reading the passage (Ephesians 3:13) in which he has already summed it up (Ephesians 3:3 f.). This secret, hidden from former generations, was now revealed in the Spirit to the apost