Ephesians 3:9

And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: TO MAKE ALL MEN SEE, [ phootisai (G5461)] - not merely to preach, but, by the Spirit in the Word, 'to enlighten all' (Ephesians 1:18; Psalms 18:28; Hebrews 6:4). "All" (cf. Colossians 1:28). FELLOWSHIP. 'Aleph (') A B C Delta G f g, Vulgate, read 'economy,' 'dispensation' (cf....

9._What is the fellowship of the mystery. _The publication of the gospel is called a _fellowship, _because it is the will of God that his purpose, which had formerly been hidden, shall now be shared by men. There is an appropriate metaphor in the words φωτίσαι πάντας, _to enlighten all men, _— conveying the thought, that, in his apostleship, the grace of God shines with the brightness of noon-day. _Which hath been hid in God. _This is intended, as before, to obviate the prejudice of novelty, — to oppose the rashness of men, who think it improper that they should remain in ignorance of anything whatever. Who will question the right which God has to keep his own purposes concealed, until he shall be pleased to communicate them to men? What presumption, — yea, what madness is it, not to admit that God is wiser than we! Let us remember, therefore, that our rashness ought to receive a check,...

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 Christ; the unsearchable riches of Christ! Though many are not enriched with these riches; yet how great a favour to have them preached among us, and to have an offer of them! And if we are not enriched with them it is our own fault. The first creation, when God made all things out of nothing, and the new creation, whereby sinners are made new creatures by converting grace, are of God by Jesus Christ. His riches are as unsearchable and as sure as ever, yet while angels adore the wisdom of God in the redemption of his church, the ignorance of self-wise and carnal men deems the whole to be foolishness....

Verse 9. _AND TO MAKE ALL MEN SEE_] και φωτισαι παντας. _And to_ _illuminate all_; to give _information_ both to Jews and Gentiles; to afford them a _sufficiency of light_, so that they might be able distinctly to discern the great objects exhibited in this Gospel. _WHAT_ IS _THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE MYSTERY_] The word κοινωνια, which we properly translate _fellowship_, was used among the Greeks to signify their _religious communities_; here it may intimate the _association_ of Jews and Gentiles in _one Church_ or _body_, and their _agreement_ in that glorious mystery which was now so fully opened relative to the salvation of both. But instead of κοινωνια, _fellowship_, οικονομια, _dispensation_ or _economy_, is the reading of ABCDEFG, and more than fifty others; both the _Syriac,_ _Coptic, AEthiopic, Armenian, Slavonian, Vulgate_ and _Itala_

AND TO MAKE ALL MEN SEE - In order that the whole human family might see the glory of God in the plan of salvation. Hitherto the revelation of his character and plans had been confined to the Jews. Now it was his design that all the race should be made acquainted with it. WHAT IS THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE MYSTERY - Instead of “fellowship” here - κοινωνία koinōnia - most mss. and versions read οἰκονομία oikonomia - “dispensation;” see Mill. This reading is adopted by Griesbach, Tittman, Rosenmuller, Koppe, and is regarded by most critics as being the genuine reading. The mistake might easily have been made by a transcriber. The meaning then would be, “to enlighten all in respect to rite dispensation of this mystery;” that is, to cause all to understand the manner in which this great truth of the

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

AND TO MAKE ALL MEN SEE WHAT IS THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE MYSTERY,.... Or "the dispensation of the mystery" as the Complutensian, and several copies, and the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions, read. The mystery is the Gospel; the fellowship of it is the communication of grace by it, a participation of the truths and doctrines of it, communion with Father, Son, and Spirit, which the Gospel calls and leads unto, and that equal concern and interest which both Jews and Gentiles have in the privileges of it. Now men are naturally in the dark about these things, and the ministry of the word is the means of enlightening them, and is indeed the grand design of it; and the ministers of the Gospel do instrumentally enlighten persons, though it is God only that does it efficiently; and for this, gifts of grace were bestowed upon the apostle, even for the enlightening of all men, not every individual pe...

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

EPHESIANS 3:9 fwti,sai @pa,ntaj# {C} Several important witnesses read only fwti,sai (a* A 424c 1739 1881 Origen Ambrosiaster½ Hilary Jerome _al_). It is difficult to decide whether pa,ntaj was omitted, either accidentally or intentionally (as not congruent with toi/j e;qnesin, ver. Ephesians 3:8), or was inserted because the verb fwti,sai seems to require an expressed accusative (which it usually has elsewhere in the New Testament). Since, however, there are no other variant readings (such as auvtou,j et sim.) as woul...

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