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Ephesians 3
Chapter 3
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| Paul proclaims that you can only understand what Paul writes by virtue of the Holy Spirit which may dwell in your hearts by faith if rooted and grounded in love by revelation[1]. |
| The eternal purpose of Christ is eternal life. |
| If you gather according to what Christ commanded and love one another in love and charity then both Jews and Gentiles would be "fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel". |
| Paul says he bows his "knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" as opposed to the Fathers of the earth. |
The Mystery of the Gospel Revealed
1 ¶ For this cause I Paul, the prisoner[2] of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
3 How that by revelation[1] he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs[3], and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power[4].
8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world[5] hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
10 To the intent that now unto the principalities[6] and powers[7] in heavenly places[8] might be known by the church the manifold wisdom[9] of God,
11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Pray for Spiritual Strength
14 ¶ For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might[4] by his Spirit in the inner man;
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power[4] that worketh in us,
21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages[10], world[5] without end. Amen.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 602 ~ἀποκάλυψις~ apokalupsis \@ap-ok-al’-oop-sis\@ from 601; n f AV-revelation 12, be revealed 2, to lighten + 1519 1, manifestation 1, coming 1, appearing 1; 18
- 1) laying bear, making naked
- 2) a disclosure of truth, instruction
- 2a) concerning things before unknown
- 2b) used of events by which things or states or persons hitherto withdrawn from view are made visible to all
- 3) manifestation, appearance
- ↑ 1198 δέσμιος desmios [des’-mee-os] from 1199; adj; TDNT-2:43,145; [{See TDNT 177 }]
AV-prisoner 14, be in bonds 1, in bonds 1; 16
- 1) bound , in bonds, a captive, a prisoner
- ↑ 4789 συγκληρονόμος sugkleronomos [soong-klay-ron-om’-os] from 4862; n m; TDNT-7:787,1102; [{See TDNT 763 }] and 2818; TDNT-3:767,442; [{See TDNT 393 }] AV-fellow heir 1, joint heir 1, heir together 1, heir with 1; 4
- 1) a fellow heir, a joint heir
- 2) one who obtains something assigned to himself with others, a joint participant
- Romans 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs <4789> with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together.
- Ephesians 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs <4789>, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
- Hebrews 11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him <4789> of the same promise:
- 1 Peter 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together <4789> of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 1411 ~δύναμις~ dunamis \@doo’-nam-is\@ from 1410 meaning to be able; TDNT-2:284,186; {See TDNT 201} n f AV-power 77, mighty work 11, strength 7, miracle 7, might 4, virtue 3, mighty 2, misc 9; 120
- 1) strength power, ability
- 1a) inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature, or which a person or thing exerts and puts forth
- 1b) power for performing miracles
- 1c) moral power and excellence of soul
- 1d) the power and influence which belong to riches and wealth
- 1e) power and resources arising from numbers
- 1f) power consisting in or resting upon armies, forces, hosts
- For Synonyms see entry 5820
- 1) strength power, ability
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 165 ~αἰών~ aion \@ahee-ohn’\@ from the same as 104; TDNT-1:197,31; {See TDNT 40} n m AV-ever 71, world 38, never + 3364 + 1519 + 3588 6, evermore 4, age 2, eternal 2, misc 5; 128
- 1) for ever, an unbroken age, perpetuity of time, eternity
- 2) the worlds, universe
- 3) period of time, age
- For Synonyms see entry 5921
- ↑ 746 ~ἀρχή~ arche \@ar-khay’\@ from 756; TDNT-1:479,81; {See TDNT 102} n f AV-beginning 40, principality 8, corner 2, first 2, misc 6; 58
- 1) beginning, origin
- 2) the person or thing that commences, the first person or thing in a series, the leader
- 3) that by which anything begins to be, the origin, the active cause
- 4) the extremity of a thing
- 4a) of the corners of a sail
- 5) the first place, principality, rule, magistracy
- 5a) of angels and demons
- ↑ 1849 ~ἐξουσία~ exousia \@ex-oo-see’-ah\@ from 1832 (in the sense of ability); n f AV-power 69, authority 29, right 2, liberty 1, jurisdiction 1, strength 1; 103 See Romans 13
- 1) power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases
- 1a) leave or permission
- 2) physical and mental power
- 2a) the ability or strength with which one is endued, which he either possesses or exercises
- 3) the power of authority (influence) and of right (privilege)
- 4) the power of rule or government (the power of him whose will and commands must be submitted to by others and obeyed)
- 4a) universally
- 4a1) authority over mankind
- 4b) specifically
- 4b1) the power of judicial decisions
- 4b2) of authority to manage domestic affairs
- 4c) metonymically
- 4c1) a thing subject to authority or rule
- 4c1a) jurisdiction
- 4c2) one who possesses authority
- 4c2a) a ruler, a human magistrate
- 4c2b) the leading and more powerful among created beings superior to man, spiritual potentates
- 4c1) a thing subject to authority or rule
- 4d) a sign of the husband’s authority over his wife
- 4d1) the veil with which propriety required a women to cover herself
- 4e) the sign of regal authority, a crown
- 4a) universally
- For Synonyms see entry 5820
- 1) power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases
- ↑ 2032 ἐπουράνιος epouranios ep-oo-ran’-ee-os from 1909 and 3772; adj; TDNT-5:538,736; {See TDNT 571} AV-heavenly 16, celestial 2, in heaven 1, high 1; 20
- 1) existing in heaven
- 1a) things that take place in heaven
- 1b) the heavenly regions
- 1b1) heaven itself, the abode of God and angels
- 1b2) the lower heavens, of the stars
- 1b3) the heavens, of the clouds
- 1c) the heavenly temple or sanctuary
- 2) of heavenly origin or nature
- 1) existing in heaven
- ↑ 4678 ~σοφία~ sophia \@sof-ee’-ah\@ from 4680 wise; TDNT-7:465,1056; {See TDNT 731} n f AV-wisdom 51; 51
- 1) wisdom, broad and full of intelligence; used of the knowledge of very diverse matters
- 1a) the wisdom which belongs to men
- 1a1) spec. the varied knowledge of things human and divine, acquired by acuteness and experience, and summed up in maxims and proverbs
- 1a2) the science and learning
- 1a3) the act of interpreting dreams and always giving the sagest advice
- 1a4) the intelligence evinced in discovering the meaning of some mysterious number or vision
- 1a5) skill in the management of affairs
- 1a6) devout and proper prudence in intercourse with men not disciples of Christ, skill and discretion in imparting Christian truth
- 1a7) the knowledge and practice of the requisites for godly and upright living
- 1b) supreme intelligence, such as belongs to God
- 1b1) to Christ
- 1b2) the wisdom of God as evinced in forming and executing counsels in the formation and government of the world and the scriptures
- 1a) the wisdom which belongs to men
- 1) wisdom, broad and full of intelligence; used of the knowledge of very diverse matters
- ↑ 1074 γενεά genea [ghen-eh-ah’] from (a presumed derivative of) 1085; n f; TDNT-1:662,114; [{ See TDNT 152 }] AV-generation 37, time 2, age 2, nation 1; 42
- 1) fathered, birth, nativity
- 2) that which has been begotten, men of the same stock, a family
- 2a) the several ranks of natural descent, the successive members of a genealogy
- 2b) metaph. a group of men very like each other in endowments, pursuits, character
- 2b1) esp. in a bad sense, a perverse nation
- 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time
- 4) an age (i.e. the time ordinarily occupied by each successive generation), a space of 30-33 years