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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:9

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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:10

To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places ,.... By whom are meant, not civil magistrates, much less evil angels, but the good angels, the angels in heaven; See Gill on Ephesians 1:21 . might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God ; not the perfection of wisdom, nor Jesus Christ the wisdom of God, nor the holy Scriptures; but the Gospel, which is the pure produce of the wisdom of God; which is gloriously displayed in the several doctrines of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:11

According to the eternal purpose ,.... The whole of salvation, in which is displayed the great wisdom of God, is according to a purpose of his; the scheme of it is fixed in the council of peace; the thing itself is effected in pursuance of it; Christ, the Redeemer, was set forth in it; his incarnation, the time of his coming into the world, his sufferings and death, with all their circumstances, were decreed by God; and the persons for whom Christ became incarnate, suffered, and died, were... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 3:1

For this cause - Because he maintained that the Gentiles were admitted to all the privileges of the Jews, and all the blessings of the new covenant, without being obliged to submit to circumcision, the Jews persecuted him, and caused him to be imprisoned, first at Caesarea, where he was obliged to appeal to the Roman emperor, in consequence of which he was sent prisoner to Rome. See Acts 21:21-28 , etc. The prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles - For preaching the Gospel to the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 3:2

If ye have heard of the dispensation - The compound particle ειγε , which is commonly translated if indeed, in several places means since indeed, seeing that, and should be translated so in this verse, and in several other places of the New Testament. Seeing ye have heard of the dispensation of God, which is given me to you-ward: this they had amply learned from the apostle during his stay at Ephesus, for he had not shunned to declare unto them the whole counsel of God, Acts 20:27 , and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 3:3

By revelation he made known unto me - Instead of εγνωρισε , he made known, εγνωρισθη , was made known, is the reading of ABCD*FG, several others, both the Syriac, Coptic, Slavonic, Vulgate, and Itala, with Clemens, Cyril, Chrysostom, Theodoret, Damascenus, and others: it is doubtless the true reading. The apostle wishes the Ephesians to understand that it was not an opinion of his own, or a doctrine which he was taught by others, or which he had gathered from the ancient prophets; but... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 3:5

Which in other ages was not made known - That the calling of the Gentiles was made known by the prophets in different ages of the Jewish Church is exceedingly clear; but it certainly was not made known in that clear and precise manner in which it was now revealed by the Spirit unto the ministers of the New Testament: nor was it made known unto them at all, that the Gentiles should find salvation without coming under the yoke of the Mosaic law, and that the Jews themselves should be freed... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 3:6

That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs - This is the substance of that mystery which had been hidden from all ages, and which was now made known to the New Testament apostles and prophets, and more particularly to St. Paul. His promise in Christ - That the promise made to Abraham extended to the Gentiles, the apostle has largely proved in his Epistle to the Romans; and that it was to be fulfilled to them by and through Christ, he proves there also; and particularly in his Epistle to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 3:7

Whereof I was made a minister - Διακονος· A deacon, a servant acting under and by the direction of the great Master, Jesus Christ; from whom, by an especial call and revelation, I received the apostolic gifts and office, and by την ενεργειαν της δυναμεως αυτου , the energy, the in-working of his power, this Gospel which I preached was made effectual to the salvation of vast multitudes of Jews and Gentiles. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 3:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 3:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 3:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 3:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 3:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 3:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 3:7

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