에베소서 3:2 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 3:2

If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God. Here begins the digression. The words, "if ye have heard," etc., do not denote an uncertainty, but are a delicate reminder. Doubtless they had heard of the matter when he was at Ephesus, and, as he remarks in Ephesians 3:3 , he had already written briefly on it. Grace is here used in a more restricted sense than in Ephesians 1:2 —in the sense of Divine favor, honor, privilege—the same as in Ephesians 1:8 , "To me... is this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 3:2-5

Dispensational privileges of the Gentiles. The apostle recurs to a subject already treated in few words" in the first chapter—words which he requests them to read, that they may fully understand his meaning—respecting the new position of the Gentiles in the kingdom of God. Their position was determined by a dispensation, that is, by an arrangement organized in all its parts in relation to space and time; for God works by order in grace as well as in nature. Consider— I. THE ORIGIN ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 3:2

If ye have heard - Εἴ-γε Ei-ge “If at least, if indeed, if so be, spoken of what is taken for granted.” “Robinson;” compare 2 Corinthians 5:3; Galatians 3:4; Ephesians 4:21; Colossians 1:23, for the use of the particle. The particle here is not designed to express a doubt whether they had heard of it or not, for he takes it for granted that they had. Doddridge renders it, “since I well know you have heard,” etc. He had informed them of his being called to be the minister to the Gentiles... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 3:1-7

Ephesians 3:1-7. For this cause That you may be so built up together, and made the temple of God, and his habitation through the Spirit; I bow my knees, &c., see Ephesians 3:14, with which the words are evidently closely connected, (as they are also with the close of the preceding chapters) the subsequent paragraph to the end of Eph 3:13 manifestly coming in by way of parenthesis. I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles For your advantage, for asserting your right to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:1-21

God’s wisdom and love displayed (3:1-21)It was because Paul had taken the gospel to the Gentiles that he was imprisoned in the first place (Acts 21:27-36). Yet he feels humbled to think that God should graciously choose him for such a noble work (3:1-2). As a Jew he was once proud of his belief that only Jews were God’s people. Even if some of the ‘far off’ Gentiles believed in God, they were still not God’s covenant people in the sense that Jews were. Now God’s special revelation shows Paul... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 3:2

If = If indeed. Greek. eige . See App-118 . have . Omit. dispensation = stewardship. Greek. oikonomia. See Ephesians 1:10 . the = that. grace . App-184 . God . App-98 . is = was. to . . . -ward . Greek. eis . App-104 . The grace of God which concerned them and us. Not the grace of God as to "the kingdom", or "the heavenly calling" (see App-193 ), but the gospel of God's grace as to the church which is the body of Christ. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 3:2

If so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward.If so be that ye have heard ... From this, it is falsely alleged that this letter could not have been addressed to the Ephesians, since they had most certainly heard of the mystery Paul was about to emphasize. Such a view, however, is due to overlooking the true meaning of the word "if" as used here and in many other New Testament passages. MacKnight translated this place "Seeing ye have heard... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 3:2

Ephesians 3:2. If ye have heard— Since, or forasmuch as ye have heard. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 3:2

2. If—The Greek does not imply doubt: "Assuming (what I know to be the fact, namely) that ye have heard," c. "If, as I presume," The indicative in the Greek shows that no doubt is implied: "Seeing that doubtless," &c. He by this phrase delicately reminds them of their having heard from himself, and probably from others subsequently, the fact. See :- showing that these words do not disprove the address of this Epistle to the Ephesians. Compare :-. the dispensation—"The office of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ephesians 3:1-13

2. Past ignorance 3:1-13Paul began to pray for his readers again (cf. Ephesians 3:1; Ephesians 3:14), but he interrupted himself to tell them more about the church. What he said in this section gives background information concerning the church as a mystery. read more