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Verse 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...
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THAT THE GENTILES SHOULD BE FELLOW-HEIRS - Fellow-heirs with the
ancient people of God - the Jews - and entitled to the same
privileges; see the Romans 8:17, note and Ephesians 2:13, note....
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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
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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 missio...
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PRISON AND PRIVILEGES (Ephesians 3:1-13)
To understand the connection of thought in this passage it has to be
noted that Ephesians 3:2-13 are one long parenthesis. The for this
cause of Ephesians 3:1...
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It is for this cause that I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for the
sake of you Gentiles you must have heard of the share that God gave me
in dispensing his grace to you, because God's secret was m...
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THAT, &C. The subject of the revelation.
FELLOWHEIRS. joint-heirs. Greek. _sunkleronomos._ See Romans 8:17.
Occurs elsewhere, Hebrews 11:9. 1Pe 8:7.
OF THE SAME BODY. members-of-a-joint-body. Greek....
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_That the Gentiles_, &c. It is well to pause over a passage like this,
and reflect that what seems now to be an axiom of religious thought,
the equality of mankind in view of the offer of salvation, w...
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ΕΊΝΑΙ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть.
Эпэкз. _inf._ объясняет содержание
божественного откровения,
ΣΥΓΚΛΗΡΟΝΌΜΟΣ (G4789) сонаследник,
ΣΎΣΣΩΜΟΣ (G4954) члены, принадлежащие к
одному телу,
Σ...
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PARTAKERS OF HIS PROMISE,— Namely, of the Spirit. Comp. Galatians
3:14. The phrase, Δια του ευαγγελιου, rendered _by the
gospel,_ signifies _in the time of the gospel._...
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_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 3:1-19)
E.
Paul's prayer for our strengthening. Ephesians 3:1-19.
1.
Beginning of prayer. Ephesians 3:1.
2.
Parenthetical Paul's mini
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(3:6) "That the Gentiles are" is a translation of one word in the
Greek and identifies a fact, not a purpose. "Fellow-heirs,
joint-members, and sharers together" all indicate a common ownership
throug...
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That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and
partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
Translate, 'That the Gentiles are,' etc., 'and fellow-corporate [
sussooma (G495...
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Summary of the Present Grace
2 The present secret administration of which there is no hint in any
Scriptures before this epistle was penned, consists essentially of
three separate items, all of w...
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REASONS FOR RENEWING THE PRAYER FOR WISDOM
1-13. A digression, which, however, could not be spared. As in
Ephesians 1:15, he begins to speak of himself, and this time he
explains his unique interest i...
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CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR
EPHESIANS
_LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_
CHAPTER 3
3:1-13 ~ GOD HAS MADE HIS SECRET KNOWN
3:1-6 ~ GOD MADE HIS SECRET KNOWN TO PAUL
V1 For this reason...
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THAT THE GENTILES SHOULD BE FELLOWHEIRS. — More exactly, _are
fellow-heirs,_ admitted already fully in God’s councils, as
partially in actual fact to the kingdom of God.
AND OF THE SAME BODY, AND [_fe...
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Ephesians 3:1 contain two subjects closely blended together. The first
(carrying on what is implied in the contrast drawn out in Ephesians 2)
is the absolute newness of this dispensation to the Gentil...
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CHAPTER 12
THE SECRET OF THE AGES
Ephesians 3:1
Ephesians 3:2 are in form a parenthesis. They interrupt the prayer
which appears to be commencing in the first verse and is not resumed
until Ephesian...
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εἶναι τὰ ἔθνη συλκληρονόμα : [to wit], _that
the Gentiles are fellow-heirs_. The εἶναι = _are_, not _should
be_, the “mystery” or secret revealed being a _fact_, not a
purpose. The _obj. inf._ express...
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These verses make a paragraph by themselves. Their main subject is the
call of the Gentiles and Paul's Apostolic vocation in relation
thereto. He reminds his readers of the mystery of that call, its
r...
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GENTILES SHARE THE “UNSPEAKABLE RICHES”
Ephesians 3:1
_ Dispensation_ should be rendered, “stewardship.” We are God's
trustees for men. To each of us is given some special phase of truth
which we mus...
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God's dwelling in the Church is not finality. It is equipment for the
fulfillment of the divine purpose. The apostle claims a stewardship in
the mystery of the Church, and declares the astounding fact...
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God Made Known the Mystery
Christ revealed both the plan of salvation and his plan for Paul to
tell others about it (Galatians 1:11-17; Acts 26:15-18). Paul says he
wrote a few words before about the...
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_That the Gentiles should be coheirs, &c. This is the mystery which
was heretofore unknown, and now revealed. This is what the greatest
part of the Jews could never be brought to believe, that the Gen...
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(3) How that by revelation 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 age...
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In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its
fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need
on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
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Equality in Christ
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Last week, in Chapter 2 of Ephesians we took a look at the Lord's
"Never Ending Grace."
1. And although the Apostle Paul was speaking specifically to
Gentiles,...
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The whole of Chapter 3 is a parenthesis unfolding the mystery; and
presenting at the same time, in the prayer that concludes it, the
second character of God set before us at the beginning of the epist...
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THAT THE GENTILES SHOULD BE FELLOWHEIRS,.... With the Jews, of all the
blessings of grace, of lasting salvation, and of the eternal,
incorruptible, and never fading inheritance in heaven; that they
sh...
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That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and
partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
Ver. 6. _Gentiles should be fellowheirs_] Co-heirs, concorporate, and
consorts; th...
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_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...
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The gospel was designed to make all who embrace it children of God,
and members of one family; to give them free access to him as their
Father, and lead them to love one another as brethren. So far as...
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THE MINISTRY OF PAUL FOR THE EDIFICATION OF THE CHURCH.
The revelation of knowledge to Paul:...
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THAT THE GENTILES SHOULD BE FELLOW-HEIRS, AND OF THE SAME BODY, AND
PARTAKEN OF HIS PROMISE IN CHRIST BY THE GOSPEL,...
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THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST REVEALED
(vs.1-13)
"For this cause" -- because of the marvelous greatness of the work God
had accomplished for and in His saints -- Paul preached "the
unsearchable riches of Chr...
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CHAPTER 3
Paul describes himself as:
The ____________ of Jesus Christ
For the ____________.
We are living in the _________________ of the grace of God. A
dispensation is a period of _______ given...
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“TO WIT, THAT THE GENTILES ARE FELLOW-HEIRS, AND FELLOW-MEMBERS OF
THE BODY, AND FELLOW-PARTAKERS OF THE PROMISE IN CHRIST JESUS THROUGH
THE GOSPEL”.
“To wit”: “That is to say or namely” _(Coffman p....
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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
of...
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THAT THE GENTILES SHOULD BE FELLOW HEIRS; i.e. have an equal right to
the heavenly inheritance with the believing Jews. AND OF THE SAME
BODY; the same mystical body whereof Christ is the Head. AND PAR...
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Ephesians 3:6 Gentiles G1484 be G1511 (G5750) heirs G4789 G2532 body
G4954 and G2532 partakers G4830 His...
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‘That is that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of
the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through
the Gospel.'
This is the revealed mystery, that the Gentiles co...
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Ephesians 3:6. THAT THE GENTILES ARE; not ‘should be,' for ‘a
mystery is not a secret design, but a secret fact' (Alford). The whole
verse explains ‘mystery' (Ephesians 3:4).
FELLOW-HEIRS, _i.e._, wi...
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1. _Paul's Office as Apostle to the Gentiles._
In view of the great privilege detailed in chap. Ephesians 2:19-22,
culminating in Ephesians 2:22, the Apostle begins to speak of his
prayer on behalf of...
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TO WIT
. Not in the Greek. But the infinitive (εινα) clause is
epexegetical and gives the content of the revelation, a common idiom
in the N.T. Τα εθνη is in the accusative of general reference.
Pa...
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THAT THE GENTILES
That the Gentiles were to be saved was no mystery (Romans 9:24);
(Romans 10:19). The mystery, "hid in God", was the divine purpose to
make of Jew and Gentile a wholly new thing -- ...
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Ephesians 3:1.
The Grace Given to Paul.
The enthusiasm with which the Apostle speaks of preaching the Gospel
to the heathen is contagious. His words burn on the page, and our
hearts take fire as we r...
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CONTENTS: Church, a mystery hidden in past ages. Prayer for inner
fullness and knowledge.
CHARACTERS: Christ, God, Holy Spirit, Paul.
CONCLUSION: The divine purpose to make of both Jew and Gentile a...
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Ephesians 3:1. _Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ._ He was indeed the
prisoner of Caesar, but a greater than Cæsar had said to him in the
castle at Jerusalem, “Be of good cheer, Paul, for as thou has...
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THE SECRET IS THIS. "The Gentiles share directly with the Jews in the
heavenly inheritance. This means: they are now members of the same
body, the church, through faith in Christ; they share in the _p...
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_Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge In the mystery
of Christ, which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of
men, as it is now revealed unto His holy apostles._
THE RESERV...
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 3:6 THE GENTILES ARE FELLOW HEIRS. See
Romans 8:17; Galatians
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 3:1 Revelation of the Gospel Mystery.
Paul explains his calling and ministry as an apostle to the Gentiles.
This assured his Gentile readers that their inheritance in Chris...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Ephesians 3:1. THE PRISONER OF JESUS CHRIST may be regarded as “the
prisoner whom the Lord has bound” (so Winer and Meyer), or as “a
prisoner belonging to Christ,” or...
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EXPOSITION
EPHESIANS 3:1
DIGRESSION ON THE ADMISSION OF THE GENTILES TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD....
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Let's turn to the third chapter of Ephesians.
For this cause [Paul said] I, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you
Gentiles (Ephesians 3:1),
It is interesting that Paul was actually a prisoner of Rome,...
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1 Corinthians 12:12; 1 Corinthians 12:27; 1 John 1:3; 1 John 2:25;...
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Fellow - - heirs - of the same body - partakers [σ υ γ κ λ η ρ
ο ν ο μ α σ υ σ σ ω μ α σ υ μ μ ε τ ο χ α]. The
second of these words occurs only here; the third only here and ch. 5
7. They are strange...
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That the gentiles are joint — heirs — Of God. And of the same body
— Under Christ the head. And joint — partakers of his promise —
The communion of the Holy Ghost....