Now to him that is able to establish you [i. e., to the one who has given you an eternal foundation for your life (Matthew 7:24-27) and is able to build you as enduring material thereon (1 Corinthians 3:10-17). Comp. Romans 1:11] according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ [Establish you according to, or in conformity with, the terms, conditions, means, grace and power found in that gospel which was revealed to me personally (Romans 2:16; Galatians 1:11-17), even the heavenly truth contained in the preaching of Jesus Christ, who is the core and heart of that gospel. (Comp. Romans 1:3; Romans 2:16; Romans 10:8-12; Galatians 1:6-8) Paul's gospel did not differ from that committed to the twelve, but he calls it specifically "my gospel" because it was delivered to him in lessons where he was the sole pupil (Galatians 1:12), and because his spiritual discernment, coupled with his special commission as apostle to the Gentiles, enabled him to see clearly two things in the gospel which were but faintly comprehended by the others; viz., that gospel salvation is wholly gratuitous and is not partly gratuitous and partly a matter of purchase by obedience to the Mosaic law (Galatians 5:1-12); that it is universal to all who are obedient unto the faith, and is in no sense confined to the Jews or their proselytes-- Galatians 3:26-29], according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal [Establish you by the gospel and preaching which accords with or is true to the revelation or unveiling of the great mystery or secret; i. e., the divine purpose of God to save the world by the sacrifice of his Son--a secret of times eternal (2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 1:2), known only to the Father, and therefore capable of no revelation till his voice broke silence as to it. Comp. Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32; 1 Peter 1:12; Acts 1:7],

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