Whereby
(προς ο). "Looking to which," "according to which."When ye read
(αναγινωσκοντες). This Epistle will be read in public.My understanding in the mystery of Christ
(την συνεσιν μου εν τω μυστηριω του Χριστου). My "comprehension" (συνεσιν, Colossians 1:9; Colossians 2:2). Every sermon reveals the preacher's grasp of "the mystery of Christ." If he has no insight into Christ, he has no call to preach.
Verse 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...
WHEREBY, WHEN YE READ - By the bare reading of which you may understand the view which I entertain of the plan of salvation, and the knowledge which I have of God’s method of saving people, particular...
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
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...
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...
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...
WHEREBY. according to (App-104.) which. MAY. can. KNOWLEDGE. App-132. THE MYSTERY. i.e. the great secret (Ephesians 5:32). See App-193. CHRIST. App-98....
_may understand_ R.V., CAN PERCEIVE; and so better. _my knowledge_ Better, INTELLIGENCE, UNDERSTANDING (R. V.). The thought is, not any laudation of the Apostle's intellect, but substantiation of his...
ΠΡῸΣ Ὃ ΔΎΝΑΣΘΕ�. ‘By reference to which ye can as ye read the Scriptures understand.’ It seems, as Hort has pointed out (_Rom. and Eph._ 150 ff.), impossible to account for ΠΡῸΣ Ὅ if ἈΝΑΓΙΝΏΣΚΟΝΤΕΣ is...
Ephesians 2:15. ΚΑΤΑΡΓΉΣΑΣ אAB &c. καταρτίσας D*. Ephesians 2:21. ΠΑ͂ΣΑ ΟἸΚΟΔΟΜῊ א*BDG _al_ Clem Orig Chrys. πᾶσα ἡ οἰκ. א*ACP _al mult_. Ephesians 3:5. Τ. ἉΓΊΟΙΣ�. ΠΡΟΦΉΤΑΙΣ אAC &c.
ΠΡΌΣ о к тому, что; со ссылкой на: "относительно того, что я сказал" (Abbott; Barth). ΆΝΑΓΙΝΏΣΚΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΝΑΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G314) читать. _Temp. part._, "когда вы читаете". _Praes._ указы...
WHEREBY WHEN YE READ,— _By attending to which._ It has been observed, that what follows is the highest encomium made by the Apostle on any of his own writings; and thence it has been concluded, that t...
_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
(3:4,5) His purpose in writing this epistle, then, is to enable them to better "understand" his "insight into the mystery of Christ,". "Understand" refers to their application of what they know to exp...
Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) WHEREBY - `according to which,' writing in brief (Ephesians 3:3). UNDERSTAND MY KNOWLEDGE, [ noeesai (G3539) sunesi...
__ 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
πρὸς ὃ δύνασθε ἀναγινώσκοντες νοῆσαι τὴν σύνεσίν μου ἐν τῷ μυστηρίῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ : _in accordance with which, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of the Christ_. The ὅ refers...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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,...
4._By attending to which, ye may understand, _ πρὸς ὃ δύνασθε ἀναγινώσκοντες νοὢσαι. Erasmus renders it, “from which things, when ye read, ye may understand.” But to translate ἀναγινώσκειν τι as signi...
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...
WHEREBY WHEN YE READ,.... The above Chapter s, and seriously consider what is contained in them: YE MAY UNDERSTAND MY KNOWLEDGE IN THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST of his person, office, and grace; and which kn...
Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) Ver. 4. _My knowledge in the mystery_] The highest point of heavenly learning; and hereby he proveth his calling to the...
_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...
THE MINISTRY OF PAUL FOR THE EDIFICATION OF THE CHURCH. The revelation of knowledge to Paul:...
WHEREBY, WHEN YE READ, YE MAY UNDERSTAND MY KNOWLEDGE IN THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST,)...
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...
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...
“WHEREBY, WHEN YE READ, YE CAN PERCEIVE MY UNDERSTANDING IN THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST” “Whereby”: “By reading what. have written” (TCNT). “And by referring to this” (NASV). “Looking to which” _(Robertson...
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...
WHEN YE READ; or, unto which attending....
Ephesians 3:4 which G3739 G4314 read G314 (G5723) may G1410 (G5736) understand G3539 (G5658) my...
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...
Ephesians 3:4. IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHICH, _i.e._, what he had written was to be the measure, or standard, by which they could determine his knowledge. WHILE READING is better than ‘when ye read,' sin...
MYSTERY (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 13:11). _...
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...
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...
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...
YOU CAN LEARN MY UNDERSTANDING. (1) "You will know as much of the secret of Christ as I know!" (2) "You will see in my actions and my whole life, my understanding of the secret of God's will for the G...
_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...
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...
_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...
EXPOSITION EPHESIANS 3:1 DIGRESSION ON THE ADMISSION OF THE GENTILES TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD....
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,...
1 Corinthians 13:2; 1 Corinthians 2:6; 1 Corinthians 2:7; 1 Corinthians 4:1;...
Whereby [π ρ ο ς ο]. Lit., agreeably to which, namely, what he had written. Mystery of Christ. The mystery which is Christ. See on Colossians 1:26; Romans 11:25....
Our apostle here proceeds in setting forth this great mystery of man's redemption in general, and the calling of the Gentiles in particular: he styles it. MYSTERY. 1. Now. mystery is. purpose and dec...