This mystery is great

(το μυστηριον τουτο μεγα εστιν). For the word "mystery" see Ephesians 1:9. Clearly Paul means to say that the comparison of marriage to the union of Christ and the church is the mystery. He makes that plain by the next words.But I speak

(εγω δε λεγω). "Now I mean." Cf. 1 Corinthians 7:29; 1 Corinthians 15:50.In regard of Christ and of the church

(εις Χριστον κα [εισ] την εκκλησιαν). "With reference to Christ and the church." That is all that εις here means.

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Old Testament