Ephesians 1:9-10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 1:9

Having made known to us the mystery of his will - The word “mystery” (μυστήριον mustērion) means literally something into which one must be “initiated” before it is fully known (from μυέω mueō, to initiate, to instruct); and then anything which is concealed or hidden. We commonly use the word to denote that which is above our comprehension or unintelligible. But this is never the meaning of the word in the New Testament. It means there some doctrine or fact which has been concealed, or... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 1:10

That in the dispensation - The word rendered here as “dispensation,” οἰκονομία oikonomia, means properly “the management of household affairs.” Then it means stewardship or administration; a dispensation or arrangement of things: a scheme or plan. The meaning here is, that this plan was formed in order (εἰς eis) or “unto” this end, that in the full arrangement of times, or in the arrangements completing the filling up of the times, God might gather together in one all things. Tyndale renders... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 1:9-10

Ephesians 1:9-10. Having made known to us By his Word and Spirit; the mystery of his will The gracious scheme of salvation by faith, the appointment of which depended on his sovereign will alone; termed a mystery, because it was but darkly revealed under the law, is now totally hid from unbelievers, and has heights and depths in it which surpass all the knowledge even of true believers. “The whole doctrine of the gospel, taken complexly, is called the wisdom of God in a mystery, 1... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 1:1-14

1:1-23 A LIFE OF FULNESS THROUGH CHRISTPraise for blessings in Christ (1:1-14)In introducing himself, Paul reminds his readers that they are saints, God’s holy people, who live their lives in union with Jesus Christ (1:1-2). He then offers praise to the triune God: in verses 3-6 on account of the Father who planned salvation; in verses 7-12 on account of the Son who made this salvation a reality; and in verses 13-14 on account of the Holy Spirit who guarantees salvation.God’s blessings, which... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 1:9

Having made known . Greek. gnorizo. As in Ephesians 3:3 .Philippians 1:1 , Philippians 1:22 (wot). Compare App-132 . unto = to. mystery . See App-193 . hath . Omit. purposed . Greek. protithemi. See Romans 1:13 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 1:10

That in . Greek. eis . App-104 . dispensation . Greek. oikonomia. See 1 Corinthians 9:17 . fulness . Greek. pleroma . First occurance: Matthew 9:16 . He might gather together in one = to sum up (literally: "head up"). Greek. anakephalaioomai. See Romans 13:9 . The verb in this place being in Mid. voice is reflexive, implying "for Himself" (compare verses: Ephesians 1:5 , Ephesians 1:9 ). both . Omit. in . The texts read epi , as below. heaven = the heavens (plural) See Matthew 6:9 ,... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 1:10

Unto a dispensation of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; IN HIM, I say.We have taken the liberty of capitalizing the phrase which dominates this entire epistle. One may easily imagine that Paul here made some emphatic gesture, as he dictated these words, or raised his voice in repeating these dynamic key words of the New Testament. Any failure to get the full meaning of being "in Christ" is to forfeit all hope of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 1:9

Ephesians 1:9. The mystery of his will,— St. Paul's so often terming God's purpose of calling the Gentiles a mystery, and so emphatically declaring it to be concealed from ages, and particularly revealed to himself, (as we find in this Epistle, where it is so called five times, and four times in that to the Colossians) cannot be by chance, or without some particular reason. The question was, "Whether the converted Gentiles should hearken to the Jews,—who would persuade them that it was... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 1:10

Ephesians 1:10. He might gather together— The original, 'Ανακεφαλαιωσασθαι, rendered gathered together, properly signifies, to recapitulate, recollect, or put together the heads of a discourse, and to unite again under one head. Both angels and men were at first in harmonious subjection to the Son of God, their common creator; but man having broken himselfoff from this society, the Son of God and Son of Man, by his humiliation and suffering in the humanity, recovers and re-unites all who... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 1:9

9. "He hath abounded," or "made (grace) to abound toward us" ( :-), in that He made known to us, namely, experimentally, in our hearts. the mystery—God's purpose of redemption hidden heretofore in His counsels, but now revealed (Ephesians 6:19; Romans 16:25; Colossians 1:26; Colossians 1:27). This "mystery" is not like the heathen mysteries, which were imparted only to the initiated few. All Christians are the initiated. Only unbelievers are the uninitiated. according to his good... read more

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