2ifsobethatyehaveheardG191ofthedispensationofthatgraceχάριτοςcharitosG5485ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316whichwasgivenG1325metoyou-ward; 3howthatbyrevelationἀποκάλυψινapokalupsinG602wasmadeG1107knownuntomethemysteryμυστήριονmustērionG3466,asIwrotebeforeinfewG3641words, 4whereby,whenyereadἀναγινώσκοντεςanaginōskontesG314, yecanperceivemyunderstandingG4907inthemysteryμυστηρίῳmustēriōG3466ofChristΧριστοῦ,ChristouG5547; 5whichinotherἑτέραιςheteraisG2087generationsγενεαῖςgeneaisG1074wasnotmadeG1107knownuntothesonsυἱοῖςhuioisG5207ofmenG444,asithathnowνῦνnunG3568beenrevealedἀπεκαλύφθηapekaluphthēG601untohisholyἁγίοιςhagioisG40apostlesG652andprophetsπροφήταιςprophētaisG4396intheSpiritπνεύματι,pneumatiG4151; 6towit,thattheGentilesἔθνηethnēG1484areG1510fellow-heirs,andfellow-membersofthebody,andfellow-partakersofthepromiseἐπαγγελίαςepangeliasG1860inChristΧριστῷChristōG5547JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424throughthegospelεὐαγγελίου,euangeliouG2098, 7whereofIwasmadeaministerG1249,accordingκατὰkataG2596tothegiftδωρεὰνdōreanG1431ofthatgraceχάριτοςcharitosG5485ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316whichwasgivenG1325meaccordingκατὰkataG2596totheworkingἐνέργειανenergeianG1753ofhispowerδυνάμεωςdunameōsG1411. 8Untome,whoamless thantheleastἐλαχιστοτέρῳelachistoterōG1646ofallsaintsἁγίωνhagiōnG40,wasthisgraceχάριςcharisG5485givenG1325,topreachuntotheGentilesἔθνεσινethnesinG1484theunsearchablerichesπλοῦτοςploutosG4149ofChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547; 9andtomakeallmenseewhatisthedispensationofthemysteryμυστηρίουmustēriouG3466whichforagesαἰώνωνaiōnōnG165hathbeenhidinGodθεῷtheōG2316whocreatedallthingsG3956; 10totheintentthatnowνῦνnunG3568untotheprincipalitiesandthepowersG1849intheheavenlyἐπουρανίοιςepouranioisG2032placesmightbemadeG1107knownthroughthechurchἐκκλησίαςekklēsiasG1577themanifoldwisdomσοφίαsophiaG4678ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316, 11accordingκατὰkataG2596totheeternalpurposeπρόθεσινprothesinG4286whichhepurposedinChristΧριστῷChristōG5547JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ourLordκυρίῳkuriōG2962: Commentaries on Ephesians 3
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