“ For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, ”
For this cause - On account of preaching this doctrine; that is, the doctrine that the gospel was to be proclaimed to the Gentiles. I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ - A prisoner in the se...
For (1) this cause I Paul, (a) the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, (1) He maintains his apostleship against the offence of the cross, upon which he also makes an argument to confirm himse...
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 mis...
This chapter is parenthetical, and within it is another parenthesis, verses: Ephesians 3:2-13 . Both must be carefully noted. For this cause . On this account. Jesus Christ . Christ Jesus. App-9...
1. For this cause. Paul’s imprisonment, which ought to have been held as a confirmation of his apostleship, was undoubtedly presented by his adversaries in an opposite light. He therefore po...
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, For this cause - Because he maintained that the Gentiles were admitted to all the privileges of the Jews, and all the blessings o...
For this cause, &c.— This chapter throws back a great light on those which precede, and more clearly opens the design of this epistle: for St. Paul here in plain words tells the Ephesians that...
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, As the first chapter treated of THE FATHER'S office; the second, THE SON'S; so this, that of THE SPIRIT. Of Jesus Chris...
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 inte...
For this cause... — After much discussion of the construction of this verse, there seems little doubt that the nominative, “I, Paul,” must be carried on beyond the digression upon the mystery of th...
Chapter 12 THE SECRET OF THE AGES Ephesians 3:1-9 Ephesians 3:2-13 are in form a parenthesis. They interrupt the prayer which appears to be commencing in the first verse and is not resumed u...
Gentiles Share the “Unspeakable Riches” Ephesians 3:1-13 Dispensation should be rendered, “stewardship.” We are God's trustees for men. To each of us is given some special phase of truth whi...
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 fac...
CONTENTS The Apostle in this Chapter, makes a particular Address to the Church at Ephesus, as a Gentile Church. He shows the gracious Design of God from the Beginning, to the Gentiles, as One with t...
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ ,.... Not actively, whom Christ had apprehended by his grace, and made a prisoner of hope; but passively, who was made a prisoner for Christ, on a...
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, Ver. 1. For this cause ] To wit, that you may be a habitation of God, through the Spirit. I Paul, the prisoner ] I hold n...
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 evi...
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...
The Apostle's Sufferings; Paul's Appointment as an Apostle; Paul's Labours as an Apostle. A. D. 61....
EPHESIANS CHAPTER 3 Ephesians 3:1-6 Paul, in bonds for preaching Christ to the Gentiles, showeth that the mystery of their calling, heretofore hidden, had been revealed to him, Ephesians 3:7-12...
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...
Ephesians 3:1-13 . 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...
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...
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles. St. Paul’s ministry to the Gentiles a Divine grace to himself If not wholly singular, there is something very characteristi...
EXPOSITION Ephesians 3:1-49 DIGRESSION ON THE ADMISSION OF THE GENTILES TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD . Ephesians 3:1 For this cause. The reference is not merely to...
For this cause I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
1 Thessalonians 2:15 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:16 ; 2 Corinthians 10:1 ; 2 Corinthians 11:23 ; 2 Timothy 1:16 ; 2 Timothy 1:8 ; 2 Timothy 2:10 ; 2 Timothy 2:9 ; Acts 21:33 ; Acts 26:29 ; Acts 28...
For this cause — That ye may be so "built together," I am a prisoner for you gentiles — For your advantage, and for asserting your right to these blessings. This it was which so enraged the Jews ag...