Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
The mystery (notes, Ephesians 1:9-10; Ephesians 3:5-9) - once hidden, now revealed: redemption for the whole Gentile world The mystery (notes, Ephesians 1:9-10; Ephesians 3:5-9) - once hidden, now revealed: redemption for the whole Gentile world as well as for the Jews (Colossians 1:27).
From ages. The mystery was hidden ever since the beginning of the "ages." The "ages" are the vast temporal periods which have elapsed from the beginning. [Greek, 'OEons:' used by the Gnostics for angelic beings emanating from God. The germs of Gnosticism already existed.] The Spirit, by Paul, presciently, in opposition (Colossians 2:18), teaches that the mystery of redemption was hidden in God's purposes in Christ, alike from the angelic beings (cf. Ephesians 3:9-10) of the pre-Adamic "ages," and from the subsequent human "generations." [Greek, 'the ages ... the generations.' The "from" х apo (G575)], repeated before 'the generations,' shows that these are distinct from 'the ages,' and do not make them up, as Ellicott thinks.]
Now, х nuni (G3570)] - the present only; х nun (G3568), also the past and future].
Made manifest to his saints - to His apostles and prophets primarily (Ephesians 3:5), and through them to all His saints.