Ephesians 3:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

To make all men see, х phootisai (G5461)] - not merely to preach, but, by the Spirit in the Word, 'to enlighten all' (Ephesians 1:18; Psalms 18:28; Hebrews 6:4). "All" (cf. Colossians 1:28).

Fellowship. 'Aleph (') A B C Delta G f g, Vulgate, read 'economy,' 'dispensation' (cf. Colossians 1:25-26; and note, Ephesians 1:10, above). 'To make all see God's arrangement; to dispense now (through me and His other stewards) what heretofore was a mystery hidden in His counsels.'

From the beginning of the world - Greek, 'from (the beginning of) the ages' (cf. Ephesians 1:4; Romans 16:25; 1 Corinthians 2:7). The "ages" are the vast cycles marked by successive stages of creation and orders of beings.

In God - `hidden in His counsels' (Ephesians 1:9).

Created all things by Jesus Christ. God's creation of the world is the foundation of the rest of the "economy," freely dispensed according to His universal power (Bengel). As God created "the whole range of things" х ta (G3588) panta (G3956)], He has an absolute right to adjust all as He will: and so to keep the mystery of world-wide salvation in Christ 'hidden in Himself,' until His own good time for revealing it. 'Aleph (') A B C Delta G f g, Vulgate, omit "by Jesus Christ."

Ephesians 3:9

9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: