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Ephesians 3

Eph. 3:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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How that
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
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kata (Greek #2596)
(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
KJV usage: about, according as (to), after, against, (when they were) X alone, among, and, X apart, (even, like) as (concerning, pertaining to touching), X aside, at, before, beyond, by, to the charge of, (charita-)bly, concerning, + covered, (dai-)ly, down, every, (+ far more) exceeding, X more excellent, for, from ... to, godly, in(-asmuch, divers, every, -to, respect of), ... by, after the manner of, + by any means, beyond (out of) measure, X mightily, more, X natural, of (up-)on (X part), out (of every), over against, (+ your) X own, + particularly, so, through(-oughout, -oughout every), thus, (un-)to(-gether, -ward), X uttermost, where(-by), with. In composition it retains many of these applications, and frequently denotes opposition, distribution, or intensity.
Pronounce: kat-ah'
Origin: a primary particle
revelation
apokalupsis (Greek #602)
disclosure
KJV usage: appearing, coming, lighten, manifestation, be revealed, revelation.
Pronounce: ap-ok-al'-oop-sis
Origin: from 601
a he made known
gnorizo (Greek #1107)
to make known; subjectively, to know
KJV usage: certify, declare, make known, give to understand, do to wit, wot.
Pronounce: gno-rid'-zo
Origin: from a derivative of 1097
unto me
moi (Greek #3427)
to me
KJV usage: I, me, mine, my.
Pronounce: moy
Origin: the simpler form of 1698
the mystery
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
musterion (Greek #3466)
a secret or "mystery" (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites)
KJV usage: mystery.
Pronounce: moos-tay'-ree-on
Origin: from a derivative of μύω (to shut the mouth)
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kathos (Greek #2531)
just (or inasmuch) as, that
KJV usage: according to, (according, even) as, how, when.
Pronounce: kath-oce'
Origin: from 2596 and 5613
I wrote δafore
prographo (Greek #4270)
to write previously; figuratively, to announce, prescribe
KJV usage: before ordain, evidently set forth, write (afore, aforetime).
Pronounce: prog-raf'-o
Origin: from 4253 and 1125
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
few words
oligos (Greek #3641)
puny (in extent, degree, number, duration or value); especially neuter (adverbially) somewhat
KJV usage: + almost, brief(-ly), few, (a) little, + long, a season, short, small, a while.
Pronounce: ol-ee'-gos
Origin: of uncertain affinity
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Gal. 1:12• 12For neither did I receive them from man, neither was I taught them, but by revelation of Jesus Christ. (Gal. 1:12)
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or, a little before.

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Eph. 1:17• 17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of him, (Eph. 1:17)
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Acts 22:17,21• 17And it came to pass when I had returned to Jerusalem, and as I was praying in the temple, that I became in ecstasy,
 21And he said to me, Go, for *I* will send thee to the nations afar off. (Acts 22:17,21)
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Acts 23:9• 9And there was a great clamour, and the scribes of the Pharisees' part rising up contended, saying, We find nothing evil in this man; and if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel … (Acts 23:9)
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Acts 26:15‑19• 15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, *I* am Jesus whom *thou* persecutest:
 16but rise up and stand on thy feet; for, for this purpose have I appeared to thee, to appoint thee to be a servant and a witness both of what thou hast seen, and of what I shall appear to thee in,
 17taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom *I* send thee,
 18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
 19Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision; (Acts 26:15‑19)
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1 Cor. 2:9‑10• 9but according as it is written, Things which eye has not seen, and ear not heard, and which have not come into man's heart, which God has prepared for them that love him,
 10but God has revealed to us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. (1 Cor. 2:9‑10)
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Gal. 1:12,16‑19• 12For neither did I receive them from man, neither was I taught them, but by revelation of Jesus Christ.
 16was pleased to reveal his Son in me, that I may announce him as glad tidings among the nations, immediately I took not counsel with flesh and blood,
 17nor went I up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and again returned to Damascus.
 18Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to make acquaintance with Peter, and I remained with him fifteen days;
 19but I saw none other of the apostles, but James the brother of the Lord. (Gal. 1:12,16‑19)
the mystery.
Eph. 3:9• 9and to enlighten all with the knowledge of what is the administration of the mystery hidden throughout the ages in God, who has created all things, (Eph. 3:9)
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Rom. 11:25• 25For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, that ye may not be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the nations be come in; (Rom. 11:25)
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Rom. 16:25• 25Now to him that is able to establish you, according to my glad tidings and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, as to which silence has been kept in the times of the ages, (Rom. 16:25)
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Col. 1:26‑27• 26the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but has now been made manifest to his saints;
 27to whom God would make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you the hope of glory: (Col. 1:26‑27)
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Eph. 1:9‑11• 9having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself
 10for the administration of the fulness of times; to head up all things in the Christ, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth; in him,
 11in whom we have also obtained an inheritance, being marked out beforehand according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his own will, (Eph. 1:9‑11)
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Eph. 2:11‑22• 11Wherefore remember that *ye*, once nations in the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that called circumcision in the flesh done with the hand;
 12that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
 13but now in Christ Jesus *ye* who once were afar off are become nigh by the blood of the Christ.
 14For *he* is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of enclosure,
 15having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might form the two in himself into one new man, making peace;
 16and might reconcile both in one body to God by the cross, having by it slain the enmity;
 17and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off, and the glad tidings of peace to those who were nigh.
 18For through him we have both access by one Spirit to the Father.
 19So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,
 20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone,
 21in whom all the building fitted together increases to a holy temple in the Lord;
 22in whom *ye* also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit. (Eph. 2:11‑22)
afore.
or, a little before.
• Now the early part of chapter 3 is devoted to the explaining of this special part of the mystery of Christ, whereby the Gentiles are brought forward and put upon exactly the same level with the believing Jews that now received Christ, so that in this world they form one and the same body. But the more that a man adhered to the truth of the Old Testament, the more insuperably hard this was, because the Old Testament never speaks of such a state of things. (“Remarks on Ephesians 3:1-13” by W. Kelly)
• The mystery means that which was kept secret, not that which could not be understood, which is a human notion of mystery, but an unrevealed secret—a secret not yet divulged in the Old Testament but brought out fully in the New. What, then, is this mystery! It is, first, that Christ, instead of taking the kingdom, predicted by the prophecy, should completely disappear from the scene of this world, and that God should set Him up in heaven at His own right hand as the Head of all glory, heavenly and earthly, and that He should give the whole universe into the hands of Christ to administer the kingdom and maintain the glory of God the Father in it. That is the first and most essential part of the mystery, the second, or Church's part, being but the consequence of it.... Thus the mystery means neither Christ nor the Church alone, but Christ and the Church united in heavenly blessedness and dominion over everything that God has made. (“Remarks on Ephesians 3:1-13” by W. Kelly)
• {as I wrote afore} He had touched upon it in chapter 2, but now he is entering upon it more fully. (“Remarks on Ephesians 3:1-13” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly,

W. Kelly Translation

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how that by revelation was made known to me the mystery, even as I have before written briefly,