Ephesians 3:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery ;(as I wrote afore in few words,

Ephesians 3:3 —

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Cross-References

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Galatians 1:12
For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Romans 16:25
Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
Ephesians 1:9-11
Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: …
Ephesians 3:9
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:
Acts 22:17
And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-13)

Here we have the account which Paul gives the Ephesians concerning himself, as he was appointed by God the apostle of the Gentiles. I. We may observe that he acquaints them with the tribulations and sufferings which he endured in the discharge of that office, Eph. 3:1. The first clause refers to the preceding chapter, and may be understood either of these two ways:—1. “ For this cause ,—for having…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3. he made known--The oldest manuscripts read, “That by revelation was the mystery (namely, of the admission of the Gentiles, Ep 3:6; 1:9) made known unto me (Ga 1:12).” as I wrote afore--namely, in this Epistle (Ep 1:9, 10), the words of which he partly repeats.