4Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
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Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: …
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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…
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