Ephesians 3:3

3:3 that ¹  by revelation the divine secret ²  was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly. ³ 

Ephesians 3:5

3:5 Now this secret ⁴  was not disclosed to people ⁵  in former ⁶  generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by ⁷  the Spirit,

Ephesians 3:10

3:10 The purpose of this enlightenment is that ⁸  through the church the multifaceted wisdom ⁹  of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.

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¹ tn Or “namely, that is.”

² tn Or “mystery.”

³ tn Or “as I wrote above briefly.”

sn As I wrote briefly may refer to the author’s brief discussion of the divine secret in 1:9.

⁴ tn Grk “which.” Verse 5 is technically a relative clause, subordinate to the thought of v. 4.

⁵ tn Grk “the sons of men” (a Semitic idiom referring to human beings, hence, “people”).

⁶ tn Grk “other.”

⁷ tn Or “in.”

⁸ tn Grk “that.” Verse 10 is a subordinate clause to the verb “enlighten” in v. 9.

⁹ tn Or “manifold wisdom,” “wisdom in its rich variety.”