Ephesians 3:3-6

3:3 that ¹  by revelation the divine secret ²  was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly. ³  3:4 When reading this, ⁴  you will be able to ⁵  understand my insight into this secret ⁶  of Christ. 3:5 Now this secret ⁷  was not disclosed to people ⁸  in former ⁹  generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by ¹⁰  the Spirit, 3:6 namely, that through the gospel ¹¹  the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members ¹²  of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

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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, when reading.”

⁵ tn Grk “you are able to.”

⁶ tn Or “mystery.”

⁷ tn Grk “which.” Verse 5 is technically a relative clause, subordinate to the thought of v. 4.

⁸ tn Grk “the sons of men” (a Semitic idiom referring to human beings, hence, “people”).

⁹ tn Grk “other.”

¹⁰ tn Or “in.”

¹¹ sn The phrase through the gospel is placed last in the sentence in Greek for emphasis. It has been moved forward for clarity.

¹² tn Grk “and fellow members.”