Ephesians 3:3

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

that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.

that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief.

As I briefly mentioned earlier in this letter, God himself revealed his secret plan to me.

I got the inside story on this from God himself, as I just wrote you in brief.

How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter,

and how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I wrote above in a few words,

how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already,

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

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.