Ephesians 1:9
Ephesians 1:9 (KJV)
Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
Ephesians 1:9 (Rotherham)
making known to us the sacred secret of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him,—
Ephesians 1:9 (Literal)
God has made known unto us by experience the Mystery of His will which before this time He kept to Himself only, but now down to us by and through the finished work of His Son Jesus Christ,
Ephesians 1:9 (Expanded)
God has made known unto us, His purified and highly trusted sons, by experience, in giving us the wisdom and understanding of God’s grace, glory, remission of sin, forgiveness of sins, yes, the whole sacred secret, the Mystery of God’s will, which before this time God kept to Himself only, but now down to us by and through the accomplished work of His Son Jesus Christ,
CONTEXT-All Spiritual Blessings
Ephesians 1:3-14 (Literal)
3 God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is blessed. He blessed us with every spiritual blessing, throughly heavenly, by Christ, 4 according as He chose us in Himself before the overthrow of the world, that we should be the sanctified ones, unblemished in His presence. 5 And in love He marked us out beforehand unto Himself, even placed us as adopted sons by Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 for the purpose of giving praise to God for His glorious grace in which He made us abundantly lovely and acceptable by means of His beloved Son, 7 that in him there is given to us redemption, and by his blood, remission of sin, according to the wealth of His grace 8 that has superabounded toward us in all wisdom and with all understanding. 9 God has made known unto us by experience the Mystery of His will which before this time He kept to Himself only, but now down to us by and through the finished work of His Son Jesus Christ, 10 that in the next administration when the fullness of time is come, all things in heaven and on earth again shall be made new in Christ. 11 And in him we were made an inheritance also, marked out beforehand as God’s property according to God’s intense desire, 12 for the purpose that we who beforehand hoped for the Messiah should be to the honor of His glory, 13 in whom [Christ] you also after you heard the Word of Truth which is the gospel of your salvation and in him [Christ] you, when you believed also, were sealed with the promised holy spirit 14 which is the earnest of our inheritance until we completely enter into and take possession
of our full inheritance), unto the praise of God’s glory.
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The Structure of Ephesians
A. Salutation and Opening (1:1, 2)
B. All Spiritual Blessings (1:3-14)
C.Prayer to God by Paul (1:15-23)
D. Seated in the Heavenlies (2:1-7)
E. God’s Works (2:8-10)
F. New Man, not Judean or Gentile (2:11-18)
G. The Temple Fitly Framed Together (2:19-22)
H. The Mystery, the One Body (3:1-13)
I. Prayer to the Father (3:14-21)
H. The unity of the One Body (4:1-6)
G. The Body Fitly Joined Together (4:7-16)
F. Putting on the New Man (4:17-32)
E. Man’s Works (5:1—6:9)
D. Standing in the Heavenlies (6:10-18)
C. Prayer to God for Paul (6:19, 20)
B. Making Known the Spiritual Blessings (6:21, 22)
A. Blessing and Closing (6:23, 24)
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