For this he had been persecuted, and was not imprisoned. But the phrase suggests more than this: His office, and hence his affliction, was for the benefit of the Gentiles. Ephesians 3:1-12. The second sense is used here. "I Paul," am the agent employed by the Spirit to enlighten you, having been first enlightened myself by the same Spirit (Ephesians 3:3-5; Ephesians 3:9). For you Gentiles.—This was literally true of the origin of his captivity, proceeding as it did from the jealousy of the Jews, excited by the free admission of the Gentiles to the Church; but the reference is not to be limited to this. This opinion plainly har monizes with the scope and construction of the chapter. This proves that at the time of writing this, Paul was in bonds, and there can he no question that he was in Rome. Since God has blessed us so greatly, Paul prayed that his readers would comprehend fully the extent of God"s love for them (, ὁ δέσμιος τοῦ χριστοῦ, ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν τῶν ἐθνῶν, "For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see [you], and to speak with [you]: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain. ed. Ephesians 3:7-13 Mystery of God’s Grace. For you Gentiles; he was especially called to preach the gospel to the Gentiles, and admit them to the church without circumcision, on an equal footing with the Jews. He is overwhelmed with that. Below are some preliminary questions to assist in the study of this passage. The genitive, as that of originating cause, signifies not merely “a prisoner belonging to Christ,” but one whom Christ, that is, Christ's cause, and not Caesar, had imprisoned. When Paul wrote this epistle, he was under house arrest in Rome. The prisoner of Jesus Christ.—The phrase (repeated in Ephesians 4:1; Philemon 1:9; 2 Timothy 1:8) is dwelt upon with an emphasis, explained by St. Paul’s conviction that “his bonds” tended to “the furtherance of the gospel”—not merely by exciting a sympathy which might open the heart to his words, but even more (see Philippians 1:13-14) by showing the victorious power of God’s word and grace—which “is not bound”—to triumph over captivity and the danger of death. [204] [205] [206]2, 3, Vulg., etc.— : on behalf of you the Gentiles. Well, if you can do it in the context of not taking time and effort away from your employer, yes, but we should not slight our employer so that we can witness. For this cause — That you may be so built up together, and made the temple of God, and his habitation through the Spirit; I bow my knees, &c., see Ephesians 3:14, with which the words are evidently closely connected, (as they are also with the close of the preceding chapters) the subsequent paragraph to the end of Ephesians 3:13 manifestly coming in by way of parenthesis. The expression itself is notable. I Paul. He normally went to the Jews first and then to the Gentiles. Acts 21:21; Acts 21:18; 2 Timothy 1:11-12). Ephesians 3:14-21 Prayer For God’s Power And Love. I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles. Ephesians 3:1. : for this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus. He is the means by which God gives eternal life to those who obey him (Ephesians 1:7; Romans 3:23-26; 1 … Written by an Irish scribe, it once formed part of the same volume as Codex Sangallensis ( ) of the Gospels. To whom Paul was expressly sent, and in preaching to whom he had fallen into the hands of the civil law. Later in the Acts passage it is clear that the Jews were deaf to the Gospel, while Paul was commissioned to go to the Gentiles for they will listen. Compare Acts 22:21; Acts 26:23. As there is no verb of which the words, ἐγὼ παῦλος, I Paul, are the nominative, there is great diversity of opinion as to the proper construction of the passage. He reminds his readers of the secret of that call, how the call was revealed to the apostles and prophets, and his own commission to the service of preaching the Good News to the Gentiles; and to show that God’s grace opened the church to those who were not part of national Israel. At one time, *Greek leaders had ruled Ephesus.Now the *Romans ruled the city. I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ - A prisoner in the service of the Lord Jesus; or made a prisoner in his cause. More than this, his very imprisonment was made useful by him in setting agencies in operation for the extension of the gospel among the Gentiles. Paul mentions he is a prisoner for the Gentiles, yet in Acts 28:17-28 he tells the Jews he is a prisoner for Israel. The expression, ὁ δέσμιος τοῦ χριστοῦ, the prisoner of Christ, does not mean prisoner on account of Christ. For you Gentiles; for your cause and salvation; having preached and declared the grace of God to be free, and to belong to you Gentiles as well as to the Jews, (the middle wall of partition being taken away), and so equalled you with them. chap. By this construction the abruptness now manifest in our common version is avoided. St. Paul regards the captivity as only one incident in a mission sending him entirely to the Gentiles (Acts 21:21; Romans 11:13; Galatians 2:9). Meyer's rendering is peculiar-deshalb-that you may be built-zu diesem Behufe bin Ich Paulus, der Gefesselte Christi Jesu um euret, der Heiden wi llen. Jerome supplies-cognovi mysterium, and Camerarius gives us-hoc scribo. When St. Paul calls himself the “prisoner of Jesus Christ,” he represents our Lord’s own will, as ordaining his captivity for His own transcendent purposes of good, making him an “ambassador in chains” (Ephesians 6:20), and these “the bonds of the gospel.” (See Philemon 1:13; and Acts 28:20, “For the hope of Israel I am bound in this chain.”) Hence in this passage St. Paul seems to speak of his captivity as a special proof of the reality of his mission, and a new step in its progress; and appeals to it accordingly, just as in the final salutation of the Colossian Epistle, “Remember my bonds.” The whole idea is a striking instance of the spiritual alchemy of faith, turning all things to good—not unlike the magnificent passage (in 2Corinthians 11:23-30) of his “glorying in his infirmities.”. The lighthouse keeper weathered all storms so that the sailors could be secure. Ephesians 3:14-21. The sense would then be, ‘I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, am a prisoner, and in bonds for you Gentiles.' (1) For this cause . Home » Bible Commentaries » Comments on Ephesians. “In behalf of you Gentiles”: “For the sake of” (NASV). It was a busy port and the centre of much trade. Discussion QuestionsVerse one starts with the phrase, “For this reason I, Paul…” What is the ending of this sentence? The is referred by some (Mey., etc.) It was while he was in Jerusalem with representatives of Gentile churches who were taking their churches" respective gifts that he was charged with violating the sanctity of the temple. Imprisonment alone has no claim to this honor, being usually the mark of wickedness and crime. ‘For this cause I am the prisoner of Jesus Christ.' His loss of liberty arose from no violation of law on his part: it was solely in prosecuting his mission that he was apprehended and confined; for he was in fetters-, ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν τῶν ἐθνῶν—“on behalf of you Gentiles,” a common sense of the preposition, which is repeated in Ephesians 3:12. PRISON AND PRIVILEGES (Ephesians 3:1-13)To understand the connection of thought in this passage it has to be noted that Ephesians 3:2-13 are one long parenthesis. Werner Bible Commentary "For freedom Christ has freed us" — Galatians 5:1. Ephesians sets forth what no other book of the New Testament describes so completely — the nature of the body of Christ, which is the true Church. Men might think otherwise, but it is our duty to judge of the reasons. Ephesians Commentary Purpose and Themes. ix. But here, starting at this point from the word. Ephesians 4:1 (with the AV, Mich., Winer, etc. 1. that ye may be further confirmed in the faith of Christ, and more and more built up in him as an habitation of God, Ephesians 2:22. (a) These words, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, are taken passively, that is to say, I, Paul, am cast into prison for maintaining the glory of Christ. His very bonds were profitable to ("for" or "in behalf of you") Gentiles (Eph 3:13; 2Ti 2:10). , Paul first states the call of the Gentiles. The apostle does not mean to magnify the fact of his imprisonment: he merely hints in passing that it originated in the proclamation of those very truths which he had been discussing. The apostle proceeds to explain more fully the meaning of this clause-. (Bruce) Some commentaries suggest that "For this cause" is really the introduction phrase to verse thirteen. This imprisonment had resulted from his service for Christ, specifically his ministry among Gentiles, for which the Jews had mobbed him in Jerusalem (cf. for you Gentiles: because he preached the Gospel to the Gentiles, which the Jews forbid, that they might not be saved; and because he taught them, that circumcision and the rest of the ceremonies of the law were not binding upon them; which gave great offence to the Jews, who were the means of bringing of him into these circumstances, and particularly the Asiatic Jews, the Jews of Ephesus; who having seen and heard him there, knew him again when in the temple at Jerusalem, and raised a mob upon him, having bore a grudge against him for his ministry at Ephesus, by which means he became a prisoner; so that he might truly say, he was a prisoner for the sake of them; see Acts 21:27. As the first chapter treated of THE Father's office; and the second, THE Son's, so this, that of THE Spirit. He wrote it to people in the town called Ephesus. 3. is not part of a parenthesis, but a paragraph complete within itself; nor at Ephesians 3:13, which is of too limited scope and fails to meet the full force of the ; but at Ephesians 3:14, where the is repeated. The cause of his imprisonment and of all his difficulties was, that he maintained that the gospel was to be preached to the Gentiles; that when the Jews rejected it God rejected them; and that he was specially called to carry the message of salvation to the pagan world. Some say that you should witness at work. Compare with Acts 21:17-36. “It was because he had publicly proclaimed that the gospel was intended for all the world and that God had sent him to the Gentiles that Paul was detested by the Jews and persecuted by them. This is what Paul lived and ministered for, this is what motivated Paul, and this is what He knew Christ wanted him to do in life. (Ephesians 3:1.) The purpose of the book of Ephesians was to warn the church elders about the false teachers that were teaching a false gospel and to maintain their first love that they held when they first became believers. The phrase occurs quite frequently: ‘He mentions his name, not for personal reasons (Ephesians 3:8), but because of his office and the importance of what he is doing’ (Braune). "'Mystery' is the term that runs throughout this passage from Ephesians. When St. Paul calls himself the “prisoner of Jesus Christ,” he represents our Lord’s own will, as ordaining his captivity for His own transcendent purposes of good, making him an “ambassador in chains” (Ephesians 6:20), and these “the bonds of the gospel.” (See Philemon 1:13; and Acts 28:20, “For the hope of Israel I am bound in this chain.”) Hence in this passage St. Paul seems to speak of his captivity as a special proof of the reality of his mission, and a new step in its progress; and appeals to it accordingly, just as in the final salutation of the Colossian Epistle, “Remember my bonds.” The whole idea is a striking instance of the spiritual alchemy of faith, turning all things to good—not unlike the magnificent passage (in 2 Corinthians 11:23-30) of his “glorying in his infirmities.”. Those for whom he suffered bonds are immediately afterwards said to be the Gentiles. He reminds his readers of the, was revealed to the apostles and prophets, and his own commission to the service of preaching the Good News to the Gentiles; and to show that God’s grace opened the. He digresses at "For this cause," and does not complete the sentence until Ephesians 3:14, where he resumes, "For this cause" - namely, because I know your call of God (Ephesians 2:11-22) to be "fellow-heirs" with the Jews (Ephesians 3:6), "I bow my knees unto" the Father of our common Saviour (Ephesians 3:14-15) to confirm you by His Spirit. .—After much discussion of the construction of this verse, there seems little doubt that the nominative, “I, Paul,” must be carried on beyond the digression upon the mystery of the gospel, and his part in ministering it, which follows. Gentiles. This letter, in … Ephesians 4:1 (‘prisoner in the Lord’). (1) He maintains his apostleship against the offence of the cross, upon which he also makes an argument to confirm himself, affirming that he was not only appointed an apostle by the mercy of God, but was also appointed particularly to the Gentiles. At this point he starts with fervent prayer in their behalf; but the mention of his apostleship carries him out into a full expatiation of thirteen verses upon that glorious office; and when that excursion is finished, the actual record of his prayer begins at the fourteenth verse. He explained it to me, and now He has assigned me to preach to the Gentile world." Commentary on Ephesians 1:9-14 (Read Ephesians 1:9-14) Blessings were made known to believers, by the Lord's showing to them the mystery of his sovereign will, and the method of redemption and salvation. For the idea with which the paragraph closes is that his afflictions were their glory (Ephesians 3:13). Nor does this text only address those who, like Paul, find themselves called to be preachers. The main subject of Ephesians 3:1-13is God’s call to the Gentiles and Paul’s mission as an apostle to take the Good News to the Gentiles. The apostle intended saying at the beginning of the chapter what he says in Ephesians 3:14, "For this cause, I Paul, bow my knees," i.e. From these words the digression of Ephesians 3:2-13 starts, bringing out the reality and greatness of that mission. The apostle regarded his imprisonment as God"s will for him then. (Witham), Ephesians 3:1 “For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles”. In every phase of life he is Christ’s. So also Locke, Rosenmuller, Doddridge, Whitby, Koppe, and others understand it. Of Jesus Christ - Greek, 'Christ Jesus' (Philem 13): the office is thus prominent; the person in the English version. [198] Autograph of the original scribe of . Ephesians 3:1-10, "Growing in Our Commitment," is part 1 of 6 parts of The Bible Teaching Commentary that provides four reasons we should place more confident in the Gospel message and as a result grow in our commitment to God and His high calling for our lives: The Gospel's Value (3:1), The Gospel's Reliability (3:2-5), The Gospel's Glory (3:6-7) and The Gospel's Calling (3:8-10). These study questions are free to … 3, he comes to a point in his own Ego. Not a prisoner for crime or debt, or as a captive in war, but a captive in the service of the Redeemer. See Ephesians 3:14b-17a (printed below) The prisoner of Jesus Christ.—The phrase (repeated in Ephesians 4:1; Philemon 1:9; 2Timothy 1:8) is dwelt upon with an emphasis, explained by St. Paul’s conviction that “his bonds” tended to “the furtherance of the gospel”—not merely by exciting a sympathy which might open the heart to his words, but even more (see Philippians 1:13-14) by showing the victorious power of God’s word and grace—which “is not bound”—to triumph over captivity and the danger of death. Nay, in writing to the Ephesians he could not forget that the suspicion of his having taken an Ephesian named Trophimus into the temple with him, created the popular disturbance that led to his capture and his final appeal to Caesar, his journey to Rome, and his imprisonment in the imperial city. Cramer. Verses 1-21. Paul has become a prisoner for Christ for the sake of the Gentiles, to whom he has been called to proclaim the Good News of Christ. Some say that Ephesians reads like a commentary on the Pauline letters and probably it has been best termed the crown of Paulinism. The business people soldmodels of Diana’s *temple there. It fits the day in the liturgical year because an “epiphany” is a manifestation of something. He marks Jesus' Messiahship as the origin of his being a "prisoner," owing to the jealousy of the Jews being roused at his preaching it to the Gentiles. ), a Græco-Latin MS., at Dresden, edited by Matthæi in 1791. This charge, and others associated with it, still hung over him as he waited in Rome for his appeal to come up for hearing in the supreme court” (Bruce pp. Theodoret says- ταῦτα πάντα (Ephesians 3:1-13) ἐν μέσῳ τεθεικὼς ἀναλαμβάνει τὸν περὶ προσευχῆς λόγον. to the immediately preceding sentence; the fact that they are destined to make a habitation of God, and are being built together with a view to that end, being Paul’s reason for pleading with them and praying for them. vi. 3. For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles (Ephesians 3:1) Paul was writing to the Ephesian Christians from the confinement of Roman imprisonment. For you Gentiles - Made a prisoner at Rome on your behalf, because I maintained that the gospel was to be preached to the Gentiles; see Acts 22:21-23. The majority of expositors adopt the view we have given, to wit, that Ephesians 3:14 resumes the interrupted sentiment. vi. One"s point of view makes all the difference in the world” (Barclay p. 121). This would be more correctly rendered, "For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner," etc. The reader, casting his eye down to Ephesians 3:14, will there find for this cause resumed, and the apostolic prayer offered. At this point he starts with fervent prayer in their behalf; but the mention of his apostleship carries him out into a full expatiation of thirteen verses upon that glorious office; and when that excursion is finished, the actual record of his prayer begins at the fourteenth verse. In verse twenty of the Acts text he says, "For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see [you], and to speak with [you]: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.". Afflictions endured in such a cause were no ground of depression, but rather of glory, Ephesians 3:11-13. )—a claim surely which would neither be like Paul nor in harmony with the thought of the paragraph. The most common view is that the sentence here begun is recommenced and finished in Ephesians 3:14, where the words, "For this cause" are repeated. The special truth, now more plainly revealed than ever before, was the union of the Gentiles with the Jews as joint partakers of the promise of redemption, by means of the gospel, Ephesians 3:5, Ephesians 3:6. It was thus for the Gentiles that he was a prisoner; and there is probably also the further thought in the that Paul’s imprisonment was to be for their good, helpful to their Christian life. Not at chap. translation. i. Paul revisited the magnificence of God, the plan for Christ to create a Church of all believers, that the fruits of grace are to be shared, that discouragement due to suffering may be evidence of doubts about God’s sovereignty, that faithfulness in suffering may be strong evidence of true salvation, and that we n… So highly ought the name of Christ to be revered by us, that what men consider to be the greatest reproach, ought to be viewed by us as the greatest honour. Here he is turned off from what he meant to say by the polite reference in the clause. If we need to take a fall in order to witness, then we should if that is the situation God places us in. In the former hypothesis, the connection thus stands—“I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles”—“even to me, less than the least of all saints, is this grace given.” But here there is no natural contact of ideas, and the change of case from the nominative to the dative, though vindicated by OEcumenius from examples in Thucydides and Demosthenes, is, as Origen affirms, a solecism, and is fatal to the hypothesis. For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—, To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, The prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles -. And in this case what is revealed has been a mystery. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (12) This verse returns to the idea of Ephesians 2:18, as though St. Paul, after the wide sweep of thought far beyond the earth in Ephesians 3:10-11, desired, as usual, to bring his readers back to the practical and personal aspects of their Christianity. 1. of Jesus Christ—Greek, "Christ Jesus." He was taken first to Cesarea, and then to Rome. To not witness so that we aren"t spoken ill of, or so that we aren"t thought ill of is not the trait of a believer that is to be the light of the world. 309-310). Of course after work, before work, and on break we are free to voice our witness - and we should as we have opportunity. Study the bible online using commentary on Ephesians 3 and more! The Latin text, g, is based on the O.L. that they might be more and more built up on Christ, on whom they were founded, and had begun to be built. The prisoner of Christ Jesus. Paul prays that the Ephesian Christians will be strengthened in their inner beings. It is uttered in the majestic style of their apostle, who, however humble in himself, is authoritative in his divine office. 1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: 3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) It was his office as apostle of the Gentiles which exposed him to persecution, and led to his present incarceration. (1) For this cause . Christians are “born again” by the will of the Father, and are in his spiritual household (John 3:5; Ephesians 1:5; 2:19). However, its theological riches do not simply address one historical figure, even one of Paul’s stature. For this cause. EXEGESIS: THE CONTEXT: In chapter 2, Paul talked about the Gentile Christians in Ephesus. The object of his ministry was to make known the unsearchable riches of Christ, and enlighten men as to the purpose of redemption which had from eternity been hid in the divine mind, Ephesians 3:9. , a solemn and emphatic designation of the writer by himself, expressive rather of his personal interest in them than the consciousness of his authority (Mey.). He alludes to his call and appointment to the apostolic office ( Eph 3:2 – 3 ) and how his insight through revelation, as well as that of the other apostles and charismatic prophets in the church ( Eph 3:4 – 5 ), has deepened understanding of God’s plan of salvation in Christ. Ephesians 3:1-10 Bible Study Questions is the last of 6 parts of The Bible Teaching Commentary that provides study questions on Ephesians 3:1-10 and enable the avid student to detect the powerful message of these verses for himself. As he was Christ's servant, apostle, and minister, so he was Christ's prisoner. См. His unshaken firmness was no small additional proof that he had discharged his office in a proper manner. He was Christ’s prisoner, not the emperor’s; comp. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. to those who were not part of national Israel. So Tyndale renders it, "For this cause I, Paul, the servant of Jesus, am in bonds." The mystery of the Gospel revealed (Ephesians 3:1-13) 1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: 3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, How does Paul describe his present situation in Ephesians 3:1 (printed below?) This passage is, to a large degree, a reflection on Paul’s unique role in the church. For this office he was qualified by direct revelation from Jesus Christ, concerning the purpose of redemption, of his knowledge of which the preceding portions of his epistle, were sufficient evidence, Ephesians 3:3, Ephesians 3:4. The for this cause of Ephesians 3:14 takes up again and resumes the for this cause of Ephesians 3:1.Someone has spoken of Paul's habit of "going off at a word." ), for chap. “The situation which led to Paul"s arrest and subsequent detention in Jerusalem, Caesarea, and Rome arose directly out of his Gentile ministry. 2; and now, chap. Well which is it? The remarks we have made will show that we regard the construction as broken by a long parenthesis, and resumed in Ephesians 3:14, not at Ephesians 3:8, as OEcumenius and Grotius suppose, nor yet at Ephesians 3:13, as Zanchius, Cramer, and Holzhausen maintain. For similar occurrences of the emphatic personal designation, with different shades of meaning, see 2 Corinthians 10:1; Galatians 5:2; Colossians 1:23; Philemon 1:19. The idea expressed in the 13th verse is a subordinate and natural conclusion of the digression. For this cause; in view of all that has been said concerning your introduction through Christ, to the household of faith. The only question which can well be raised is whether the resumption takes place at Ephesians 3:13, “I desire that ye faint not;” or at Ephesians 3:14, “I bow my knees;” and this seems decided for the latter alternative, both by the emphatic repetition of “for this cause,” and by the far greater weight and finality of the latter sentence. Both must be carefully noted. Ephesians 3:1. He digresses at "For this cause," and does not complete the sentence which he had intended, until Eph 3:14, where he resumes the words, "For this cause," namely, because I know this your call of God as Gentiles (Eph 2:11-22), to be "fellow-heirs" with the Jews (Eph 3:6), "I bow my knees to" the Father of our common Saviour (Eph 3:14, 15) to confirm you in the faith by His Spirit. 3, he. There is no small difference among expositors about the connection of these words: the fairest and easiest seems to be, either: 1. [200] Codex Claromontanus (sæc. Winer, § 30, 2, β; Acts 23:11. But what of the construction and connection here? —And doubtless no human name so thrilled their hearts at the utterance as this. We are to be light houses, not secure. [203] Codex Sinaiticus (sæc. ‘because you Ephesians have been brought to God, I pray for your confirmation and growth in grace. But the plain supposition of a long parenthesis renders all such supplements superfluous. (Some authorities read ‘Christ,’ while ‘Jesus Christ’ is not found in any ancient manuscripts.) The prisoner of Jesus Christ. For a comprehensive study of the passage, download the Study Guide (PDF download). And the object or design of redemption itself is the manifestation of the wisdom of God to principalities and powers in heaven, Ephesians 3:10. Ephesians has been called the Queen of the Epistles, the quintessence of Paulinism, the divinest composition of man and even the Waterloo of commentators. τούτου χάριν—“For this cause;” the reference being not to any special element in the previous illustration, but to the whole of it-inasmuch as Gentile believers are raised along with believing Jews to those high privileges and honours now common to both of them. Another circumstance greatly fitted to interest the Ephesians was, that the persecutions of Paul were endured for the Gentiles, — that his troubles and dangers were on their account. [202] Codex Vaticanus (sæc. 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