Ephesians 3:11

which wisdom he arranged ages before, and he hath executed it by Jesus the Messiah our Lord;

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

In Context

10so that, by means of the church, the manifold wisdom of God might become known to the principalities and powers that are in heaven:

12through whom we have boldness and access, in the confidence of his faith.

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Cross References

Romans 8:28And we know that he aideth him in all things, for good, who love God; them whom he predestined to be called.

Ephesians 1:4according as he had previously chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we might be holy and without blame before him; and, in love, predestinated us for himself;

Ephesians 1:11And in him we are elected, according as he predestined us and willed, who worketh all things according to the counsel of his pleasure;

Matthew Henry on Ephesians 3:2-14

The Apostle's Sufferings; Paul's Appointment as an Apostle; Paul's Labours as an Apostle. ( a. d. 61.) 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) 5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now… Read the whole commentary →

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