Chief corner-stone (dxpoywviaiov). Only here and 1 Pet. ii. 6.
21. All the building (aca ouxodoun). Lit., every building. Rev., cach several building. But the reference is evidently to one building, and the rendering of A. V. should be retained though the article is wanting.
Fitly framed together (cvvapyoroyoupevn). The present participle indicates the framing as in progress.
Temple (vacv). Sanctuary. See on Matt. iv. 5. The more sacred portion of the structure is chosen for the figure.
22. Are builded together (cuvorxodopeic3e). As component parts of the one building. The reference is to individual Christ- ians, not to communities.
Habitation (xatouxnrjpiov). Answering to temple. Only here and Apoe. xviii. 2. Indicating a permanent dwelling. See on dwell, Luke xi. 26; Acts ii. 5; Mark vy. 8. In marked contrast with sojowrners, ver. 19.
Through the Spirit (€v). Better, as Rev., zm. In the fel- lowship of the indwelling Spirit.
1. For this cause. Seeing ye are so builded together.
Of Christ Jesus (rod Xpuctod "Incod). Notice the article, the Christ, and see on ch. ii. 13.
Gentiles. To whom Paul was expressly sent, and in preach- ing to whom he had fallen into the hands of the civil law.
2. If ye have heard (ceive nkovoate). Here begins a long digression extending to ver. 14. Jf, Rev., ¢f so be, means upon the supposition that ; not implying the certainty of the assump- tion, though this shade of meaning is given by the context. The words are a reminder of his preaching among them.
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Dispensation (olxovouiav). See on ch. i. 10; Col. i. 25. The divine arrangement or disposition.
4. Whereby (zpos 8). Lit., agreeably to which, namely, what he had written.
Mystery of Christ. The mystery which is Christ. See on Col. i. 26; Rom. xi. 25.
5. Other generations (érépais). Other and different. See on Matt. vi. 24.
6. Fellow-heirs—of the same body—partakers (cuyxdnp- ovoya, cVocMua, TUmpéToya). The second of these words oc- curs only here; the third only here and ch. v. 7. They are strange to classical Greek.
7. Gift of the grace. The gift in which the grace of God consisted, the apostleship to the Gentiles.
By the effectual working of His power (xara tiv évép- yerav THs Suvdpews avtod). Rev., better, according to the working, ete. The gift was bestowed in accordance with that efficiency which could transform Saul the persecutor into Paul the apostle to the Gentiles.
8. Less than the least (tO éAayiorotépw). Only here in the New Testament, and very characteristic. A comparative is formed upon a superlative: more least than all the saints. Compare 1 Cor. xv. 8.*
Unsearchable (aveEvyviacrov). Only here and Rom. xi. 33 (note). Which cannot be tracked out.
9. To make all men see (dwrticas mdvras). Lit., to en- lighten.
The mystery. The admission of the Gentiles into covenant privileges.
From the beginning of the world (a0 tév aiovev). Lit., from the ages. Rev., from all ages. See on Col. i. 26.
* Mr. Huxtable, in his article on ‘‘ Paul an KEctroma,” ‘‘ Expositor,” sec- ond series, iii., 2738, calls it “an unparalleled barbarism of grammatical in-
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All things.(7a wdvra). Collectively.
10. To the intent that. Connect with the matter of the two preceding verses. Grace was given me to preach Christ and to enlighten men as to the long-hidden mystery of the ad- mission of the Gentiles, in order that now, etc.
Now. In contrast with ald ages. Principalities and powers. Good angels. See on ch.i. 21.
By the Church (dvd). Better, through, as Rev. By means of the Church. This agrees with what was said of the Church as the fulness of God, ch. 1. 28.
Manifold wisdom (aoAvuzoixiros codia). A very striking phrase. The adjective occurs only here, and means variegated. It is applied to pictures, flowers, garments. IIoixiov is used in the Septuagint of Joseph’s coat, Gen. xxxvii.3. Through the Church God’s wisdom in its infinite variety is to be displayed— the many-tinted wisdom of God—in different modes of power, different characters, methods of training, providences, forms of organization, etc.