14. The praise of grace takes its rise first in order, ver. 7, then afterwards the praise of the glory [concerning " the glory" comp. ver. 6, 17, 18. — V. g.] — kv r\) x&pin. Words that are conjugate
— s^ctpiruasv], as aydtrriv — Tiyd^ffsv, ch. ii. 4. — s^aptruffsv) of the same form as dyaQou, dvva/j,6u, svrwTTou, suodow, £?jXoa>,
, pcaxow, xuxXow, x.r.X., signifies to render acceptable, to embrace in the arms of grace ; of which the immediate consequence is blessing : comp. Luke i. 28 [XGC//J? Ks^apiroj/^sv^, which is followed by the blessing Kvpio$ pera <roD]. To this refer of His grace-) here, and in ver. 7. — yj-ya^^sv^, in the Beloved) the Only Begotten Son. A suitable Antonomasia.1 Love signifies more than grace. See 1 Pet. ii. 10, where, concerning those who have (t obtained mercy" things are spoken such as that the title, The beloved, stands far pre-eminent above them. "EXsog, mercy, necessarily presupposes previous misery, but not so love.
7. "Exppev, we have) in the present. — rqv aKoXvrpuffiv — rfo apefftv, redemption— forgiveness) The peculiar benefit derived from the New Testament ; Kom iii. 24. [Another redemption (viz. "of the purchased possession" hereafter ) follows, ver. 14. — V. g.] — 2rbv ffXoZrov rSjg ^dpiros, the riches of His grace) ch. ii. 7 : the riches of the glory, ver. 18. Comp. ch. iii. 8, where we have the riches of grace, and consequently of glory ; likewise in ver. 16, where the exceedingly rich glory of the Father Himself is understood.
8. rHg) [attraction] for, rtv, viz. %ap/v. — stfzpiffffzuff&v, hath abounded) viz. God. — ffo<piy) in wisdom, concerning the past and present, in regard to the things which God does, ver. 17. — tppovfasi) in prudence, concerning the future, in regard to the things that we may do.
9. Tvupfaas, having made known) This word depends on hath abounded. The same word occurs, ch. iii. 3, 5, 10, vi. 19. — rb fjtsvffrrjpiov, the mystery) ch. iii. 3, 4, 9, vi. 19 ; Rom. xvi. 25 ; Col. i. 26, 27. — vjv, which) good pleasure. — irpoeQero) [purposed'] proposed to Himself. Thence purpose, ver. 11. — kv avrti, in Him) in Christ. [But Engl. Vers. " purposed in Himself" i.e. God the Father.]
1 The substitution of a descriptive name for a proper name, by way of pre-eminence. See App. — ED.
?, of blood) ii. 13. — V. g.
(i8 EPHES1ANS I. 10-12.
10. E/£, in) Construe with yvupiaas, having made known. — o/xovo/x/av TOU TX>j^w//&aroj TUIV xaipojv, the dispensation of the fulness of the times) Fulness ruv xaipuv, of the times,} is in some degree distinguished from the fulness rov xpovou, of the time, Gal. iv. 4, for it involves the fulness of the benefits themselves, and of men reaping these benefits, Mark i. 15. Still each fulness is in Christ, and there is a certain peculiar economy and dis pensation of this fulness, Col. i. 25. Paul very often uses the words <jr\qf>6u and -srX^w^a in writing to the Ephesians and Colossians. — avaxspaXa/wtfaotfa/) that all might be brought under one head. All things had been under Christ ; but they had been torn and rent from Him by sin : again they have been brought under His sway. Christ is the head of angels and of men : the former agree with Him in His invisible, the latter, in His visible nature. — ra Kuvra, all things [the whole range of things]) not only Jews and Gentiles, but also those things which are in heaven and upon the earth : — angels and men, and the latter including those who are alive as well as those long ago dead, iii. 15. — roTs ovpavoTs, in the heavens) in the plural.
211. *EV avrti, b f, in Him, in whom) This is repeated from ver. 9, so that ver. 10 is a parenthesis. — JxXjjfuJ^/a-sv) He here speaks in the person of Israel, we were made H?ru, xXypog or xXTj/wo/x/a, the lot, the inheritance of the Lord. Comp. Deut. xxxii. 9. The antithesis is you, ver. 13. He is, however, speaking of a spiritual benefit: xXnpovtQai is not only to obtain the lot : see Chrysost. on this passage : he interprets it, l/g^- QTI/ASV xenXyipufAsvoi, we ivere put in possession by lot. — ra irdvra) all things, even in the kingdom of His Son. — jSouXjjv, the counsel) which is most free.