Efeziërs 1:9

Staten Vertaling

Ons bekend gemaakt hebbende de verborgenheid van Zijn wil, naar Zijn welbehagen, hetwelk Hij voorgenomen had in Zichzelven.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
ons het geheim van zijn raadsbesluit mee te delen. Naar zijn welbehagen had Hij het genomen,

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
en hij heeft ons doen weten de verborgenheid van zijnen wil, naar zijn welbehagen, gelijk Hij bij zichzelven had voorgenomen,

Bible Verse Review
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made: Ephesians 1:17, Ephesians 1:18, Ephesians 3:3-9, Matthew 13:11, Romans 16:25-27, 1 Corinthians 2:10-12, Galatians 1:12, Galatians 1:16, Colossians 1:26-28, 1 Timothy 3:16

according: Ephesians 1:5

purposed: Ephesians 1:11, Ephesians 3:11, Job 23:13, Job 23:14, Psalms 33:11, Isaiah 14:24-27, Isaiah 46:10, Isaiah 46:11, Jeremiah 2:29, Lamentations 3:37, Lamentations 3:38, Acts 2:23, Acts 4:28, Acts 13:48, Romans 8:28, 2 Timothy 1:9

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 7:21 - according 1 Chronicles 17:19 - according Psalms 25:14 - secret Psalms 51:18 - thy Isaiah 53:10 - the pleasure Isaiah 55:11 - it shall accomplish Jeremiah 4:28 - because Jonah 1:14 - for Matthew 11:26 - for Mark 4:11 - Unto you Luke 4:25 - many John 11:52 - gather John 15:15 - all Romans 9:11 - that the Romans 16:26 - now 1 Corinthians 4:1 - mysteries 1 Corinthians 12:18 - as it 1 Corinthians 15:51 - I show Galatians 1:15 - it Ephesians 3:4 - the mystery Ephesians 3:9 - fellowship Ephesians 6:19 - the mystery Philippians 2:13 - good 2 Thessalonians 1:11 - the good 1 Timothy 2:6 - in 2 Timothy 1:10 - now Hebrews 2:4 - according

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will,.... The Gospel, which is a mystery, a hidden mystery, the mystery of God and of Christ, and the mystery of the Gospel; the several doctrines of it are called the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; such as are concerning the trinity of persons in the Godhead, the union of the two natures in Christ, his sonship and incarnation, the saints' union and communion with him, the work of the Spirit of God upon the soul, the calling of the Gentiles, and the conversion of the Jews, the resurrection of the dead, and the change of living saints: and the Gospel is the mystery of the will of God; of his will in saving sinners by Christ; and it declares that he does all things in salvation, according to his sovereign will and pleasure; chooses, redeems, justifies, pardons, and calls whom he pleases; and this is made known by the ministry of the word, and by the Spirit, as a spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of Christ and his Gospel: the discovery of which is,

according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed in himself; both with respect to the persons to whom it is made known, and with respect to the time when he makes it known; both these are as he pleases, and as he has purposed in his own breast; the Gospel is sent when and where he has determined within himself it shall go; and persons are called by it according to his purpose and grace.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Having made known to us the mystery of his will - The word “mystery” (μυστήριον mustērion) means literally something into which one must be “initiated” before it is fully known (from μυέω mueō, to initiate, to instruct); and then anything which is concealed or hidden. We commonly use the word to denote that which is above our comprehension or unintelligible. But this is never the meaning of the word in the New Testament. It means there some doctrine or fact which has been concealed, or which has not before been fully revealed, or which has been set forth only by figures and symbols. When the doctrine is made known, it may be as clear and plain as any other. Such was the doctrine that God meant to call the Gentiles, which was long concealed, at least in part, and which was not fully made known until the Saviour came, and which had been until that time “a mystery - a concealed truth” - though when it was revealed, there was nothing incomprehensible in it. Thus, in Colossians 1:26, “The mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints.” So it was in regard to the doctrine of election. It was a mystery until it was made known by the actual conversion of those whom God had chosen. So in regard to the incarnation of the Redeemer; the atonement; the whole plan of salvation. Over all these great points there was a veil thrown, and people did not understand them until God revealed them. When they were revealed, the mystery was removed, and men were able to see clearly the manifestation of the will of God.

Which he hath purposed in himself - Without foreign aid or counsel. His purposes originated in his own mind, and were concealed until he chose to make them known; see 2 Timothy 1:9.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 9. Having made known unto us the mystery — That the Gentiles should ever be received into the Church of God, and have all the privileges of the Jews, without being obliged to submit to circumcision, and perform the rites and ceremonies of the Jewish law was a mystery-a hidden thing which had never been published before; and now revealed only to the apostles. It was God's will that it should be so, but that will he kept hidden to the present time. A mystery signifies something hidden, but it ceases to be a mystery as soon as it is revealed. Matthew 13:11; and particularly that on, Romans 11:25.

Good pleasure — την ευδοκιαν. That benevolent design which he had purposed in himself, not being induced by any consideration from without.