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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:7

Whereof I was made a minister ,.... That is, of the Gospel, not by men, but by God: and he is a true minister of the Gospel who is called of God to the work of the ministry, and is qualified by him with grace and gifts for it; and who faithfully discharges it according to the ability God has given; and such an one was the apostle: according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me ; not according to his natural capacity, his liberal education, or acquired learning; but according to... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:8

Unto me who am less than the least of all saints ,.... This is an instance of the great humility of the apostle, and indeed the greatest saints are generally speaking, the most humble souls, as Abraham, Jacob, Moses, David, and others; these have the meanest thoughts of themselves, and the best of others; they rejoice in the grace of God manifested to others; they are willing to receive instruction, nay admonition, from the meanest believer; they have the least opinion of their own works,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:9

And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery ,.... Or "the dispensation of the mystery" as the Complutensian, and several copies, and the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions, read. The mystery is the Gospel; the fellowship of it is the communication of grace by it, a participation of the truths and doctrines of it, communion with Father, Son, and Spirit, which the Gospel calls and leads unto, and that equal concern and interest which both Jews and Gentiles have in the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:10

To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places ,.... By whom are meant, not civil magistrates, much less evil angels, but the good angels, the angels in heaven; See Gill on Ephesians 1:21 . might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God ; not the perfection of wisdom, nor Jesus Christ the wisdom of God, nor the holy Scriptures; but the Gospel, which is the pure produce of the wisdom of God; which is gloriously displayed in the several doctrines of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:11

According to the eternal purpose ,.... The whole of salvation, in which is displayed the great wisdom of God, is according to a purpose of his; the scheme of it is fixed in the council of peace; the thing itself is effected in pursuance of it; Christ, the Redeemer, was set forth in it; his incarnation, the time of his coming into the world, his sufferings and death, with all their circumstances, were decreed by God; and the persons for whom Christ became incarnate, suffered, and died, were... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:12

In whom we have boldness and access ,.... Into the holy of holies, to the throne of grace there, and to God the Father, as seated on it: Christ is the way of access; union to him gives right of access; through his mediation his people have audience of God, and acceptance with him, both of person and service: and this access is with boldness; which denotes liberty of coming, granted by God, and a liberty in their own souls to speak out their minds plainly and freely; and an holy courage and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:13

Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you ,.... The apostle was a man attended with many tribulations, and great afflictions, which he did not suffer as an evildoer, either from God or men; wherefore he was not ashamed of them, but gloried in them; yea, he took pleasure in them, having much of the presence of God in them; they did not come to him unawares, he always expected them, and was helped to look to the glory which should follow them, the view of which greatly... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:14

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father ,.... That is, pray unto him for the perseverance of the saints; for nothing is more desirable to the ministers of Christ than that; which is the pure gift of God, and is what he has promised, and therefore should be prayed to for it; for what God has designed and promised to his people, he will be sought to; and the apostle's view might be also to stir up these saints to pray for themselves: the gesture he used in prayer was bowing the knees; a... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:15

Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. This may refer either to God, the Father of Christ; who is the Father of the whole family in heaven and in earth; not only the Father of Christ, but the Father of spirits, of angelic spirits, as well as of the souls of men; and the Father of all the saints by adopting grace, whether above or below; they are all the household of God: or else to Jesus Christ, who is the everlasting Father, the Son over his own house, and the firstborn... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:16

That he would grant you according to the riches of his glory ,.... Or according to, and out of that rich, plenteous, and glorious fulness of grace and strength in Christ Jesus. To be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man ; this is the petition which the apostle puts up on his bended knees to the Father of Christ, that he would strengthen these saints, that so they might not faint at the tribulations which either he or they endured. Believers in Christ need fresh supplies... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:16

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