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Ephesians 3:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)


Ephesians 3:4Greek Interlinear

Greek · Ephesians 3:413 words
GreekMeaning
πρὸςpros
byprepositionG4314
ho
whichrelative pronounG3739
δύνασθεdynasthe
you are ableverbG1410
ἀναγινώσκοντεςanaginōskontes
reading itverbG314
νοῆσαιnoēsai
to understandverbG3539
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
σύνεσίνsynesin
insightnounG4907
μουmou
of minepronounG1473
ἐνen
intoprepositionG1722
τῷ
thearticleG3588
μυστηρίῳmystēriō
mysterynounG3466
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
ΧριστοῦChristou
of ChristnounG5547
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Ephesians 3:4

“Whereby, when you read, you can perceive.” Amazing! So then he wrote not the whole, nor so much as he should have written. But here the nature of the subject prevented it. Elsewhere, as in the case of the Hebrews Hebrews 5:11 and the Corinthians, 1 Corinthians 3:2 the incapacity of the hearers. “Whereby, when you read, you can perceive,” says he, “my understanding in the mystery of Christ,” i.e., how I knew, how I understood either such things as God has spoken, or else,…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 6 on Ephesians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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