“And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:”
And to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things — Paul's task is to photizō ('illuminate') the oikonomia ('administration') of the mystery ta ethnē ('to the Gentiles'), a secret apokekrymmenēn ('hidden from ages') in theō ('in God') the creator of ta panta ('all things').
Church Fathers on Ephesians 3:9
They who go to the physician's have not merely to go there and nothing further; they have to learn how to treat themselves, and to apply remedies. And so with us then who come here, we must not do this and nothing else, we must learn our lesson, the surpassing lowliness of Paul. What? When he was about to speak of the vastness of the grace of God, hear what he says, “Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given.” Lowliness indeed it was even to…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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