Key Verse Spotlight
Ephesians 3:4 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)”
Ephesians 3:4
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, {afore...: or, a little before}
Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
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