Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Ephesians: Chapter 1].
(good pleasure). Note the preposition \kata\ here for standard.
1:6 {To the praise} (\eis epainon\). Note the prepositions in
this sentence. {Which} (\h•s\). Genitive case of the relative
\h•n\ (cognate accusative with \echarit•sen\ (he freely
bestowed), late verb \charito•\ (from \charis\, grace), in N.T.
attracted to case of antecedent \charitos\ only here and Lu
1:28. {In the Beloved} (\en t•i •gap•men•i\). Perfect passive
participle of \agapa•\. This phrase nowhere else in the N.T.
though in the Apostolic Fathers.
1:7 {In whom} (\en h•i\). Just like Col 1:14 with
\parapt•mat•n\ (trespasses) in place of \hamarti•n\ (sins) and
with the addition of \dia tou haimatos autou\ (through his blood)
as in Col 1:20. Clearly Paul makes the blood of Christ the cost
of redemption, the ransom money (\lutron\, Mt 20:28; Mr 10:45;
\antilutron\, 1Ti 2:6). See Col 1:9.
1:8 {According to the riches of his grace} (\kata to ploutos t•s
charitos autou\). A thoroughly Pauline phrase, riches of kindness
(Ro 2:4), riches of glory (Col 1:27; Eph 3:16; Php 4:19),
riches of fulness of understanding (Col 2:7), riches of Christ
(Eph 3:8), and in Eph 2:7 "the surpassing riches of grace."
{Which} (\h•s\). Genitive attracted again to case of antecedent
\charitos\.
1:9 {The mystery of his will} (\to must•rion tou thel•matos
autou\). Once hidden, now revealed as in Col 1:26 which see.
See also Col 2:3. {Which he purposed} (\h•n proetheto\). Second
aorist middle of \protith•mi\, old verb, for which see Ro 1:13;
3:25.
1:10 {Unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times} (\eis
oikonomian tou pl•r•matos t•n kair•n\). See Col 1:25 for
\oikonomian\. In Ga 4:4 "the fulness of the time" (\to pl•r•ma
tou chronou\) the time before Christ is treated as a unit, here
as a series of epochs (\kair•n\). Cf. Mr 1:15; Heb 1:1. On
\pl•r•ma\ see also Ro 11:26; Eph 3:19; 4:13. {To sum up}
(\anakephalai•sasthai\). Purpose clause (amounting to result)
with first aorist middle infinitive of \anakephalaio•\, late
compound verb \ana\ and \kephalaio•\ (from \kephalaion\, Heb
8:1, and that from \kephal•\, head), to head up all things in
Christ, a literary word. In N.T. only here and Ro 13:9. For the
headship of Christ in nature and grace see Col 1:15-20.
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