Ephesians 3:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ φωτίσαι πάντας τίς ἡ κοινωνία τοῦ μυστηρίου, τοῦ ἀποκεκρυμμένου ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων ἐν τῷ Θεῷ, τῷ τὰ πάντα κτίσαντι διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ:

Transliteration

And phōtisai pantas tis the koinōnia of the mystēriou, of the apokekrymmenou apo tōn aiōnōn en the Theō, the one ta panta ktisanti dia Iēsou Christou:

Grammar Details

• *Kai*: conjunction - and
• *phōtisai*: aorist, active, infinitive - to enlighten/bring to light
• *pantas*: accusative, masculine, plural - all
• *tis*: nominative, feminine, singular, interrogative - what is
• *koinōnia*: nominative, feminine, singular - fellowship/participation/communion
• *mystēriou*: genitive, neuter, singular - of mystery/secret
• *apokekrymmenou*: perfect, passive, participle, genitive, neuter, singular - having been hidden
• *apo*: preposition with genitive - from
• *tōn aiōnōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of the ages
• *en*: preposition with dative - in
• *Theō*: dative, masculine, singular - in God
• *tō*: dative, masculine, singular, article - the one who
• *ta panta*: accusative, neuter, plural - all things
• *ktisanti*: aorist, active, participle, dative, masculine, singular - having created
• *dia*: preposition with genitive - through
• *Iēsou Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - Jesus Christ

Word Meanings

• *phōtisai*: to enlighten/bring to light/illuminate
• *koinōnia*: fellowship/participation/communion/administration/stewardship
• *mystēriou*: mystery/secret/hidden truth
• *apokekrymmenou*: having been hidden/concealed/kept secret
• *aiōnōn*: ages/eons/world periods
• *ktisanti*: having created/made/formed

Referenced Verses

• Col 1:26 : 26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
• Col 3:3 : 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
• 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
• Matt 13:35 : 35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
• John 10:30 : 30 I and my Father are one.
• Rom 16:25-26 : 25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
• 1 Cor 2:7 : 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
• Eph 1:4 : 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
• Eph 1:9-9 : 9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: 10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
• Eph 3:3-5 : 3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery;(as I wrote afore in few words, 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 5 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;
• Acts 15:18 : 18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
• Ps 33:6 : 6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
• Isa 44:24 : 24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
• Matt 10:27 : 27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Matt 28:19 : 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
• Mark 16:15-16 : 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
• Luke 24:47 : 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• John 1:1-3 : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
• John 5:17 : 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
• John 5:19 : 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
• 2 Tim 4:17 : 17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
• Titus 1:2 : 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
• Col 1:23 : 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
• 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
• Heb 3:3-4 : 3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. 4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
• 1 Pet 1:20 : 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
• Rev 13:8 : 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
• Rev 14:6 : 6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
• Rev 17:8 : 8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
• Rev 4:11 : 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
• 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
• Heb 1:2-3 : 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• Col 1:16-17 : 16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.