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that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,
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Commentators explain that this verse reveals the core of the 'mystery' Paul mentioned earlier. The revolutionary secret, now made plain, is that non-Jews (Gentiles) are welcomed into God's family on completely equal footing with Jewish believers. They are not second-class citizens but full co-heirs to all of God's promises and privileges.
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Ephesians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
That the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs. Fellow-heirs with the ancient people of God—the Jews—and entitled to the same privileges. See Ba…
To wit . Not in the Greek. But the infinitive (εινα) clause is epexegetical and gives the content of the revelation, a common idio…
19th Century
Anglican
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs.—More exactly, are fellow-heirs, admitted already fully in God’s council…
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The content of the mystery is now stated, summarizing 2:11–22. It is that through the proclamation of the gospel, the Gentiles are received into th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs With the Jews, of all the blessings of grace, of lasting salvation, and of t…
For having preached the doctrine of truth, the apostle was a prisoner, but a prisoner of Jesus Christ; the object of special protection and care, w…
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