Ephesians 3:3-5

3:3 that ¹  by revelation the divine secret ²  was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly. ³  3:4 When reading this, ⁴  you will be able to ⁵  understand my insight into this secret ⁶  of Christ. 3:5 Now this secret ⁷  was not disclosed to people ⁸  in former ⁹  generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by ¹⁰  the Spirit,

[3:3]  ¹ tn Or “namely, that is.”

[3:3]  ² tn Or “mystery.”

[3:3]  ³ tn Or “as I wrote above briefly.”

[3:4]  ⁴ tn Grk “which, when reading.”

[3:4]  ⁵ tn Grk “you are able to.”

[3:4]  ⁶ tn Or “mystery.”

[3:5]  ⁷ tn Grk “which.” Verse 5 is technically a relative clause, subordinate to the thought of v. 4.

[3:5]  ⁸ tn Grk “the sons of men” (a Semitic idiom referring to human beings, hence, “people”).

[3:5]  ⁹ tn Grk “other.”

[3:5]  ¹⁰ tn Or “in.”