Can the Ephesian passage be twisted to mean something else?
No. Scripture states it plainly: Paul proclaimed a secret hidden in God until revealed to him, not disclosed during Christ's earthly ministry, and now announced to the Gentile world. Gentiles share a joint heirship with Jesus Christ, and this cannot be reinterpreted.
Les explains that the Ephesian passage cannot honestly be twisted to mean something else. The secret had been kept hidden in God until it was revealed to Paul, and it was not yet revealed during Christ's earthly ministry. Jesus never indicated this kind of consort between Himself and Gentiles; He only talked about Himself and Israel. Now it comes out to the whole Gentile world as the glorious prospect of joint heirship with Jesus Christ, even though it had been hid. Paul is now proclaiming something that had never been revealed before, namely that Gentiles, as well as others, are included.
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:
And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
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Can Ephesians 3:9 be twisted to mean something else?
The Scripture about this secret cannot be twisted to mean something else.
Can Ephesians 3:9 be interpreted to mean something other than a previously unrevealed mystery?
Paul's proclamation that he is revealing a previously hidden secret cannot be twisted to mean something else.