What was Paul's apostleship for according to Ephesians 3:9?
Paul’s apostleship was to make all men see the fellowship of the mystery—the secret kept hidden from the beginning of the world, or the ages, in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ. This hidden purpose concerned God going to Gentiles with the Gospel of the Grace of God.
Les explains that Ephesians 3:9 states Paul’s apostleship was to make all men see the fellowship of the mystery, or the secret, which from the beginning of the world, the ages, or Adam, had been hid in God, the same God who created all things by Jesus Christ. Les emphasizes that this is the reason it had to be revealed: it had been kept secret all the way up through the Old Testament. There was not a word about God going to Gentiles with the Gospel of the Grace of God. Les also connects this to Galatians 3:14, where salvation now came to the Gentiles through Jesus Christ.
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:
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What does Paul mean by 'mystery' in Ephesians 3:9?
In Ephesians 3:9, the mystery Paul refers to is the secret.