Efésios 3
Theodoret of Cyrus · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Efésios 3:3
The words I wrote a little before do not mean, as some think, that he has written another letter. For it is not with respect to himself that he says "I have written" but with respect to the mystery. For he is referring to "the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I wrote to you a little while ago," yet it is this "about which I have just now written." For this has been his subject from the outset right up to this passage. — Interpretation of the Epistle to the Ephesians 3.1-4
Efésios 3:5
It was made known incrementally to the prophets of old, but not fully then as it is now. For they did not see the whole picture but wrote down words about aspects of it. … Remember that in the apostles' day there were many who had the gift of prophecy. It is in this order that he mentions that the revelation was known to the apostles and then to the prophets. — Interpretation of the Epistle to the Ephesians 3.5
Efésios 3:8
The divine apostle says not only that Christ's nature is divine but also that "his riches are unsearchable." "And how does one preach if his riches are indeed unsearchable?" "I preach this very thing," he says, "that they are unsearchable." — Interpretation of the Epistle to the Ephesians 3.8
Efésios 3:15
God is fully and truly Father; for he was not first a father and later became son but is always Father and Father by nature. The other fathers, whether bodily or spiritual, have received this name from above.… Paul is saying here that he is petitioning the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is truly Father. He has his fatherhood not by receiving from another but himself has conferred fathering upon others. — Interpretation of the Epistle to the Ephesians 3.14-15
Efésios 3:21
God is to be worshiped both in the present life and in the next. Having thus revealed God's goodness to them, he proceeds to urge them on to the particular virtues. — Interpretation of the Epistle to the Ephesians 3.20-21