KJV: 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,
YLT: and in behalf of me, that to me may be given a word in the opening of my mouth, in freedom, to make known the secret of the good news,
Darby: and for me in order that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the glad tidings,
ASV: And on my behalf, that utterance may be given unto me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
| καὶ | and also |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: καί Sense: and, also, even, indeed, but. |
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| ἐμοῦ | me |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 1st Person Singular Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my. |
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| ἵνα | that |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: ἵνα Sense: that, in order that, so that. |
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| μοι | to me |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative 1st Person Singular Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my. |
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| δοθῇ | may be given |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: διδῶ Sense: to give. |
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| λόγος | divine utterance |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: λόγος Sense: of speech. |
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| ἀνοίξει | [the] opening |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular Root: ἄνοιξις Sense: an opening. |
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| τοῦ | of the |
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Parse: Article, Genitive Neuter Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| στόματός | mouth |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Singular Root: στόμα Sense: the mouth, as part of the body: of man, of animals, of fish, etc. |
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| μου | of me |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 1st Person Singular Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my. |
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| παρρησίᾳ | boldness |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular Root: παρρησία Sense: freedom in speaking, unreservedness in speech. |
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| γνωρίσαι | to make known |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Infinitive Active Root: γνωρίζω Sense: to make known. |
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| μυστήριον | mystery |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: μυστήριον Sense: hidden thing, secret, mystery. |
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| εὐαγγελίου | gospel |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Singular Root: εὐαγγέλιον Sense: a reward for good tidings. |
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Greek Commentary for Ephesians 6:19
Final clause with ινα hina and first aorist passive subjunctive of διδωμι didōmi to give. See a like request in Colossians 4:3. Paul wishes their prayer for courage for himself. [source]
Connect with to make known, as Rev.; not with open my mouth, as A.V. [source]
See on Romans 11:25; see on Colossians 1:26. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Ephesians 6:19
Not in the pagan sense of an esoteric doctrine for the initiated (from μυεω mueō to blink, to wink), unknown secrets (2 Thessalonians 2:7), or like the mystery religions of the time, but the revealed will of God now made known to all (1 Corinthians 2:1, 1 Corinthians 2:7; 1 Corinthians 4:1) which includes Gentiles also (Romans 16:25; Colossians 1:26.; Ephesians 3:3.) and so far superior to man‘s wisdom (Colossians 2:2; Colossians 4:13; Ephesians 3:9; Ephesians 5:32; Ephesians 6:19; Matthew 13:11; Mark 4:11). Paul has covered every point of difficulty concerning the failure of the Jews to accept Jesus as the Messiah and has shown how God has overruled it for the blessing of the Gentiles with a ray of hope still held out for the Jews. “In early ecclesiastical Latin μυστηριον mustērion was rendered by sacramentum, which in classical Latin means the military oath. The explanation of the word sacrament, which is so often founded on this etymology, is therefore mistaken, since the meaning of sacrament belongs to μυστηριον mustērion and not to sacramentum in the classical sense” (Vincent). [source]
“For which mystery” of the gospel (Ephesians 6:19). Πρεσβευω Presbeuō is an old word for ambassador (from πρεσβυς presbus an old man) in N.T. only here and 2 Corinthians 5:20. Paul is now an old man Paul will wear a chain at the close of his life in Rome (2 Timothy 1:16). [source]
Rev., better, a door for the world. Compare 1 Corinthians 16:9; 2 Corinthians 2:12; Revelation 3:8. See also entering in, 1 Thessalonians 1:9; 1 Thessalonians 2:1. And the parallel passage, Ephesians 6:19. There may be an allusion to a release from imprisonment. [source]
Only once elsewhere in Paul, Ephesians 6:20. Frequent in Acts. Always in N.T. in connection with speaking. Derived from πᾶν everyand ῥῆσις speakingHence παρρησία boldnessbold speaking out of every word. The noun is very often used adverbially, as παρρησίᾳ boldlyor openly, Mark 8:32; see also John 18:20. In Acts always μετὰ παρρησίας withboldness, comp. Hebrews 4:16. Ἑν παρρησίᾳ inboldness, John 7:4; John 16:29; Ephesians 6:19; Philemon 1:20. Both the verb and the noun are found in lxx. See Leviticus 26:13; Proverbs 10:10; Wisd. 5:1; Sirach 6:11. [source]
Better, of lawlessness. The phrase is unique in N.T. and olxx. Mystery is found in various combinations, as mystery of the kingdom of heaven, Matthew 13:11: of God, 1 Corinthians 2:1: of his will, Ephesians 1:9: of Christ, Ephesians 3:4: of the gospel, Ephesians 6:19: of faith, 1 Timothy 3:9: of godliness, 1 Timothy 3:16: of the seven stars Revelation 1:20: of the woman, Revelation 17:7. A mystery does not lie in the obscurity of a thing, but in its secrecy. It is not in the thing, but envelops it. Applied to a truth, it signifies a truth once hidden but now revealed or to be revealed; a truth which without special revelation would be unknown. It is almost universally found in connection with words signifying publication or revelation. See on Matthew 13:11. The mystery of lawlessness is the mass of lawlessness yet hidden, but which is to reveal itself in the person and power of Antichrist. The position of the word is emphatic, emphasizing the concealed character of the evil power. [source]