to the Gentiles, it was made manifest to his saints, that is, to the entire church of this new dispensation, none excepted. It was there for all to see! To describe more fully what he has in mind Paul continues: to whom God was pleased to make known what (is) the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. The mystery, accordingly, is Christ himself, just as in 1 Tim. 3:16; cf. Eph. 3:3, 4, 9. It is Christ in all his glorious riches actually