TWO EXEGETICAL OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED First, concerning Ephesians 3:9–10 infralapsarians argue that the ἵνα, hina, clause commencing verse 10 should not be connected syntactically to the immediately preceding participial clause in verse 9, “[in God] who created all things,” but to the penultimate participial clause in verse 9, “[the mystery] which was hidden from the ages in God.” By this construction they suggest that Paul intended to teach that God hid the administration of the “mystery” of the