refer to something within the tradition that is in need of interpretation (Rom 11:25; 1 Cor 15:51; Eph 5:32; 2 Thess 2:7; Rev 1:20; 17:5, 7). On other occasions “mystery” refers to the eternal will or plan of God for creation. That is the main focus in Ephesians. In 1:9–10 it is the mystery of God’s will to unite all things through Christ; in 3:5–6 the mystery is revealed to apostles and prophets that Jew and Gentile are to be united in one body; in 3:3 this mystery is revealed to Paul; in 3:4 it
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