Here begins a long digression extending to Eph 3:14. If, Rev., if so be, means upon the supposition that; not implying the certainty of the assumption, though this shade of meaning is given by the context. The words are a reminder of his preaching among them.
Dispensation (οἰκονομίαν)
See on Eph 1:10; see on Col 1:25. The divine arrangement or disposition.