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Eph 3:9. Φωτίσαι) to make see, to show; comp. Col 1:28. For הורה, LXX. φωτίζει, 2Ki 12:3, and in other places.-τίς ἡ οἰκονομία, what is the dispensation) Col 1:25-26. [The reading οἰκονομία is acknowledged by the most earnest defenders of the more received readings[44]-Not. Crit.]-ἘΝ Τῷ ΘΕῷ, in God) An antithesis to creatures, even the most excellent, Eph 3:10.-τῷ τὰ πάντα κτίσαντι, who created all things) The creation of all things is the foundation of all the rest of the economy, most freely dispensed, according to the universal power of God. The expression, all things, includes τὰς ἀρχὰς, Κ.Τ.Λ., principalities, etc.
[44] Rec. Text has κοινωνία, with hardly any authority. So Engl. V. the fellowship. But ABCD(Δ)Gfg Vulg. Hilary 54, read οἰκονομία.-ED.