Eph 3:6 | RWP | e4.org | To wit . Not in the Greek. But the infinitive ( εινα ) clause is epexegetical and gives the content of the revelation, a common idiom in the N.T. Τα εθνη is in the accusative of general reference. Paul is fond of compounds with συν and here uses three of them. Fellow-heirs ( συνκληρονομα ). Late and rare (Philo, inscriptions and papyri). See also . Fellow-members of the body ( συνσωμα ). First found here and only here save in later ecclesiastical writers. Preuschen argues that it is equivalent to συνδουλος in ( σωμα in sense of δουλος ). Fellow-partakers ( συνμετοχα ). Another late and rare word (Josephus). Only here in N.T. In one papyrus in sense of joint possessor of a house.

‏ Ephesians 3:6

To wit. Not in the Greek. But the infinitive ( εινα ) clause is epexegetical and gives the content of the revelation, a common idiom in the N.T. Τα εθνη is in the accusative of general reference. Paul is fond of compounds with συν and here uses three of them.

Fellow-heirs ( συνκληρονομα ). Late and rare (Philo, inscriptions and papyri). See also Ro 8:17.

Fellow-members of the body ( συνσωμα ). First found here and only here save in later ecclesiastical writers. Preuschen argues that it is equivalent to συνδουλος in Col 1:7 ( σωμα in sense of δουλος ).

Fellow-partakers ( συνμετοχα ). Another late and rare word (Josephus). Only here in N.T. In one papyrus in sense of joint possessor of a house.