Eph 5:32 | RWP | e4.org | This mystery is great ( το μυστηριον τουτο μεγα εστιν ). For the word "mystery" see . Clearly Paul means to say that the comparison of marriage to the union of Christ and the church is the mystery. He makes that plain by the next words. But I speak ( εγω δε λεγω ). "Now I mean." Cf. ; . In regard of Christ and of the church ( εις Χριστον κα [εισ] την εκκλησιαν ). "With reference to Christ and the church." That is all that εις here means.

‏ Ephesians 5:32

This mystery is great ( το μυστηριον τουτο μεγα εστιν ). For the word "mystery" see 1:9. Clearly Paul means to say that the comparison of marriage to the union of Christ and the church is the mystery. He makes that plain by the next words.

But I speak ( εγω δε λεγω ). "Now I mean." Cf. 1Co 7:29; 15:50.

In regard of Christ and of the church ( εις Χριστον κα [εισ] την εκκλησιαν ). "With reference to Christ and the church." That is all that εις here means.