Note 10 at Eph. 3:9: Paul's stated purpose here was "to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery." He sought to accomplish this through his preaching and teaching ministry and was very successful. But his writings have been canonized as scripture and have gone far beyond his "pulpit" ministry in accomplishing his goal. For nearly two thousand years Paul's writings have touched multitudes more than he did during his personal ministry, and opened their eyes to the mystery of Christ. He is fulfilling his goal more than he ever imagined.

Note 11 at Eph. 3:9: In context, the mystery Paul is speaking of is that the Gentiles are equal heirs with the Jews in the body of Christ (v. 6; see note 3 at v. 3, p. 1108). In Colossians, which is a companion teaching to the book of Ephesians (see Overview in Intro. to Ephesians, p. 1092), Paul said the mystery was"Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Col. 1:27).

Note 12 at Eph. 3:9: Verse 9 states that all things were created by Jesus Christ. Isaiah 44:24 states, "I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself."

Since Jehovah stretched forth the heavens ALONE and spread abroad the earth BY HIMSELF, and since Jesus created all things, as stated in John 1:3, 10; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Colossians 1:16; Hebrews 1:2, then this again proves the deity of Jesus Christ and the unity of the Godhead.

The following are some passages in the Old Testament referring to Jehovah which, in the New Testament, are made to refer to Jesus Christ: Compare Isaiah 44:6 with Revelation 1:17-18; Isaiah 40:3 with Mark 1:3; Numbers 21:5-6 with 1 Corinthians 10:9; Joel 2:32 with Romans 10:13; Isaiah 45:23 with Philippians 2:10-11; Isaiah 6:1 with John 12:41-42; 2 Kings 17:35 with Colossians 3:24.