What Does Ephesians 3:3 Mean?
That by unveiling he made known to me the sealed thing, as I wrote before in few words.
Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.
Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,THE KEY
Revelation removes the cover from the mystery, bringing into view what was already hidden.
THE MEANING
What is concealed can be made known to you through revelation. The mystery comes into view through disclosure; it does not have to be constructed by your effort.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that what is hidden must remain unknowable.
THE ROOT
ἀποκάλυψις
apokalypsis
GROWS FROM
καλυπ-
kalypt-
Cover or conceal.
“unveiling” in this verse is apokalypsis. The Greek word joins apo, “away,” with kalyptō, “to cover”: revelation is the uncovering. The same word-family connects what is covered with the act that brings it into view.
ALSO GROWS
kalyptō: Cover, conceal.
καλύπτω
This is the covering from which the word for revelation takes its image.
kalymma: Covering, veil.
κάλυμμα
The veil names what keeps something hidden; revelation names its removal.
apokalyptō: Uncover, reveal.
ἀποκαλύπτω
This verb makes the movement explicit: the cover is taken away and what was concealed is disclosed.
THE PATTERN
What is hidden becomes known when it is disclosed.
He uncovers the deep and hidden things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light rests with him.Therefore do not fear them, for nothing is covered that will not be uncovered, nor hidden that will not be known.But God unveiled them to us through his breath, for the breath searches all things, even the depths of God.THE THREAD
Therefore do not fear them, for nothing is covered that will not be uncovered, nor hidden that will not be known.The Greek word translated “covered” shares its root with “revelation” in Ephesians: kaluptō means “cover,” while apokalypsis is the uncovering. The two verses show both sides of the same movement, from concealed to made known.
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