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Thisτοῦτοmysteryτὸ μυστήριονisἐστίνgreat;μέγαbutδὲIἐγὼam speakingλέγωaboutεἰςthe MessiahΧριστὸνandκαὶaboutεἰςthe assembly.τὴν ἐκκλησίαν
Ephesians 5:32
Study it in the app“This mystery is great; but I am speaking about the Messiah and about the assembly.”
Paul holds up the Messiah's self-giving love as the husband's modelDating and Marriage
With the Greek beneath
Ephesians 5:32, word by word
- mysteryμυστήριονmystērion
mystery
Mystery: what was hidden and God makes known.
Where else “mystērion” appears- isἐστίνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- greatμέγαmega
greater
Of greater importance or rank than the rest.
Where else “mega” appears- am speakingλέγωlegō
mean
To mean, refer to something.
Where else “legō” appears- the MessiahΧριστὸνChriston
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christon” appears- the assemblyἐκκλησίανekklēsian
church
Those who believe in Jesus, gathered as his people.
Where else “ekklēsian” appears
The context
31For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
32 · This verse (above)
33Nevertheless, you also, each one of you let him love his own wife in this way, as himself; and the wife is to respect her husband.
To study Ephesians 5 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say about walking in love and walking as children of light (v. 1-2, 8-9)?
2. What it means
Paul links the Messiah's love for the assembly with a husband's love for his wife (v. 25-29). What does the text say that love is like?
3. How I live it
Paul invites us to give thanks always and to speak with psalms and songs (v. 19-20). What simple habit could help you do that?