He explained how his understanding of God’s mysterious intention to make Gentiles fellowheirs and members of the same body had functioned in his own life. He also makes clear that this understanding of the mystery is the one he shares with the apostles and prophets. In spite of the primacy...
(8)Ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord.—This expression is unique, and far more emphatic than the more common phrases of “being,” or “walking,”“in darkness” and “in light.” (SeeRomans 2:9;Colossians 1:2;1Thessalonians 5:4;1John 1:6-7;1John 2:...