75 Gk. εἰς οἰϰονομίαν τοῦ πληϱώματος τѽν ϰαιϱѽν.

75 Gk. εἰς οἰϰονομίαν τοῦ πληϱώματος τѽν ϰαιϱѽν.

⁷⁴J. A. Robinson, Ephesians, p. 145. See also S. S. Smalley, “The Eschatology of Ephesians,” EQ 28 (1956), 152-57.

⁷⁵Gk. εἰς οἰϰονομίαν τοῦ πληϱώματος τѽν ϰαιϱѽν.

⁷⁶Gk. ὃτε δὲ ἦλθεν τò πλήϱωμα τοῦ ξϱόνου. See F. F. Bruce, The Epistle of Paul to the Galatians, NIGTC, p. 194. There is no material difference between ϰϱόνος there and (ϰαιϱοί) here.

⁷⁷Gk. ἡ οἰϰονομία τοῦ μυστηϱίου (see p. 319 below).

⁷⁸As in Col. 1:16, 20, τὰ πάντα is further explained as comprising “things in heaven and things on earth.” From Gen. 1:1 onward, “the heaven and the earth” is the OT expression for “the universe” or “all creation.”

⁷⁹Cf. J. Munck, Paul and the Salvation of Mankind, E.T. (London, 1959), p. 41.

⁸⁰For ἐϰληϱώθημεν a few witnesses (A D F^(*) G) read ἐϰλήθη μεν (“we were called”).

⁸¹After ϰατὰ πϱόθεσιν D F G 81 104 365 1175 and a few other witnesses insert τοῦ θεοῦ (“of God”).

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