ACC ~ Colossians 1 v26

HIDDEN, BUT REVEALED. CHRYSOSTOM: And with reason he calls that a mystery, which none knew except God. And where hid? In Christ; as he says in the Epistle to the Ephesians…. But now it has been manifested, he says, “to his saints.” So we know that it is altogether of the dispensation of God. “But now has been manifested,” he says. He does not say “is come to pass” but “has been manifested to his saints.” So that it is even now still hid, since it has been manifested to his saints alone. HOMILIES ON COLOSSIANS 5.

THEODORET OF CYR: He calls the mystery the preaching of the dispensation, so that what was once completely unknown may be learned only from God. … Through this Paul shows the antiquity of the gospel, and that before the law, before the very constituting of the world, God had formed this economy for the whole universe. INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE COLOSSIANS.

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