Post #294: Fellow Heirs, Same Body, Partakers of the Promise | KJV Right Division (Week 11)
Post 294 · Day 72-2: Ephesians 3:6 – Fellow Heirs, Same Body, Partakers of the Promise
“That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel.” — Ephesians 3:6 KJV
Three revolutionary realities for Gentiles: fellow heirs (co-inheritors with Jewish believers), same body (identical body membership), partakers of the promise (sharing in the same covenantal promise in Christ). The three compound words — fellow heirs, same body, partakers — all use the Greek prefix syn, meaning together-with.
Right Division: Right Division: In the Old Testament, Gentiles could be blessed through Israel (Genesis 12:3) and could become proselytes, but they remained attached to Israel's program as subordinate. In the grace age, Gentiles are not attached to Israel's program at all — they are in a separate Body with equal standing. This is the mystery: not just Gentile inclusion, but Gentile equality in a brand new organism called the Body of Christ.
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