though the exposition may be subsequently transmitted by a hearer to others. Already the idea of secrecy is subordinate to that of special discovery or possession.]
But, when adopted into the Christian vocabulary by St Paul, the word signifies simply a truth which was once hidden, but now is revealed, a truth which without special revelation would have been unknown. Hence
musthvrion
is almost universally found in connexion with words denoting revelation or publication; e.g.,,
ajpokaluvptein, ajpokavluyi"
, Rom. 16:25, Eph. 3:3, 5, 2 Thess. 2:7;
gnwrivzein
, Rom. 16:26, Eph. 1:9, 3:3, 10, 6:19;
fanerou'n
, Col. 4:3, Rom. 16:26, 1 Tim. 3:16;
lalei'n
Col. 4:3, 1 Cor. 2:7, 14:2;
levgein
1 Cor. 15:51. (Lightfoot on Col. 1:26.) The word is characteristic of the Epistle to the Ephesians.
On the phrases
ejn Cristw'/, ejn Cristw'/ jIhsou', ejn tw'/ cristw'/
.
The phrases
ejn Cristw'/ jIhsou'
and
ejn Cristw'/
(without
jIhsou'
) are found in the Epistles of St Paul as follows:
ejn Cristw'/ jIhsou' ejn Cristw'/ ( a ) 1 Th. 2:14
5:8
1 Cor. 1:2, 4, 30
4:15
15:31
16:24
Gal. 2:4
3:14 (W.H. mg.)
28
pavnte"
uJmei'" ei|" ejste; ejn C. jI.
Gal. 5:6 6:11, 23
8:2, 39
15:17
16:3 sunergouv" mou ejn C. jI. ( a ) 1 Th. 4:16 oiJ nekroi; ejn C.
4:10, 15, 17
15:18 oiJ koimhqevnte" ejn C.
19 hjlpikovte" ejn C.
12:5 e}n sw'mav ejsmen ejn C. 16:7, 9 ( b ) Phil. 1:1 2:5, 19
3:3, 14
4:7
Rom. 3:24
1 Cor. 3:1
2 Cor. 2:17
Gal. 1:22 Rom. 9:1
3:14 ejn C. katargei'tai 5:17 ei[ ti" ejn C.
19 qeo;" h\n ejn Cristw'/ lavsswn eJautw'/ 12:2, 19
2:17