Ephesians 3:11

“According to the eternal purpose, &c.] The whole of salvation, in which is displayed the great wisdom of God, is according to a purpose of his; the scheme of it is fixed in the council of peace; the thing itself is effected in pursuance of it; Christ, the Redeemer, was set forth in it; his incarnation, the time of his coming into the world, his sufferings and death, with all their circumstances, were decreed by God; and the persons for whom Christ became incarnate, suffered, and died, were appointed unto salvation by him; and the application of it to them is according to his purpose; the time when, the place where, and the means whereby souls are converted, are all settled in the decrees of…”

“which he purposed--Greek, "made." ELLICOTT translates, "wrought."”

“According to the eternal purpose - see the note, Ephesians 1:4. Literally, “the purpose of ages,” or of eternity. Locke, Chandler, and Whitby render this, “according to that disposition or arrangement of the ages which he made in Jesus Christ, or through him.” The object of such an interpretation seems to be to avoid the doctrine that God had a purpose or plan in the salvation of people, and hence such expositors suppose it refers to the arrangement of the “ages” of the world by which the plan of redemption was introduced. On the word rendered here as “purpose” - προθέσις prothesis - see the notes at Romans 8:28; compare Ephesians 1:11. It is rendered “showbread” - the bread of setting…”

“Eph 1:4, Eph 1:9, Eph 1:11; Isa 14:24-27, Isa 46:10, Isa 46:11; Jer 51:29; Rom 8:28-30, Rom 9:11; Ti2 1:9 Ephesians 3:12”