Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times (eiv oikonomian tou plhrwmatov twn kairwn). See Colossians 1:25 for oikonomian. In Galatians 4:4 "the fulness of the time" (to plhrwma tou xronou) the time before Christ is treated as a unit, here as a series of epochs (kairwn). Cf. Mark 1:15; Hebrews 1:1. On plhrwma see also Romans 11:26; Ephesians 3:19; Ephesians 4:13.
To sum up (anakefalaiwsasqai). Purpose clause (amounting to result) with first aorist middle infinitive of anakefalaiow, late compound verb ana and kefalaiow (from kefalaion, Hebrews 8:1, and that from kefalh, head), to head up all things in Christ, a literary word. In N.T. only here and Romans 13:9. For the headship of Christ in nature and grace see Colossians 1:15-20.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Ephesians 1:10:
Mark 1:14
Romans 5:6
Romans 13:9
1 Corinthians 4:1
Galatians 4:4
Ephesians 1:4
Ephesians 1:11
Ephesians 1:23
Ephesians 6:10
Colossians 1:16
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