New American Standard Bible 1995

Ephesians 3:1-8

1For this reason I, Paul, 1the prisoner of 2Christ Jesus 3for the sake of you 4Gentiles--

2if indeed you have heard of the 5stewardship of God’s grace which was given to me for you;

3 6that 7by revelation there was 8made known to me 9the mystery, 10as I wrote before in brief.

4 11By referring to this, when you read you can understand 12my insight 13into the 14mystery of Christ,

5which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy 15apostles and prophets 16in the Spirit;

6to be specific, that the Gentiles are 17fellow heirs and 18fellow members of the body, and 19fellow partakers of the promise in 20Christ Jesus through the gospel,

7 21of which I was made a 22minister, according to the gift of 23God’s grace which was given to me 24according to the working of His power.

8To me, 25the very least of all 26saints, this grace was given, to 27preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable 28riches of Christ,

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Notes

1. Ephesians 3:1 Acts 23:18; Eph 4:1; 2 Tim 1:8; Philem 1, 9, 23 ↩
2. Ephesians 3:1 Gal 5:24 ↩
3. Ephesians 3:1 2 Cor 1:6; Eph 3:13 ↩
4. Ephesians 3:1 Eph 3:8 ↩
5. Ephesians 3:2 Eph 1:10; 3:9; Col 1:25; 1 Tim 1:4 ↩
6. Ephesians 3:3 Acts 22:17, 21; 26:16ff ↩
7. Ephesians 3:3 Gal 1:12 ↩
8. Ephesians 3:3 Eph 1:9; 3:4, 6, 9 ↩
9. Ephesians 3:3 Rom 11:25; 16:25; Eph 3:4, 9; 6:19; Col 1:26f; 4:3 ↩
10. Ephesians 3:3 Eph 1:9f; Heb 13:22; 1 Pet 5:12 ↩
11. Ephesians 3:4 Lit To which, when you read ↩
12. Ephesians 3:4 2 Cor 11:6 ↩
13. Ephesians 3:4 Lit in ↩
14. Ephesians 3:4 Rom 11:25; 16:25; Eph 3:3, 9; 6:19; Col 1:26f; 4:3 ↩
15. Ephesians 3:5 1 Cor 12:28; Eph 2:20 ↩
16. Ephesians 3:5 Or by ↩
17. Ephesians 3:6 Gal 3:29 ↩
18. Ephesians 3:6 Eph 2:16 ↩
19. Ephesians 3:6 Eph 5:7 ↩
20. Ephesians 3:6 Gal 5:24 ↩
21. Ephesians 3:7 Col 1:23, 25 ↩
22. Ephesians 3:7 1 Cor 3:5 ↩
23. Ephesians 3:7 Acts 9:15; Rom 12:3; Eph 3:2 ↩
24. Ephesians 3:7 Eph 1:19; 3:20 ↩
25. Ephesians 3:8 1 Cor 15:9 ↩
26. Ephesians 3:8 Or holy ones ↩
27. Ephesians 3:8 Acts 9:15; Eph 3:1f ↩
28. Ephesians 3:8 Rom 2:4; Eph 1:7; 3:16 ↩

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