New American Standard Bible 1995
Ephesians 3:2-12
2if indeed you have heard of the 1stewardship of God’s grace which was given to me for you;
32that 3by revelation there was 4made known to me 5the mystery, 6as I wrote before in brief.
47By referring to this, when you read you can understand 8my insight 9into the 10mystery of Christ,
5which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy 11apostles and prophets 12in the Spirit;
6to be specific, that the Gentiles are 13fellow heirs and 14fellow members of the body, and 15fellow partakers of the promise in 16Christ Jesus through the gospel,
717of which I was made a 18minister, according to the gift of 19God’s grace which was given to me 20according to the working of His power.
8To me, 21the very least of all 22saints, this grace was given, to 23preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable 24riches of Christ,
9and to 25bring to light what is the administration of the 26mystery which for ages has been 27hidden in God 28who created all things;
10so that the manifold 29wisdom of God might now be 30made known through the church to the 31rulers and the authorities in 32the heavenly places.
11This was in 33accordance with the 34eternal purpose which He 35carried out in 36Christ Jesus our Lord,
12in whom we have boldness and 3738confident 39access through faith 40in Him.
Notes
- 1. Ephesians 3:2 Eph 1:10; 3:9; Col 1:25; 1 Tim 1:4 ↩
- 2. Ephesians 3:3 Acts 22:17, 21; 26:16ff ↩
- 3. Ephesians 3:3 Gal 1:12 ↩
- 4. Ephesians 3:3 Eph 1:9; 3:4, 6, 9 ↩
- 5. Ephesians 3:3 Rom 11:25; 16:25; Eph 3:4, 9; 6:19; Col 1:26f; 4:3 ↩
- 6. Ephesians 3:3 Eph 1:9f; Heb 13:22; 1 Pet 5:12 ↩
- 7. Ephesians 3:4 Lit To which, when you read ↩
- 8. Ephesians 3:4 2 Cor 11:6 ↩
- 9. Ephesians 3:4 Lit in ↩
- 10. Ephesians 3:4 Rom 11:25; 16:25; Eph 3:3, 9; 6:19; Col 1:26f; 4:3 ↩
- 11. Ephesians 3:5 1 Cor 12:28; Eph 2:20 ↩
- 12. Ephesians 3:5 Or by ↩
- 13. Ephesians 3:6 Gal 3:29 ↩
- 14. Ephesians 3:6 Eph 2:16 ↩
- 15. Ephesians 3:6 Eph 5:7 ↩
- 16. Ephesians 3:6 Gal 5:24 ↩
- 17. Ephesians 3:7 Col 1:23, 25 ↩
- 18. Ephesians 3:7 1 Cor 3:5 ↩
- 19. Ephesians 3:7 Acts 9:15; Rom 12:3; Eph 3:2 ↩
- 20. Ephesians 3:7 Eph 1:19; 3:20 ↩
- 21. Ephesians 3:8 1 Cor 15:9 ↩
- 22. Ephesians 3:8 Or holy ones ↩
- 23. Ephesians 3:8 Acts 9:15; Eph 3:1f ↩
- 24. Ephesians 3:8 Rom 2:4; Eph 1:7; 3:16 ↩
- 25. Ephesians 3:9 Two early mss read make all know ↩
- 26. Ephesians 3:9 Rom 11:25; 16:25; Eph 3:3, 4; 6:19; Col 1:26f; 4:3 ↩
- 27. Ephesians 3:9 Col 3:3 ↩
- 28. Ephesians 3:9 Rev 4:11 ↩
- 29. Ephesians 3:10 Rom 11:33; 1 Cor 2:7 ↩
- 30. Ephesians 3:10 Eph 1:23; 1 Pet 1:12 ↩
- 31. Ephesians 3:10 Eph 1:21; 6:12; Col 2:10, 15 ↩
- 32. Ephesians 3:10 Eph 1:3 ↩
- 33. Ephesians 3:11 Eph 1:11 ↩
- 34. Ephesians 3:11 Lit purpose of the ages ↩
- 35. Ephesians 3:11 Or formed ↩
- 36. Ephesians 3:11 Gal 5:24; Eph 3:1 ↩
- 37. Ephesians 3:12 Lit access in confidence ↩
- 38. Ephesians 3:12 2 Cor 3:4; Heb 4:16; 10:19, 35; 1 John 2:28; 3:21 ↩
- 39. Ephesians 3:12 Eph 2:18 ↩
- 40. Ephesians 3:12 Lit of Him ↩
Commentaries on Ephesians 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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