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New American Standard Bible 1995

Ephesians 3:3-21

31that 2by revelation there was 3made known to me 4the mystery, 5as I wrote before in brief. 46By referring to this, when you read you can understand 7my insight 8into the 9mystery of Christ, 5which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy 10apostles and prophets 11in the Spirit; 6to be specific, that the Gentiles are 12fellow heirs and 13fellow members of the body, and 14fellow partakers of the promise in 15Christ Jesus through the gospel, 716of which I was made a 17minister, according to the gift of 18God’s grace which was given to me 19according to the working of His power. 8To me, 20the very least of all 21saints, this grace was given, to 22preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable 23riches of Christ, 9and to 24bring to light what is the administration of the 25mystery which for ages has been 26hidden in God 27who created all things; 10so that the manifold 28wisdom of God might now be 29made known through the church to the 30rulers and the authorities in 31the heavenly places. 11This was in 32accordance with the 33eternal purpose which He 34carried out in 35Christ Jesus our Lord, 12in whom we have boldness and 3637confident 38access through faith 39in Him. 13Therefore I ask 40you not 41to lose heart at my tribulations 42on your behalf, 43for they are your glory.

14For this reason I 44bow my knees before the Father, 15from whom 45every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, 16that He would grant you, according to 46the riches of His glory, to be 47strengthened with power through His Spirit in 48the inner man, 17so that 49Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being 50rooted and 51grounded in love, 18may be able to comprehend with 52all the 53saints what is 54the breadth and length and height and depth, 19and to know 55the love of Christ which 56surpasses knowledge, that you may be 57filled up to all the 58fullness of God.

2059Now to Him who is 60able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, 61according to the power that works within us, 2162to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations 63forever and ever. Amen.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ephesians 3:3 Acts 22:17, 21; 26:16ff ↩
  2. 2. Ephesians 3:3 Gal 1:12 ↩
  3. 3. Ephesians 3:3 Eph 1:9; 3:4, 6, 9 ↩
  4. 4. Ephesians 3:3 Rom 11:25; 16:25; Eph 3:4, 9; 6:19; Col 1:26f; 4:3 ↩
  5. 5. Ephesians 3:3 Eph 1:9f; Heb 13:22; 1 Pet 5:12 ↩
  6. 6. Ephesians 3:4 Lit To which, when you read ↩
  7. 7. Ephesians 3:4 2 Cor 11:6 ↩
  8. 8. Ephesians 3:4 Lit in ↩
  9. 9. Ephesians 3:4 Rom 11:25; 16:25; Eph 3:3, 9; 6:19; Col 1:26f; 4:3 ↩
  10. 10. Ephesians 3:5 1 Cor 12:28; Eph 2:20 ↩
  11. 11. Ephesians 3:5 Or by ↩
  12. 12. Ephesians 3:6 Gal 3:29 ↩
  13. 13. Ephesians 3:6 Eph 2:16 ↩
  14. 14. Ephesians 3:6 Eph 5:7 ↩
  15. 15. Ephesians 3:6 Gal 5:24 ↩
  16. 16. Ephesians 3:7 Col 1:23, 25 ↩
  17. 17. Ephesians 3:7 1 Cor 3:5 ↩
  18. 18. Ephesians 3:7 Acts 9:15; Rom 12:3; Eph 3:2 ↩
  19. 19. Ephesians 3:7 Eph 1:19; 3:20 ↩
  20. 20. Ephesians 3:8 1 Cor 15:9 ↩
  21. 21. Ephesians 3:8 Or holy ones ↩
  22. 22. Ephesians 3:8 Acts 9:15; Eph 3:1f ↩
  23. 23. Ephesians 3:8 Rom 2:4; Eph 1:7; 3:16 ↩
  24. 24. Ephesians 3:9 Two early mss read make all know ↩
  25. 25. Ephesians 3:9 Rom 11:25; 16:25; Eph 3:3, 4; 6:19; Col 1:26f; 4:3 ↩
  26. 26. Ephesians 3:9 Col 3:3 ↩
  27. 27. Ephesians 3:9 Rev 4:11 ↩
  28. 28. Ephesians 3:10 Rom 11:33; 1 Cor 2:7 ↩
  29. 29. Ephesians 3:10 Eph 1:23; 1 Pet 1:12 ↩
  30. 30. Ephesians 3:10 Eph 1:21; 6:12; Col 2:10, 15 ↩
  31. 31. Ephesians 3:10 Eph 1:3 ↩
  32. 32. Ephesians 3:11 Eph 1:11 ↩
  33. 33. Ephesians 3:11 Lit purpose of the ages ↩
  34. 34. Ephesians 3:11 Or formed ↩
  35. 35. Ephesians 3:11 Gal 5:24; Eph 3:1 ↩
  36. 36. Ephesians 3:12 Lit access in confidence ↩
  37. 37. Ephesians 3:12 2 Cor 3:4; Heb 4:16; 10:19, 35; 1 John 2:28; 3:21 ↩
  38. 38. Ephesians 3:12 Eph 2:18 ↩
  39. 39. Ephesians 3:12 Lit of Him ↩
  40. 40. Ephesians 3:13 Or that I may not lose ↩
  41. 41. Ephesians 3:13 2 Cor 4:1 ↩
  42. 42. Ephesians 3:13 Eph 3:1 ↩
  43. 43. Ephesians 3:13 Lit which are ↩
  44. 44. Ephesians 3:14 Phil 2:10 ↩
  45. 45. Ephesians 3:15 Or the whole ↩
  46. 46. Ephesians 3:16 Eph 1:18; 3:8 ↩
  47. 47. Ephesians 3:16 1 Cor 16:13; Phil 4:13; Col 1:11 ↩
  48. 48. Ephesians 3:16 Rom 7:22 ↩
  49. 49. Ephesians 3:17 John 14:23; Rom 8:9f; 2 Cor 13:5; Eph 2:22 ↩
  50. 50. Ephesians 3:17 1 Cor 3:6; Col 2:7 ↩
  51. 51. Ephesians 3:17 Col 1:23 ↩
  52. 52. Ephesians 3:18 Eph 1:15 ↩
  53. 53. Ephesians 3:18 V 8, note 1 ↩
  54. 54. Ephesians 3:18 Job 11:8f ↩
  55. 55. Ephesians 3:19 Rom 8:35, 39 ↩
  56. 56. Ephesians 3:19 Phil 4:7 ↩
  57. 57. Ephesians 3:19 Col 2:10 ↩
  58. 58. Ephesians 3:19 Eph 1:23 ↩
  59. 59. Ephesians 3:20 Rom 16:25 ↩
  60. 60. Ephesians 3:20 2 Cor 9:8 ↩
  61. 61. Ephesians 3:20 Eph 3:7 ↩
  62. 62. Ephesians 3:21 Rom 11:36 ↩
  63. 63. Ephesians 3:21 Lit of the age of the ages ↩

Commentaries on Ephesians 3

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