Ephesians 3
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Ephesians 3:3-9

31that 2by revelationG602 there was 3madeG1107 knownG1107 to me 4the mysteryG3466, 5as I wroteG4270 beforeG4270 in briefG3641.

46By referring to thisG3739, when you readG314 you canG1410 understandG3539 7my insightG4907 8into the 9mysteryG3466 of ChristG5547,

5whichG3739 in otherG2087 generationsG1074 was not madeG1107 knownG1107 to the sonsG5207 of menG444, as it has nowG3568 been revealedG601 to His holyG40 10apostlesG652 and prophetsG4396 11in the SpiritG4151;

6to be specific, that the GentilesG1484 are 12fellowG4789 heirsG4789 and 13fellowG4954 membersG4954 of the bodyG4954, and 14fellowG4830 partakersG4830 of the promiseG1860 in 15ChristG5547 JesusG2424 throughG1223 the gospelG2098,

716of whichG3739 I was madeG1096 a 17ministerG1249, accordingG2596 to the giftG1431 of 18God’sG2316 graceG5485 which was givenG1325 to me 19accordingG2596 to the workingG1753 of His powerG1411.

8To me, 20the veryG1646 leastG1646 of allG3956 21saintsG40, thisG3778 graceG5485 was givenG1325, to 22preachG2097 to the GentilesG1484 the unfathomableG421 23richesG4149 of ChristG5547,

9and to 24bringG5461 to lightG5461 whatG5101 is the administrationG3622 of the 25mysteryG3466 which for agesG165 has been 26hiddenG613 in GodG2316 27who createdG2936 allG3956 thingsG3956;

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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 ↩

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