New American Standard Bible 2020

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 5administration 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 briefly.

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 15mankind, as it has now been revealed to His holy 16apostles and prophets 17in the Spirit;

6to be specific, that the Gentiles are 18fellow heirs and 19fellow members of the body, and 20fellow partakers of the promise in 21Christ Jesus through the gospel,

7 22of which I was made a 23minister, according to the gift of 24God’s grace which was given to me 25according to the working of His power.

8To me, 26the very least of all 27saints, this grace was given, to 28preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable 29riches 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 Lit the sons of man ↩
16. Ephesians 3:5 1 Cor 12:28; Eph 2:20 ↩
17. Ephesians 3:5 Or by ↩
18. Ephesians 3:6 Gal 3:29 ↩
19. Ephesians 3:6 Eph 2:16 ↩
20. Ephesians 3:6 Eph 5:7 ↩
21. Ephesians 3:6 Gal 5:24 ↩
22. Ephesians 3:7 Col 1:23, 25 ↩
23. Ephesians 3:7 1 Cor 3:5 ↩
24. Ephesians 3:7 Acts 9:15; Rom 12:3; Eph 3:2 ↩
25. Ephesians 3:7 Eph 1:19; 3:20 ↩
26. Ephesians 3:8 1 Cor 15:9 ↩
27. Ephesians 3:8 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
28. Ephesians 3:8 Acts 9:15; Eph 3:1f ↩
29. Ephesians 3:8 Rom 2:4; Eph 1:7; 3:16 ↩

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