New American Standard Bible 2020
Ephesians 3:1-5
1For thisG3778 reasonG5484 I, PaulG3972, 1the prisonerG1198 of 2ChristG5547 JesusG2424 3forG5228 theG5228 sakeG5228 of you 4GentilesG1484--
2ifG1487 indeedG1065 you have heardG191 of the 5administrationG3622 of God’sG2316 graceG5485 which was givenG1325 to me for you;
36that 7by revelationG602 there was 8madeG1107 knownG1107 to me 9the mysteryG3466, 10as I wroteG4270 beforeG4270 brieflyG1722G3641.
411By referring to thisG3739, when you readG314 you canG1410 understandG3539 12my insightG4907 13into the 14mysteryG3466 of ChristG5547,
5whichG3739 in otherG2087 generationsG1074 was not madeG1107 knownG1107 to 15mankindG444, as it has nowG3568 been revealedG601 to His holyG40 16apostlesG652 and prophetsG4396 17in the SpiritG4151;
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 ↩
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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