Ephesians 3
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Ephesians 3:1-9

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;

6to be specific, that the GentilesG1484 are 18fellowG4789 heirsG4789 and 19fellowG4954 membersG4954 ofG4954 theG4954 bodyG4954, and 20fellowG4830 partakersG4830 of the promiseG1860 in 21ChristG5547 JesusG2424 throughG1223 the gospelG2098,

722of whichG3739 I was madeG1096 a 23ministerG1249, accordingG2596 to the giftG1431 of 24God’sG2316 graceG5485 which was givenG1325 to me 25accordingG2596 to the workingG1753 of His powerG1411.

8To me, 26the veryG1646 leastG1646 of allG3956 27saintsG40, thisG3778 graceG5485 was givenG1325, to 28preachG2097 to the GentilesG1484 the unfathomableG421 29richesG4149 of ChristG5547,

9and to 30enlightenG5461 allG3956 peopleG3956 as to whatG5101 the planG3622 of the 31mysteryG3466 is which for agesG165 has been 32hiddenG613 in GodG2316, 33who createdG2936 allG3956 thingsG3956;

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Notes

  1. 1. Ephesians 3:1 Acts 23:18; Eph 4:1; 2 Tim 1:8; Philem 1, 9, 23 ↩
  2. 2. Ephesians 3:1 Gal 5:24 ↩
  3. 3. Ephesians 3:1 2 Cor 1:6; Eph 3:13 ↩
  4. 4. Ephesians 3:1 Eph 3:8 ↩
  5. 5. Ephesians 3:2 Eph 1:10; 3:9; Col 1:25; 1 Tim 1:4 ↩
  6. 6. Ephesians 3:3 Acts 22:17, 21; 26:16ff ↩
  7. 7. Ephesians 3:3 Gal 1:12 ↩
  8. 8. Ephesians 3:3 Eph 1:9; 3:4, 6, 9 ↩
  9. 9. Ephesians 3:3 Rom 11:25; 16:25; Eph 3:4, 9; 6:19; Col 1:26f; 4:3 ↩
  10. 10. Ephesians 3:3 Eph 1:9f; Heb 13:22; 1 Pet 5:12 ↩
  11. 11. Ephesians 3:4 Lit To which, when you read ↩
  12. 12. Ephesians 3:4 2 Cor 11:6 ↩
  13. 13. Ephesians 3:4 Lit in ↩
  14. 14. Ephesians 3:4 Rom 11:25; 16:25; Eph 3:3, 9; 6:19; Col 1:26f; 4:3 ↩
  15. 15. Ephesians 3:5 Lit the sons of man ↩
  16. 16. Ephesians 3:5 1 Cor 12:28; Eph 2:20 ↩
  17. 17. Ephesians 3:5 Or by ↩
  18. 18. Ephesians 3:6 Gal 3:29 ↩
  19. 19. Ephesians 3:6 Eph 2:16 ↩
  20. 20. Ephesians 3:6 Eph 5:7 ↩
  21. 21. Ephesians 3:6 Gal 5:24 ↩
  22. 22. Ephesians 3:7 Col 1:23, 25 ↩
  23. 23. Ephesians 3:7 1 Cor 3:5 ↩
  24. 24. Ephesians 3:7 Acts 9:15; Rom 12:3; Eph 3:2 ↩
  25. 25. Ephesians 3:7 Eph 1:19; 3:20 ↩
  26. 26. Ephesians 3:8 1 Cor 15:9 ↩
  27. 27. Ephesians 3:8 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
  28. 28. Ephesians 3:8 Acts 9:15; Eph 3:1f ↩
  29. 29. Ephesians 3:8 Rom 2:4; Eph 1:7; 3:16 ↩
  30. 30. Ephesians 3:9 One early ms bring to light what ↩
  31. 31. Ephesians 3:9 Rom 11:25; 16:25; Eph 3:3, 4; 6:19; Col 1:26f; 4:3 ↩
  32. 32. Ephesians 3:9 Col 3:3 ↩
  33. 33. Ephesians 3:9 Rev 4:11 ↩

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