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 brieflyG1722G3641.

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 10mankindG444, as it has nowG3568 been revealedG601 to His holyG40 11apostlesG652 and prophetsG4396 12in the SpiritG4151;

6to be specific, that the GentilesG1484 are 13fellowG4789 heirsG4789 and 14fellowG4954 membersG4954 ofG4954 theG4954 bodyG4954, and 15fellowG4830 partakersG4830 of the promiseG1860 in 16ChristG5547 JesusG2424 throughG1223 the gospelG2098,

717of whichG3739 I was madeG1096 a 18ministerG1249, accordingG2596 to the giftG1431 of 19God’sG2316 graceG5485 which was givenG1325 to me 20accordingG2596 to the workingG1753 of His powerG1411.

8To me, 21the veryG1646 leastG1646 of allG3956 22saintsG40, thisG3778 graceG5485 was givenG1325, to 23preachG2097 to the GentilesG1484 the unfathomableG421 24richesG4149 of ChristG5547,

9and to 25enlightenG5461 allG3956 peopleG3956 as to whatG5101 the planG3622 of the 26mysteryG3466 is which for agesG165 has been 27hiddenG613 in GodG2316, 28who 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 Lit the sons of man ↩
  11. 11. Ephesians 3:5 1 Cor 12:28; Eph 2:20 ↩
  12. 12. Ephesians 3:5 Or by ↩
  13. 13. Ephesians 3:6 Gal 3:29 ↩
  14. 14. Ephesians 3:6 Eph 2:16 ↩
  15. 15. Ephesians 3:6 Eph 5:7 ↩
  16. 16. Ephesians 3:6 Gal 5:24 ↩
  17. 17. Ephesians 3:7 Col 1:23, 25 ↩
  18. 18. Ephesians 3:7 1 Cor 3:5 ↩
  19. 19. Ephesians 3:7 Acts 9:15; Rom 12:3; Eph 3:2 ↩
  20. 20. Ephesians 3:7 Eph 1:19; 3:20 ↩
  21. 21. Ephesians 3:8 1 Cor 15:9 ↩
  22. 22. Ephesians 3:8 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
  23. 23. Ephesians 3:8 Acts 9:15; Eph 3:1f ↩
  24. 24. Ephesians 3:8 Rom 2:4; Eph 1:7; 3:16 ↩
  25. 25. Ephesians 3:9 One early ms bring to light what ↩
  26. 26. Ephesians 3:9 Rom 11:25; 16:25; Eph 3:3, 4; 6:19; Col 1:26f; 4:3 ↩
  27. 27. Ephesians 3:9 Col 3:3 ↩
  28. 28. Ephesians 3:9 Rev 4:11 ↩

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