Ephesians 3
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Ephesians 3:5-8

5whichG3739 in otherG2087 generationsG1074 was not madeG1107 knownG1107 to 1mankindG444, as it has nowG3568 been revealedG601 to His holyG40 2apostlesG652 and prophetsG4396 3in the SpiritG4151;

6to be specific, that the GentilesG1484 are 4fellowG4789 heirsG4789 and 5fellowG4954 membersG4954 ofG4954 theG4954 bodyG4954, and 6fellowG4830 partakersG4830 of the promiseG1860 in 7ChristG5547 JesusG2424 throughG1223 the gospelG2098,

78of whichG3739 I was madeG1096 a 9ministerG1249, accordingG2596 to the giftG1431 of 10God’sG2316 graceG5485 which was givenG1325 to me 11accordingG2596 to the workingG1753 of His powerG1411.

8To me, 12the veryG1646 leastG1646 of allG3956 13saintsG40, thisG3778 graceG5485 was givenG1325, to 14preachG2097 to the GentilesG1484 the unfathomableG421 15richesG4149 of ChristG5547,

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Notes

  1. 1. Ephesians 3:5 Lit the sons of man ↩
  2. 2. Ephesians 3:5 1 Cor 12:28; Eph 2:20 ↩
  3. 3. Ephesians 3:5 Or by ↩
  4. 4. Ephesians 3:6 Gal 3:29 ↩
  5. 5. Ephesians 3:6 Eph 2:16 ↩
  6. 6. Ephesians 3:6 Eph 5:7 ↩
  7. 7. Ephesians 3:6 Gal 5:24 ↩
  8. 8. Ephesians 3:7 Col 1:23, 25 ↩
  9. 9. Ephesians 3:7 1 Cor 3:5 ↩
  10. 10. Ephesians 3:7 Acts 9:15; Rom 12:3; Eph 3:2 ↩
  11. 11. Ephesians 3:7 Eph 1:19; 3:20 ↩
  12. 12. Ephesians 3:8 1 Cor 15:9 ↩
  13. 13. Ephesians 3:8 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
  14. 14. Ephesians 3:8 Acts 9:15; Eph 3:1f ↩
  15. 15. Ephesians 3:8 Rom 2:4; Eph 1:7; 3:16 ↩

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