Ephesians 3
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Ephesians 3:8-11

8To me, 1the veryG1646 leastG1646 of allG3956 2saintsG40, thisG3778 graceG5485 was givenG1325, to 3preachG2097 to the GentilesG1484 the unfathomableG421 4richesG4149 of ChristG5547,

9and to 5enlightenG5461 allG3956 peopleG3956 as to whatG5101 the planG3622 of the 6mysteryG3466 is which for agesG165 has been 7hiddenG613 in GodG2316, 8who createdG2936 allG3956 thingsG3956;

10soG2443 thatG2443 the multifacetedG4182 9wisdomG4678 of GodG2316 might nowG3568 be 10madeG1107 knownG1107 throughG1223 the churchG1577 to the 11rulersG746 and the authoritiesG1849 in 12the heavenlyG2032 places.

11This was in 13accordanceG2596 with the 14eternalG165 purposeG4286 whichG3739 He 15carriedG4160 outG4160 in 16ChristG5547 JesusG2424 our LordG2962,

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Notes

  1. 1. Ephesians 3:8 1 Cor 15:9 ↩
  2. 2. Ephesians 3:8 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
  3. 3. Ephesians 3:8 Acts 9:15; Eph 3:1f ↩
  4. 4. Ephesians 3:8 Rom 2:4; Eph 1:7; 3:16 ↩
  5. 5. Ephesians 3:9 One early ms bring to light what ↩
  6. 6. Ephesians 3:9 Rom 11:25; 16:25; Eph 3:3, 4; 6:19; Col 1:26f; 4:3 ↩
  7. 7. Ephesians 3:9 Col 3:3 ↩
  8. 8. Ephesians 3:9 Rev 4:11 ↩
  9. 9. Ephesians 3:10 Rom 11:33; 1 Cor 2:7 ↩
  10. 10. Ephesians 3:10 Eph 1:23; 1 Pet 1:12 ↩
  11. 11. Ephesians 3:10 Eph 1:21; 6:12; Col 2:10, 15 ↩
  12. 12. Ephesians 3:10 Eph 1:3 ↩
  13. 13. Ephesians 3:11 Eph 1:11 ↩
  14. 14. Ephesians 3:11 Lit purpose of the ages ↩
  15. 15. Ephesians 3:11 Or formed ↩
  16. 16. Ephesians 3:11 Gal 5:24; Eph 3:1 ↩

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