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Ephesians 3:1–13

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For this cause I Paul, athe prisoner of Jesus Christ bfor you cGentiles, 2If ye have heard of dthe dispensation eof the grace of God which is given me cto you-ward: 3fHow that gby revelation hhe made known unto me the mystery; i(as I wrote ||afore in few words, 4Whereby, when ye read, kye may understand my knowledge in lthe mystery of Christ) 5hWhich in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy mapostles and prophets by the Spirit; 6That the Gentiles should be nfellowheirs, and oof the same body, and ppartakers nof his promise in Christ by the gospel: 7qWhereof I was made ra minister, according to the gift of ethe grace of God given unto me sby the effectual working of his power. 8Unto me, twho am less than the least of all saints, eis this grace given, that I should preach camong the Gentiles the uunsearchable wriches of Christ; 9And hto make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, hwhich from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, xwho created all things by Jesus Christ: 10To the intent that ynow unto zthe principalities and powers ain heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold bwisdom of God, 11cAccording to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: 12In whom we have dboldness and eaccess with fconfidence by gthe faith of him. 13Wherefore I desire that ye hfaint not iat my tribulations kfor you, lwhich is your glory.

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Ephesians 3:8: To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ …

Footnotes

  1. aActs 23:18. & 25:14, 27. & 28:16, 17. ch. 4:1. 2 Tim. 1:8. & 2:9. Philem. 1, 9. See Acts 21:33. & ch. 6:20.
  2. bSo ver. 13. Col. 1:24. 2 Tim. 2:10.
  3. cSee Acts 9:15. & 13:2.
  4. dCol. 1:25. See 1 Cor. 9:17.
  5. eRom. 1:5. & 12:3. ver. 7, 8. ch. 4:7. See Jude 4.
  6. cSee Acts 9:15. & 13:2.
  7. gGal. 1:12. So 1 Cor. 2:10.
  8. hCol. 1:26 (Gk.), 27. See Rom. 16:25. So ver. 9, 10.
  9. ich. 1:9, 10.
  10. ||Or, a little before. Comp. Gk. of Acts 26:28, 29.
  11. kComp. 2 Cor. 11:6.
  12. lSo 1 Cor. 4:1. ch. 6:19.
  13. hCol. 1:26 (Gk.), 27. See Rom. 16:25. So ver. 9, 10.
  14. mSee ch. 2:20.
  15. nHeb. 11:9. So 2 Tim. 1:1. See Gal. 3:29. See also Matt 8:11.
  16. oSo ch. 2:16. See 1 Cor. 12:27.
  17. pch. 5:7.
  18. nHeb. 11:9. So 2 Tim. 1:1. See Gal. 3:29. See also Matt 8:11.
  19. rSee 2 Cor. 3:6.
  20. eRom. 1:5. & 12:3. ver. 7, 8. ch. 4:7. See Jude 4.
  21. sSee ch. 1:19.
  22. tSo 1 Cor. 15:9. Comp. 2 Cor. 12:11. 1 Tim. 1:15.
  23. eRom. 1:5. & 12:3. ver. 7, 8. ch. 4:7. See Jude 4.
  24. cSee Acts 9:15. & 13:2.
  25. uRom. 11:33 (Gk.).
  26. wSo ch. 1:7. Col. 1:27. Comp. Prov. 8:19.
  27. hCol. 1:26 (Gk.), 27. See Rom. 16:25. So ver. 9, 10.
  28. hCol. 1:26 (Gk.), 27. See Rom. 16:25. So ver. 9, 10.
  29. xSee John 1:3. & ch. 2:10.
  30. yComp. 1 Pet. 1:12.
  31. zSee ch. 1:21.
  32. aSee ch. 1:3.
  33. cch. 1:11. So 1 Pet. 1:20. See Rom. 8:28.
  34. eSee ch. 2:18.
  35. f2 Cor. 3:4 (Gk.).
  36. gSee Mark 11:22.
  37. hSee Luke 18:1.
  38. iSee Acts 14:22.
  39. kSee ver. 1.
  40. lComp. 2 Cor. 1:6. Phil. 1:13, 14.

Cross references

  1. fActs 22:17, 21. & 26:16–18.
  2. qCol. 1:23, 25.
  3. b1 Cor. 2:7.
  4. dHeb. 4:16. & 10:19.