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Ephesians 3:1

JesusPaul
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
KJV
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
WEB
For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
ASV
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,--
DARBY
For this reason *I* Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations,
BLB
For reason of this, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you⁺ Gentiles...
ÅB
Derfor bøyer jeg mine knær, jeg, Paulus, Kristi Jesu fange for deres skyld, dere hedninger -
OTB
På grunn av dette, jeg, Paulus, som er fanget for Kristus Jesus på vegne av dere hedninger—
B1930
Derfor bøier jeg mine knær, jeg, Paulus, Kristi Jesu fange for eders skyld, I hedninger -

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Colossians 1:24

    Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:

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  • 2 Timothy 1:8

    Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

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  • Ephesians 4:1

    I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

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  • Ephesians 6:20

    For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

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  • Philippians 1:13–16

    So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;

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  • Luke 21:12

    But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.

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  • Philemon 1:9

    Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

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  • Philippians 1:7

    Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

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