Ephesians 3:6

Fellowship and the church Identity and self-worth Salvation The stranger and outcast

⁴ In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

⁵ which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.

This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

⁷ I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.

⁸ Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
KJV: That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
WEB: that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,
ASV: [to wit], that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,
DARBY: that [they who are of] the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of [his] promise in Christ Jesus by the glad tidings;
BLB: [that] the Gentiles are joint-heirs, and a joint-body, and joint-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus, through the gospel,

ÅB: at hedningene er medarvinger og hører med til legemet og har del med i løftet i Kristus Jesus ved evangeliet,
OTB: Dette mysteriet er at hedningene er medarvinger, medlemmene av legemet, og meddelaktige i løftet i Kristus Jesus gjennom evangeliet.
B1930: at hedningene er medarvinger og hører med til legemet og har del med i løftet i Kristus Jesus ved evangeliet,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Galatians 3:26–29
You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
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Galatians 3:14
He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
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Romans 8:15–17
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
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1 John 1:3
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
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1 John 2:25
And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
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1 Corinthians 12:27
Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.
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Galatians 4:5–7
to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
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Colossians 2:19
He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
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