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Ephesians 3:1
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God’s Marvelous Plan for the Gentiles
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For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—
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Ephesians 3:1 in Other Translations
KJV
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For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
ESV
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For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles--
NLT
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When I think of all this, I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the benefit of you Gentiles . . .
MSG
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This is why I, Paul, am in jail for Christ, having taken up the cause of you outsiders, so-called.
CSB
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For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles-
Ephesians 3:1 In-Context
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For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—
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Surely you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
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that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.
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In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,
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which was not made known to people in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.
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Acts 23:18
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Ephesians 4:1
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2 Timothy 1:8
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Phm 1,9
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