Ephesians 3:8

American Standard Version (1901)

Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

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  • 1 Cor 15:9 : 9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;
  • 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
  • 2 Tim 1:11 : 11 whereunto I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher.
  • Phil 2:3 : 3 [ doing] nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;
  • Phil 4:19 : 19 And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
  • Col 1:27 : 27 to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
  • Col 2:1-3 : 1 For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; 2 that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, [even] Christ, 3 in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
  • Acts 5:41 : 41 They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name.
  • Eph 1:7-8 : 7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
  • Eph 3:16 : 16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
  • Rom 12:10 : 10 In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
  • Rom 15:15-17 : 15 But I write the more boldly unto you in some measure, as putting you again in remembrance, because of the grace that was given me of God, 16 that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 I have therefore my glorifying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
  • 1 Cor 2:9 : 9 but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, And [which] entered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.
  • 1 Chr 17:16 : 16 Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?
  • 1 Chr 29:14-15 : 14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. [ 15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
  • Ps 31:19 : 19 Oh how great is thy goodness, Which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, Which thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee, Before the sons of men!
  • Prov 30:2-3 : 2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man; 3 And I have not learned wisdom, Neither have I the knowledge of the Holy One.
  • John 1:16 : 16 For of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace.
  • Eph 3:19 : 19 and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.
  • Eph 2:7 : 7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus:
  • Eph 3:2 : 2 if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;
  • Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel:
  • Rom 2:4 : 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
  • Gal 1:16 : 16 to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles; straightway I conferred not with flesh and blood:
  • Gal 2:8 : 8 (for he that wrought for Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision wrought for me also unto the Gentiles);
  • 1 Pet 5:5-6 : 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
  • Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
  • 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:

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  • Eph 3:1-7
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    1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,--

    2 if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;

    3 how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words,

    4 whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;

    5 which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

    6 [ 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,

    7 whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

  • Eph 3:9-10
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    9 and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;

    10 to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly [places] might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

  • Col 1:25-27
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    25 whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,

    26 [ even] the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,

    27 to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

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    9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

    10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

  • Eph 2:7-8
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    7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus:

    8 for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God;

  • 7 But unto each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

  • 11 whereunto I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher.

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    14 and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

    15 Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:

    16 howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for an ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life.

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    11 according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

    12 I thank him that enabled me, [even] Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to [his] service;

  • Rom 15:15-18
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    15 But I write the more boldly unto you in some measure, as putting you again in remembrance, because of the grace that was given me of God,

    16 that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

    17 I have therefore my glorifying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.

    18 For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

  • 13 But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

  • 8 (for he that wrought for Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision wrought for me also unto the Gentiles);

  • Eph 1:17-19
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    17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

    18 having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

    19 and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

  • 16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;

  • 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.

  • Gal 1:15-16
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    15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, [even] from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,

    16 to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles; straightway I conferred not with flesh and blood:

  • 8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

  • 7 Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God for nought?

  • 18 may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

  • 19 And on my behalf, that utterance may be given unto me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,

  • Eph 1:2-3
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    2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

    3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ:

  • 18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the gospel.

  • 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, [even] that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:

  • 25 Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal,

  • 4 I thank my God always concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;

  • 7 whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

  • 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

  • 17 delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,

  • 8 And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work: