Ephesians 3:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news,

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  • Rom 8:15-17 : 15 For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God: 17 And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.
  • Gal 3:14 : 14 So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.
  • Eph 5:7 : 7 Have no part with such men;
  • Eph 5:30 : 30 Because we are parts of his body.
  • Col 2:19 : 19 And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God.
  • 1 John 1:3 : 3 We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:
  • 1 John 2:25 : 25 And this is the hope which he gave you, even eternal life.
  • Gal 4:5-7 : 5 That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father. 7 So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.
  • Eph 2:13-22 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down, 15 Having in his flesh put an end to that which made the division between us, even the law with its rules and orders, so that he might make in himself, of the two, one new man, so making peace; 16 And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division. 17 And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near; 18 Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God, 20 Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone, 21 In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord; 22 In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 12:27 : 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it.
  • Eph 4:15-16 : 15 But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ; 16 Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love.
  • Rom 12:4-5 : 4 For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use, 5 So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;
  • 1 Cor 12:12 : 12 For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.
  • Gal 3:26-29 : 26 Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For all those of you who were given baptism into Christ did put on Christ. 28 There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.

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    14 So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.

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    7 Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.

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    28 There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.

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    18 Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.

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    11 For this reason keep it in mind that in the past you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are looked on as being outside the circumcision by those who have circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;

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    6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

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    12 Giving praise to the Father who has given us a part in the heritage of the saints in light;