Ephesians 3:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the gospel:

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  • Rom 8:15-17 : 15 For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God. 17 And if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
  • Gal 3:14 : 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
  • Eph 5:7 : 7 Therefore do not be partakers with them.
  • Eph 5:30 : 30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
  • Col 2:19 : 19 And not holding to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God.
  • 1 John 1:3 : 3 That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
  • 1 John 2:25 : 25 And this is the promise that he has promised us—eternal life.
  • Gal 4:5-7 : 5 To redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, 'Abba, Father.' 7 Therefore you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
  • Eph 2:13-22 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances, to create in Himself of the two one new man, so making peace; 16 And that He might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you who were afar off, and to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. 19 Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God; 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone; 21 In whom all the building fitly framed together grows to a holy temple in the Lord: 22 In whom you also are built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 12:27 : 27 Now you are the body of Christ and members individually.
  • Eph 4:15-16 : 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ: 16 From whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
  • Rom 12:4-5 : 4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members do not have the same function: 5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.
  • 1 Cor 12:12 : 12 For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.
  • Gal 3:26-29 : 26 For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

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  • Eph 3:1-5
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    1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,

    2If you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God which was given to me for you:

    3How that by revelation He made known to me the mystery; (as I have written briefly already,

    4By which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

    5Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

  • 14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

  • Eph 3:7-11
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    7Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.

    8To me, who am less than the least of all saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

    9And to make all people see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world has been hidden in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

    10To the intent that now to the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

    11According to the eternal purpose which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

  • Gal 3:28-29
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    28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

    29And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

  • Eph 2:18-19
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    18For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

    19Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God;

  • Col 1:24-27
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    24Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the church:

    25Of which I was made a minister, according to the stewardship of God given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God;

    26Even the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

    27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

  • Eph 2:11-13
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    11Therefore, remember that you being in times past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

    12That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

    13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near by the blood of Christ.

  • 26For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

  • 23And this I do for the sake of the gospel, that I may be a partaker of it with you.

  • 18The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

  • 27Now you are the body of Christ and members individually.

  • Rom 12:4-5
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    4For as we have many members in one body, and all members do not have the same function:

    5So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.

  • 7That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

  • 7That having been justified by His grace, we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

  • 8And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the gentiles through faith, preached beforehand the gospel unto Abraham, saying, 'In you shall all nations be blessed.'

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    12For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.

    13For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.

  • 29Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also,

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    9Having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself:

    10That in the dispensation of the fullness of times, He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth, even in Him:

  • 23And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

  • 6To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.

  • 23Which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

  • Eph 1:12-14
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    12That we should be to the praise of His glory, who first trusted in Christ.

    13In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

    14Who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

  • 17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,

  • 2Which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy scriptures,

  • 11Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all, and in all.

  • 9For we are workers together with God: you are God's field, you are God's building.

  • 16That I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

  • 16That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner being;

  • 7Just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace.

  • 12Giving thanks unto the Father, who has made us qualified to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: