Ephesians 3:1

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

For this cause I Paul a in ye bodes of Iesus christ for youre sakes which are hethen:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Τούτου χάριν ἐγὼ Παῦλος, ὁ δέσμιος τοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν τῶν Ἐθνῶν,

Transliteration

Of this charin I Paulos, the desmios of the Christou Iēsou hyper you the Ethnōn,

Grammar Details

• *Toutou*: genitive, neuter, singular - of this/for this reason
• *charin*: preposition with genitive - for the sake of/because of
• *egō*: nominative, 1st person, singular - I
• *Paulos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Paul
• *desmios*: nominative, masculine, singular - prisoner/bound one
• *Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Christ/belonging to Christ
• *Iēsou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Jesus
• *hyper*: preposition with genitive - on behalf of/for
• *hymōn*: genitive, 2nd person, plural - of you/your
• *tōn Ethnōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - of the Gentiles/nations

Word Meanings

• *desmios*: prisoner/captive/bound one
• *hyper*: on behalf of/for the sake of/concerning
• *Ethnōn*: Gentiles/nations/non-Jewish peoples

Referenced Verses

• Eph 4:1 : 1 I therfore which am in bondes for the LORdes sake exhorte you that ye walke worthy of the vocacion wherwith ye are called
• Col 1:24 : 24 Now ioye I in my soferinges which I suffre for you and fulfill that which is behynde of the passions of Christ in my flesshe for his bodies sake which is the congregacion
• Phlm 1:9 : 9 yet for loves sake I rather beseche the though I be as I am eve Paul aged and now in bondes for Iesu Christes sake.
• 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 Be not a shamed to testyfye oure LORde nether be a shamed of me which am bounde for his sake: but suffre adversite with ye gospell also thorow ye power of god
• Eph 6:20 : 20 whereof I am a messenger in bondes that therin I maye speake frely as it becommeth me to speake.
• Phil 1:7 : 7 as it becometh me so to iudge of you all because I have you in my herte and have you also every one companios of grace with me even in my bondes as I defende and stablysshe the gospell.
• Phil 1:13-16 : 13 So that my bondes in Christ are manyfest thorow out all the iudgement hall and in all other places: 14 In so moche that many of the brethre in ye LORde are boldned thorow my bodes and dare more largely speake the worde with out feare. 15 Some ther are which preache Christ of envie and stryfe and some of good wyll. 16 The one parte preacheth Christ of stryfe and not purely supposinge to adde more adversitie to my bondes.
• Acts 23:18 : 18 And he toke him and sayd: Paul ye presoner called me vnto him and prayed me to brige this youge ma vnto ye which hath a certayne matter to shewe ye.
• Acts 26:29 : 29 And Paul sayd: I wolde to God that not only thou: but also all that heare me to daye were not sumwhat only but altogeder soche as I am except these bondes.
• Acts 28:17-20 : 17 And it fortuned after thre dayes that Paul called ye chefe of ye Iewes together. And whe they were come he sayde vnto the: Men and brethren though I have comitted nothinge agaynst the people or lawes of oure fathers: yet was I delyvered presoner from Ierusalem in to the hondes of ye Romayns. 18 Which when they had examined me wolde have let me goo because they founde no cause of deeth in me. 19 But when ye Iewes cryed cotrary I was constrayned to appeale vnto Cesar: not because I had ought to accuse my people of. 20 For this cause have I called for you eve to se you and to speake with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bounde with this chayne.
• Luke 21:12 : 12 But before all these they shall laye their hondes on you and persecute you delyueringe you vp to the sinagoges and into preson and bringe you before kynges and rulers for my names sake.
• Acts 21:33 : 33 Then the captayne came neare and toke him and comaunded him to be bounde with two chaynes and demaunded what he was and what he had done.
• 2 Tim 2:9-9 : 9 wherin I suffre trouble as an evyll doar even vnto bondes. But the worde of god was not bounde. 10 Herefore I suffre all thinges for ye electes sakes that they myght also obtayne that saluacion which is in Christ Iesu with eternall glory.
• Phlm 1:1 : 1 ¶ Paul the presoner of Iesu Christ and brother Timotheus. Vnto Philemon the beloved and oure helper
• 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 Which as they kylled the LORde Iesus and their awne prophetes even so have they persecuted vs and God they please not and are contrary to all men 16 and forbid vs to preache vnto the gentyls that they myght be saved to fulfill their synnes all waye. For the wrath of God is come on them even to the vtmost.
• Phlm 1:23 : 23 Ther salute ye Epaphras my felowe presoner in Christ Iesu
• Rev 2:10 : 10 Feare none of thoo thynges which thou shalt soffre. Beholde the devyll shall caste of you into preson to tempte you and ye shall have tribulacion.x. dayes. Be faythfull vnto the deeth and I will geve the a croune of lyfe.
• 2 Tim 1:16 : 16 The LORde geve mercie vnto the housse of Onesiphoros for he ofte refresshed me and was not a shamed of my chayne:
• Col 4:3 : 3 gevynge prayenge also for vs that God open vnto vs the dore of vtteraunce that we maye speake the mistery of Christ wherfore I am in bondes:
• Col 4:18 : 18 The salutacion by the honde of me Paul. Remember my bondes. Grace be with you. Amen.
• 2 Cor 10:1 : 1 I Paule my silfe beseche you by the mekenes and softnes of Christ which when I am present amoge you am of no reputacio but am bolde towarde you beinge absent.
• 2 Cor 11:23 : 23 They are ye ministers of Christ (I speake as a fole) I am moare: In labours moare aboundat: In strypes above measure: In preson more plenteously: In deeth ofte.
• Gal 5:2 : 2 Beholde I Paul saye vnto you that yf ye be circumcised Christ shall proffit you nothinge at all.
• Gal 5:11 : 11 Brethren yf I yet preache circucision: why do I then yet suffre persecucion? For then had the offence which the crosse geveth ceased.
• Eph 3:13 : 13 Wherfore I desire yt ye faynt not because of my trybulacios for youre sakes: which is youre prayse.