Ephesians 3:8

World English Bible (2000)

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

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  • 1 Cor 15:9 : 9 For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
  • 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
  • 2 Tim 1:11 : 11 For this, I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
  • Phil 2:3 : 3 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
  • Phil 4:19 : 19 My God will 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 are 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 desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those 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 gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of 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 Jesus' 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 you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh 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 brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;
  • Rom 15:15-17 : 15 But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God, 16 that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
  • 1 Cor 2:9 : 9 But as it is written, "Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear didn't hear, which didn't enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him."
  • 1 Chr 17:16 : 16 Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, "Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my house, that you have 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 as this? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. 15 For we are strangers before you, and foreigners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no remaining.
  • Ps 31:19 : 19 Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!
  • Prov 30:2-3 : 2 "Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don't have a man's understanding. 3 I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.
  • John 1:16 : 16 From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.
  • Eph 3:19 : 19 and to know Christ's love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness 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 it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;
  • Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.
  • Rom 2:4 : 4 Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
  • Gal 1:16 : 16 to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn't immediately confer with flesh and blood,
  • Gal 2:8 : 8 (for he who appointed Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision appointed me also to the Gentiles);
  • 1 Pet 5:5-6 : 5 Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for "God resists the proud, but gives 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 you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.
  • 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    2 if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;

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

    4 by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;

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

    6 that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

    7 of which I was made a servant, 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 administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;

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

  • Col 1:25-27
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    25 of which I was made a servant, according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you, to fulfill the word of God,

    26 the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,

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

  • 1 Cor 15:9-10
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    9 For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.

    10 But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; 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 you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

  • Eph 4:7
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    7 But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

  • 2 Tim 1:11
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    11 For this, I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

  • 1 Tim 1:14-16
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    14 The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

    15 The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

    16 However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.

  • 1 Tim 1:11-12
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    11 according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

    12 And I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;

  • Rom 15:15-18
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    15 But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,

    16 that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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

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

  • Rom 11:13
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    13 For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

  • Gal 2:8
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    8 (for he who appointed Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision appointed me also to 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 to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

    18 having the eyes of your hearts 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,

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

  • Eph 3:16
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    16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;

  • 2 Cor 8:9
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    9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you 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 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, I didn't immediately confer with flesh and blood,

  • Eph 1:8
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    8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

  • 2 Cor 11:7
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    7 Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God's Good News free of charge?

  • Eph 3:18
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    18 may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

  • Eph 6:19
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    19 on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

  • 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 has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;

  • 1 Cor 9:18
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    18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the Good News, I may present the Good News of Christ without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the Good News.

  • Phil 3:9
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    9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

  • Rom 16:25
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    25

  • 1 Cor 1:4
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    4 I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;

  • 1 Tim 2:7
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    7 to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

  • Eph 1:6
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    6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved,

  • Acts 26:17
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    17 delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

  • 2 Cor 9:8
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    8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.