Ephesians 3:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

to me -- the less than the least of all the saints -- was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news -- the untraceable riches of the Christ,

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  • 1 Cor 15:9 : 9 for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God,
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did `it' in unbelief,
  • 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 in regard to which I was set a preacher and apostle -- truth I say in Christ, I do not lie -- a teacher of nations, in faith and truth.
  • 2 Tim 1:11 : 11 to which I was placed a preacher and an apostle, and a teacher of nations,
  • Phil 2:3 : 3 nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves --
  • Phil 4:19 : 19 and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;
  • Col 1:27 : 27 to whom God did will to make known what `is' the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations -- which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory,
  • Col 2:1-3 : 1 For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, 2 that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ, 3 in whom are all the treasures of the wisdom and the knowledge hid,
  • Acts 5:41 : 41 they, indeed, then, departed from the presence of the sanhedrim, rejoicing that for his name they were counted worthy to suffer dishonour,
  • Eph 1:7-8 : 7 in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, 8 in which He did abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
  • Eph 3:16 : 16 that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man,
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
  • Rom 12:10 : 10 in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;
  • Rom 15:15-17 : 15 and the more boldly I did write to you, brethren, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me by God, 16 for my being a servant of Jesus Christ to the nations, acting as priest in the good news of God, that the offering up of the nations may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 I have, then, a boasting in Christ Jesus, in the things pertaining to God,
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 and of Him ye -- ye are in Christ Jesus, who became to us from God wisdom, righteousness also, and sanctification, and redemption,
  • 1 Cor 2:9 : 9 but, according as it hath been written, `What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him --'
  • 1 Chr 17:16 : 16 And David the king cometh in and sitteth before Jehovah, and saith, `Who `am' I, O Jehovah God, and what my house, that Thou hast brought me hitherto?
  • 1 Chr 29:14-15 : 14 yea, because, who `am' I, and who `are' my people, that we retain power to offer thus willingly? but of Thee `is' the whole, and out of Thy hand we have given to Thee; 15 for sojourners we `are' before Thee, and settlers, like all our fathers; as a shadow `are' our days on the land, and there is none abiding.
  • Ps 31:19 : 19 How abundant is Thy goodness, That Thou hast laid up for those fearing Thee,
  • Prov 30:2-3 : 2 For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man. 3 Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet the knowledge of Holy Ones I know.
  • John 1:16 : 16 and out of his fulness did we all receive, and grace over-against grace;
  • Eph 3:19 : 19 to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that ye may be filled -- to all the fulness of God;
  • Eph 2:7 : 7 that He might show, in the ages that are coming, the exceeding riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus,
  • Eph 3:2 : 2 if, indeed, ye did hear of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,
  • Acts 9:15 : 15 And the Lord said unto him, `Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings -- the sons also of Israel;
  • Rom 2:4 : 4 or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? -- not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation!
  • Gal 1:16 : 16 to reveal His Son in me, that I might proclaim him good news among the nations, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood,
  • Gal 2:8 : 8 for He who did work with Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, did work also in me in regard to the nations,
  • 1 Pet 5:5-6 : 5 In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace; 6 be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,
  • Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsel thee to buy from me gold fired by fire, that thou mayest be rich, and white garments that thou mayest be arrayed, and the shame of thy nakedness may not be manifest, and with eye-salve anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
  • 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 stedfast `is' the word, and of all acceptation worthy, that Christ Jesus came to the world to save sinners -- first of whom I am;

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  • Eph 3:1-7
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    1For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,

    2if, indeed, ye did hear of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,

    3that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few `words' --

    4in regard to which ye are able, reading `it', to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,

    5which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit --

    6that the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,

    7of which I became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power;

  • Eph 3:9-10
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    9and to cause all to see what `is' the fellowship of the secret that hath been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create by Jesus Christ,

    10that there might be made known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly `places', through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

  • Col 1:25-27
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    25of which I -- I did become a ministrant according to the dispensation of God, that was given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God,

    26the secret that hath been hid from the ages and from the generations, but now was manifested to his saints,

    27to whom God did will to make known what `is' the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations -- which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory,

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    9for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God,

    10and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that `is' towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that `is' with me;

  • Eph 2:7-8
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    7that He might show, in the ages that are coming, the exceeding riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus,

    8for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you -- of God the gift,

  • 7and to each one of you was given the grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ,

  • 11to which I was placed a preacher and an apostle, and a teacher of nations,

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    14and exceedingly abound did the grace of our Lord, with faith and love that `is' in Christ Jesus:

    15stedfast `is' the word, and of all acceptation worthy, that Christ Jesus came to the world to save sinners -- first of whom I am;

    16but because of this I found kindness, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern of those about to believe on him to life age-during:

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    11according to the good news of the glory of the blessed God, with which I was entrusted.

    12And I give thanks to him who enabled me -- Christ Jesus our Lord -- that he did reckon me stedfast, having put `me' to the ministration,

  • Rom 15:15-18
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    15and the more boldly I did write to you, brethren, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me by God,

    16for my being a servant of Jesus Christ to the nations, acting as priest in the good news of God, that the offering up of the nations may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

    17I have, then, a boasting in Christ Jesus, in the things pertaining to God,

    18for I will not dare to speak anything of the things that Christ did not work through me, to obedience of nations, by word and deed,

  • 13For to you I speak -- to the nations -- inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, my ministration I do glorify;

  • 8for He who did work with Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, did work also in me in regard to the nations,

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

    18the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

    19and what the exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power of His might,

  • 16that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man,

  • 9for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor -- being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

  • Gal 1:15-16
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    15and when God was well pleased -- having separated me from the womb of my mother, and having called `me' through His grace --

    16to reveal His Son in me, that I might proclaim him good news among the nations, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood,

  • 8in which He did abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

  • 7The sin did I do -- myself humbling that ye might be exalted, because freely the good news of God I did proclaim to you?

  • 18that ye may be in strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what `is' the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,

  • 19and in behalf of me, that to me may be given a word in the opening of my mouth, in freedom, to make known the secret of the good news,

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

    3Blessed `is' the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

  • 18What, then, is my reward? -- that proclaiming good news, without charge I shall make the good news of the Christ, not to abuse my authority in the good news;

  • 9not having my righteousness, which `is' of law, but that which `is' through faith of Christ -- the righteousness that is of God by the faith,

  • 25And to Him who is able to establish you, according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the secret, in the times of the ages having been kept silent,

  • 4I give thanks to my God always concerning you for the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus,

  • 7in regard to which I was set a preacher and apostle -- truth I say in Christ, I do not lie -- a teacher of nations, in faith and truth.

  • 6to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,

  • 17delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,

  • 8and God `is' able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,