Ephesians 3:1
For this reason, I Paul, the prisoner of the Christ Jesus on account of you Gentiles,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
In Context
Cross References
Acts 21:33Then the officer came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
Acts 26:29And Paul replied: I could pray to God, that not only you, but also all that hear me to-day, were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
2 Corinthians 10:1Now I, the same Paul, who, when present among you, am timid, but when absent, am bold toward you, entreat you, by the mildness and gentleness of Christ;
Galatians 5:2Behold, I Paul say to you, that if you be circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
Ephesians 3:13For which cause I beseech you not to grow faint on account of my afflictions for you, which are your glory.
Ephesians 6:20for which I am an ambassador in chains, that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 3:1
This chapter consists of two parts. I. Of the account which Paul gives the Ephesians concerning himself, as he was appointed by God to be the apostle of the Gentiles, ver. 1-13 . II. Of his devout and affectionate prayer to God for the Ephesians, ver. 14-21 . We may observe it to have been very much the practice of this apostle to intermix, with his instructions and counsels, intercessions and prayers to God for those to whom he wrote, as knowing that all his instructions and teachings would be useless and vain,… Read the whole commentary →