Ephesians 3:1
For this cause I Paul a in the bodes of Iesus christ for youre sakes which are hethen:
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
In Context
2Yf ye have hearde of the ministracion of the grace of god which is geven me to you warde.
Cross References
Acts 21:33Then the captayne came neare and toke him and commaunded him to be bounde with two chaynes and demaunded what he was and what he had done.
Acts 26:29And 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.
2 Corinthians 10:1I Paule my silfe beseche you by the mekenes and softnes of Christ which when I am present amonge you am of no reputacion but am bolde towarde you beinge absent.
Galatians 5:2Beholde I Paul saye vnto you that yf ye be circumcised Christ shall proffit you nothinge at all.
Ephesians 3:13Wherfore I desire that ye faynt not because of my trybulacions for youre sakes: which is youre prayse.
Ephesians 6:20whereof I am a messenger in bondes that therin I maye speake frely as it becommeth me to speake.
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 →