Ephesians 3:1
For this cause, I Paul am the prisoner of Iesus Christ for you Gentiles,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
In Context
2If ye haue heard of the dispensation of the grace of God, which is giuen me to you warde,
Cross References
Acts 21:33Then the chiefe Captaine came neere and tooke him, and commanded him to be bound with two chaines, and demaunded who he was, and what he had done.
Acts 26:29Then Paul sayd, I would to God that not onely thou, but also all that heare me to day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
2 Corinthians 10:1Nowe I Paul my selfe beseech you by the meekenes, and gentlenes of Christ, which when I am present among you am base, but am bolde toward you being absent:
Galatians 5:2Beholde, I Paul say vnto you, that if yee be circumcised, Christ shall profite you nothing.
Ephesians 3:13Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for your sakes, which is your glory.
Ephesians 6:20Whereof I am the ambassadour in bonds, that therein I may speake boldely, as I ought 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 →