Passage

Ephesians 3.3-5

Book: Ephesians · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"1. For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,, 2. if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;"

"3. how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words, 4. whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ; 5. which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;"

"6. to wit, that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel, 7. whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power." (Ephesians 3:1-7, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"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." (Ephesians 3:1-7, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"1. For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 2. If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:"

"3. How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, ^{afore: or, a little before} 4. Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 5. Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;"

"6. That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 7. Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power." (Ephesians 3:1-7, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"1. For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations, 2. if, indeed, ye did hear of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,"

"3. that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few [words], 4. in regard to which ye are able, reading [it], to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ, 5. which 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 --"

"6. that the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news, 7. of 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;" (Ephesians 3:1-7, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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