Ephesians 3:1
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
KJV
Τούτου χάριν ἐγὼ Παῦλος ὁ δέσμιος τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν τῶν ἐθνῶν
Greek NT
Hujus rei gratia, ego Paulus vinctus Christi Jesu, pro vobis gentibus,
Vulgate
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,—
ASV
For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, for you Gentiles:
Douay-Rheims
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In this verse
In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
δέσμιος
desmios
noun · 16×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
χάριν
charin
preposition · 9×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἔθνος
ethnos
noun · 162×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὑπέρ
uper
preposition · 148×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Tim 1:8 — Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
- 2Tim 1:8 — Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
- 2Tim 1:12 — For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against th
- 2Tim 2:9 — Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
- Acts 21:33 — Then the chief captain 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 23:18 — So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.
- Acts 23:18 — So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.
- Acts 26:29 — And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
- Acts 28:17 — And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against th
- Acts 28:20 — For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
- Col 1:24 — Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
- Col 1:24 — Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
- Col 4:3 — Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
- Eph 3:13 — Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
- Eph 4:1 — I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
- Eph 4:1 — I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
- Eph 6:20 — For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
- Eph 6:20 — For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
- Luke 21:12 — But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.
- Matt 5:48 — Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
- Phil 1:7 — Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
- Phil 1:7 — Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
- Phil 1:13 — So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
- Phil 1:13 — So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
- Phlm 1:1 — Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
- Phlm 1:1 — Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
- Phlm 1:9 — Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
- Phlm 1:9 — Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
- Phlm 1:13 — Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
- Phlm 1:23 — There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;
- Ps 69:33 — For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.