King James Version
Ephesians 3:6 in the King James Version says “That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:” — study this verse from Ephesians chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:”
Ephesians 3:6 · KJV
Whereby , when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
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;
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
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.
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
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“That the Gentiles”
G1484a race (as of the same habit), i.e., a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“of the same body”
G4954of a joint body, i.e., (figuratively) a fellow-member of the christian community
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“promise”
G1860an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good)
“of his”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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