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Ephesians 3:1The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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3 Τούτου χάριν ἐγὼ Παῦλος ὁ δέσμιος τοῦ χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν τῶν ἐθνῶν,—
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Ephesians 3:1King James Version
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3 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
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Ephesians 3:1American Standard Version
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3 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,--
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Ephesians 3:1The Bible in Living English
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3 On this account I, Paul, Christ Jesus’s man in prison for you foreigners—
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Ephesians Study Notes—Chapter 3New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus: The apostle Paul made his countrymen furious because he labored among the non-Jews as a disciple of Jesus Christ. This led to his being imprisoned, first in Judea and eventually in Rome. (Ac 21:33-36; 28:16, 17, 30, 31) Therefore, he could say that he was the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of . . . the people of the nations. During the two years of his first imprisonment in Rome (c. 59-61 C.E.), Paul wrote several letters. (See study note on Ac 28:30.) In his letter to the Ephesians, he refers to himself two more times as being imprisoned or in chains.—Eph 4:1; 6:20.
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