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Ephesians 3:15New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
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15 to whom every family in heaven and on earth owes its name.
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Ephesians 3:15The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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ἐξ οὗ πᾶσα πατριὰ ἐν οὐρανοῖς καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς ὀνομάζεται,
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Ephesians 3:15The Bible in Living English
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15 from whom every father’s family in heaven and on earth takes its name
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Ephesians 3:15American Standard Version
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15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
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Ephesians 3:15The Emphasized Bible
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15 From whom every fatherhood in [the] heavens and upon the earth is named—
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Ephesians 3:15King James Version
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15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
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EphesiansWatch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
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3:15 w82 12/15 17; w78 2/1 3; hs 23; ad 564; g64 1/22 9; w62 352
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Ephesians Study Notes—Chapter 3New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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to whom every family . . . owes its name: The Greek word for “family” (pa·tri·aʹ), derived from the word for “father” (pa·terʹ), occurs only three times in the Christian Greek Scriptures. (Lu 2:4; Ac 3:25) It is broad in meaning and is not limited to a person’s immediate family. It is used several times in the Septuagint to translate a Hebrew term that in addition to referring to a household also means, by extension, a tribe, people, or nation. (Nu 1:4; 1Ch 16:28; Ps 22:27 [21:28 (27), LXX]) By saying that every family “owes its name” to God, Paul shows that all people, Jews and non-Jews alike, have their origin with Jehovah God, the Father.
every family in heaven: Jehovah God, the Father of his heavenly family, views the angels as sons. (Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7) Just as he calls the countless stars by name (Ps 147:4), he undoubtedly assigned names to the angels.—Jg 13:18.
every family . . . on earth: Every earthly family or line of descent “owes its name” to God because he established the first human family and permitted Adam and Eve to have children. (Ge 1:28; Mt 19:4, 5) However, Paul is not saying that Jehovah is responsible for naming every individual family group.
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