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The Mystery of the Gospel

Ephesians 3:11

In 9 translations

BSB
according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
KJV
According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
WEB
according to the eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
ASV
according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
LSV
according to a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,
YLT
according to a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,
DBY
according to [the] purpose of the ages, which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord,
DRC
According to the eternal purpose, which he made, in Christ Jesus our Lord:
GNV
According to the eternall purpose, which he wrought in Christ Iesus our Lord:

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include τῷ (“the”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: τῷ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τῷ; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
κατὰ πρόθεσιν τῶν αἰώνων ἣν ἐποίησεν ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν,
RP2018
κατὰ πρόθεσιν τῶν αἰώνων ἣν ἐποίησεν ἐν χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν·
TR-Boyd
κατὰ πρόθεσιν τῶν αἰώνων ἣν ἐποίησεν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν·
SCR1894
κατα προθεσιν των αιωνων ην εποιησεν εν χριστω ιησου τω κυριω ημων

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Timothy 1:9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
  • Ephesians 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
  • Ephesians 1:4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
  • Romans 9:11Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
  • Isaiah 46:10–11I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’ I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My…
  • Ephesians 1:9And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
  • Isaiah 14:24–27The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand. I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people,…
  • Romans 8:28–30And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that…
  • Jeremiah 51:29The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

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