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Paul’s Prayer for the Ephesians

Ephesians 3:14

In 9 translations

BSB
... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,BYZ and TR before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
KJV
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
WEB
For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
ASV
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father,
LSV
For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
YLT
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
DBY
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ],
DRC
For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
GNV
For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ,

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ (“of the Lord of us Jesus Christ”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: πατέρα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πατέρα; Robinson–Pierpont add τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Τούτου χάριν κάμπτω τὰ γόνατά μου πρὸς τὸν πατέρα,
RP2018
Τούτου χάριν κάμπτω τὰ γόνατά μου πρὸς τὸν πατέρα τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ,
TR-Boyd
Τούτου χάριν κάμπτω τὰ γόνατά μου πρὸς τὸν πατέρα τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ,
SCR1894
τουτου χαριν καμπτω τα γονατα μου προς τον πατερα του κυριου ημων ιησου χριστου

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 95:6O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
  • Ephesians 1:16–19I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him. I ask that…
  • Philippians 2:10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
  • Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
  • Acts 21:5But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
  • Isaiah 45:23By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.
  • Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to…
  • Ezra 9:5At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
  • Luke 22:41And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
  • 1 Kings 19:18Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
  • Acts 20:36When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.
  • 2 Chronicles 6:13Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread…
  • 1 Kings 8:54Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.
  • Acts 9:40Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
  • Acts 7:60Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

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