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The Mystery of the Gospel

Ephesians 3:7

In 9 translations

BSB
I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
KJV
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.
WEB
of which I was made a servant according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
ASV
whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
LSV
of which I became a servant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power;
YLT
of which I became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power;
DBY
of which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me, according to the working of his power.Elohim
DRC
Of which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which is given to me according to the operation of his power:
GNV
Whereof I am made a minister by the gift of the grace of God giuen vnto me through the effectuall working of his power.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐγενήθην (“I would be”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐγενόμην (“I was”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read τῆς (“which”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read τὴν (“which”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read δοθείσης (“having been given”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read δοθεῖσάν (“having been given”).
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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  • SBLGNT: ἐγενήθην. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐγενήθην; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐγενόμην.
  • SBLGNT: τῆς δοθείσης. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τῆς δοθείσης; Robinson–Pierpont read τὴν δοθεῖσάν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
οὗ ἐγενήθην διάκονος κατὰ τὴν δωρεὰν τῆς χάριτος τοῦ θεοῦ τῆς δοθείσης μοι κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ—
RP2018
οὗ ἐγενόμην διάκονος κατὰ τὴν δωρεὰν τῆς χάριτος τοῦ θεοῦ, τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ.
TR-Boyd
οὗ ἐγενόμην διάκονος κατὰ τὴν δωρεὰν τῆς χάριτος τοῦ Θεοῦ, τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ.
SCR1894
ου εγενομην διακονος κατα την δωρεαν της χαριτος του θεου την δοθεισαν μοι κατα την ενεργειαν της δυναμεως αυτου

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  • Ephesians 1:19and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
  • Ephesians 3:20Now to Him who is able to do so much more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
  • Ephesians 3:2Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
  • 2 Corinthians 3:6And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
  • Hebrews 13:21equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • Colossians 1:23–25if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. Now I…
  • Colossians 1:29To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.
  • 1 Corinthians 3:5What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
  • Romans 1:5Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
  • 1 Thessalonians 2:13And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
  • Romans 15:16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
  • 1 Timothy 1:14–15And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I…
  • 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
  • Isaiah 43:13Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”
  • Galatians 2:8For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.

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