Ephesians 3:2 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἴ	ei	If	G1487 →
γε	ge	indeed	G1065 →
ἠκούσατε	ēkousate	you have heard of	G191 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
οἰκονομίαν	oikonomian	administration	G3622 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
χάριτος	charitos	grace	G5485 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
τῆς	tēs	which	G3588 →
δοθείσης	dotheisēs	having been given	G1325 →
μοι	moi	to me	G3165 →
εἰς	eis	toward	G1519 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 1:5
Through 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.
leads to
- Acts 9:15
  “Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Romans 16:26
  but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—
- Acts 6:7
  So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.
- Malachi 1:11
  For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name…
- 1 Corinthians 15:10
  But 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…
Through
2 Timothy 1:11
to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 2:7
  For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.
Through
1 Timothy 1:11
that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
leads to
- Titus 1:3
  In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.
- Galatians 2:7
  On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Colossians 1:25I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,1 Timothy 1:11that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.Colossians 1:25–27I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,Ephesians 3:7I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.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.2 Timothy 1:11to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.Galatians 1:15–16But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased Ephesians 4:7Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.1 Corinthians 4:1So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.Ephesians 1:10as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.Galatians 1:13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.1 Corinthians 9:17–22If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.Acts 13:2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”Acts 9:15“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.Acts 26:17–18I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them Acts 22:21Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.Romans 15:15–16However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me

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The record, by era

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The walk

Related verses

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About Ephesians