Ephesians 3:6 BSB — MannaFest

Ephesians 3:6

This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

BSB

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ASV

to wit, that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

KJV

That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ephesians 3:5-7 (420)

Now the meaning of fellow heirs is this: Just as there are many members in one body … and these, though in one body, have their differences and feel their own joy and grief in turn, so those who have believed in Christ, even if they have different gifts, are bonded together in the one body of Christ.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

That the gentiles are joint-heirs - Of God. And of the same body - Under Christ the head. And joint-partakers of his promise - The communion of the Holy Ghost.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs - This is the substance of that mystery which had been hidden from all ages, and which was now made known to the New Testament apostles and prophets, and more particularly to St. Paul. His promise in Christ - That the promise made to Abraham extended to the Gentiles, the apostle has largely proved in his Epistle to the Romans; and that it was to be fulfilled to them by and through Christ, he proves there also; and particularly in his Epistle to the Galatians, see Gal 3:

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἶναι	einai	being	G1511 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἔθνη	ethnē	Gentiles	G1484 →
συγκληρονόμα	sugklēronoma	joint-heirs	G4789 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
σύσσωμα	sussōma	a joint-body	G4954 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
συμμέτοχα	summetocha	joint-partakers	G4830 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
ἐπαγγελίας	epangelias	promise	G1860 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
Χριστῷ	Christō	Christ	G5547 →
Ἰησοῦ	Iēsou	Jesus	G2424 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
εὐαγγελίου,	euangeliou	gospel,	G2098 →

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
1 John 1:3
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 1:9
  God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
- John 17:3
  Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
- John 17:21
  that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
- Acts 4:20
  For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
Through
Galatians 3:14
He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
leads to
- Galatians 3:28–29
  There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Corinthians 12:13
  For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
Through
1 John 2:25
And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
leads to
- John 10:28
  I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- Titus 3:7
  so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Ephesians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Ephesians