Ephesians 3:1 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ Because of this I, Sha’ul, am the prisoner of יהושע  Messiah on behalf of you gentiles –

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ FOR THIS reason [because I preached that you are thus built up together], I, Paul, [am] the prisoner of Jesus the Christ for the sake and on behalf of you Gentiles–

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,—

Common English Bible

¹ This is why I, Paul, am a prisoner of Christ for you Gentiles.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ By reason of this grace, I, Paul, am a prisoner of Jesus Christ, for the sake of you Gentiles.

Ephesians 3:1 Cross References

Luke 21:12

“But before all this, they shall lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the congregations and prisons, and be brought before sovereigns and rulers for My Name’s sake.

Acts 21:33

Then the commander came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and was asking who he was and what he had done.

Acts 23:18

He indeed then took him and led him to the commander and said, “The prisoner Sha’ul called me to him and asked me to bring this young man to you, having somewhat to say to you.”

Acts 26:29

And Sha’ul said, “Much or little, I pray to Elohim that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become such as I also am, except for these chains.”

Acts 9:15

But the Master said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My Name before nations, sovereigns, and the children of Yisra’ĕ

2 Corinthians 1:6

And if we suffer pressure, it is for your comfort and deliverance, being worked out in enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort and deliverance.

2 Corinthians 10:1

And I, Sha’ul, myself appeal to you, through the meekness and gentleness of Messiah – I who am indeed lowly when face to face with you, but bold toward you when absent!

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they servants of Messiah? – I speak as beside myself – I am more, in labours much more, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times.

Galatians 5:11

And I, brothers, if I still proclaim circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling-block of the stake has been set aside.

Galatians 5:2

See, I, Sha’ul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Messiah shall be of no use to you.

Galatians 5:24

And those who are of Messiah have impaled the flesh with its passions and the desires.

Ephesians 3:11

according to the everlasting purpose which He made in Messiah יהושע  our Master,

Ephesians 3:13

I pray therefore, that you do not lose heart at my pressures on your behalf, which is your esteem.

Ephesians 3:8

To me, the very least of all the set-apart ones, this favour was given, to bring the Good News of the unsearchable riches of Messiah among the gentiles,

Ephesians 4:1

I call upon you therefore, I the prisoner of the Master, to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

Ephesians 6:20

for which I am an envoy in chains, that in it I might speak boldly, as I should speak.

Philippians 1:7

It is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, all of you being sharers of the favour with me, both in my chains and in the defence and confirmation of the Good News.

Colossians 1:24

who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in Messiah’s afflictions, for the sake of His Body, which is the assembly,

Colossians 4:18

This greeting is in my own hand – Sha’ul. Remember my chains. Favour be with you. Amĕ

Colossians 4:3

praying at the same time also for us, that Elohim would open to us a door for the word, to speak the secret of Messiah, for which I am also in chains,

2 Timothy 1:16

The Master grant compassion unto the household of Onesiphoros, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,

2 Timothy 1:8

So do not be ashamed of the witness of our Master, nor of me His prisoner, but suffer hardship with me for the Good News according to the power of Elohim,

Philemon 1:1

Sha’ul, a prisoner of Messiah יהושע, and Timothy the brother, to Philemon our beloved one and fellow worker,

Philemon 1:23

Epaphras, fellow prisoner of me in Messiah יהושע, greets you,

Philemon 1:9

because of love, I rather appeal – being such a one as Sha’ul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of יהושע  Messiah –

Revelation 2:10

“Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. See, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, in order to try you, and you shall have pressure ten days. Be trustworthy until death, and I shall give you the crown of life.