Ephesians 3:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.”
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BSBPD
“from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Ephesians 3:15 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 65:15You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.
- Jeremiah 33:16In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
- Acts 11:26and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
- Ephesians 1:10as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
- Ephesians 1:21far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
- Philippians 2:9Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
- Colossians 1:20and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.
- Revelation 2:17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
- Revelation 3:12The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
- Revelation 5:8When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
- Revelation 7:4And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:
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