Ephesians 3:3

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.”

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BSBPD

“that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few <FI>words<Fi> --”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ephesians 3:3 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Acts 22:17Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
  2. Acts 22:21Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
  3. Acts 23:9A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
  4. Acts 26:15‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
  5. Romans 11:25I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
  6. Romans 16:25Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
  7. 1 Corinthians 2:9Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
  8. Galatians 1:12I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
  9. Galatians 1:16to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,
  10. Ephesians 1:9And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
  11. Ephesians 1:17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
  12. Ephesians 2:11Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—
  13. Ephesians 3:4In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,
  14. Ephesians 3:9and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
  15. Colossians 1:26the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.

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