🛡️WEB · Ephesians 3:4

What does Ephesians 3:4 mean?

"by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;"

— Ephesians 3:4 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

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if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;

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

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by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;

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which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

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that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

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of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

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