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Ephesians 3

Eph. 3:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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That
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
the Gentiles
ethnos (Greek #1484)
a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan)
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: eth'-nos
Origin: probably from 1486
should be
einai (Greek #1511)
to exist
KJV usage: am, was. come, is, X lust after, X please well, there is, to be, was.
Pronounce: i'-nahee
Origin: present infinitive from 1510
fellowheirs
sugkleronomos (Greek #4789)
a co-heir, i.e. (by analogy) participant in common
KJV usage: fellow (joint)-heir, heir together, heir with.
Pronounce: soong-klay-ron-om'-os
Origin: from 4862 and 2818
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
of the same body
sussomos (Greek #4954)
of a joint body, i.e. (figuratively) a fellow-member of the Christian community
KJV usage: of the same body.
Pronounce: soos'-so-mos
Origin: from 4862 and 4983
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
partakers
summetochos (Greek #4830)
a co-participant
KJV usage: partaker.
Pronounce: soom-met'-okh-os
Origin: from 4862 and 3353
of his
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
promise
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
epaggelia (Greek #1860)
an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good)
KJV usage: message, promise.
Pronounce: ep-ang-el-ee'-ah
Origin: from 1861
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
Christ
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
by
dia (Greek #1223)
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
KJV usage: after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) ... fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
Pronounce: dee-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act
the gospel
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
euaggelion (Greek #2098)
a good message, i.e. the gospel
KJV usage: gospel.
Pronounce: yoo-ang-ghel'-ee-on
Origin: from the same as 2097
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Ministry on This Verse

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the Gentiles.
Eph. 2:13‑22• 13but now in Christ Jesus ye that were once far off have become nigh by the blood of the Christ.
 14For he is our peace that made both one, and broke down the middle wall of the fence,
 15having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of the commandments in ordinances, that he might create the two in himself into one new man, making peace,
 16and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity in it.
 17And having come he preached peace to you that were afar off and peace to those that were nigh.
 18For through him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
 19So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints and of the household of God,
 20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner-stone,
 21in whom all the building fitted together increaseth unto a holy temple in [the] Lord,
 22in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God in [the] Spirit. (Eph. 2:13‑22)
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Rom. 8:15‑17• 15For ye received not a spirit of bondage again unto fear, but ye received a Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry Abba Father.
 16The Spirit itself jointly testifieth with our Spirit that we are God's children;
 17and, if children, heirs also; heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; if at least we suffer together, that we may also together be glorified. (Rom. 8:15‑17)
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Gal. 3:26‑29• 26for ye all are sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
 27For as many of you as were baptized unto Christ, put on Christ.
 28There is no Jew nor Greek, there is no bondservant nor freeman, there is no male and female; for all ye are one in Christ Jesus.
 29And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise. (Gal. 3:26‑29)
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Gal. 4:5‑7• 5that he might buy those under law, that we might receive our sonship.
 6But because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba Father.
 7So that thou art no longer a bondservant but a son; and if a son, an heir also of God through Christ. (Gal. 4:5‑7)
the same.
Eph. 4:15‑16• 15but, holding the truth in love, let us grow up unto him in all things, who is the head, Christ,
 16from whom all the body, being fitted together and compacted by every joint of supply, according to [the] working in [the] measure of each one part, worketh the increase of the body for edifying of itself in love. (Eph. 4:15‑16)
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Eph. 5:30• 30for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. (Eph. 5:30)
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Rom. 12:4‑5• 4For just as in one body we have many members, but the members have not all the same function,
 5so we, the many, are one body in Christ, but individually members of one another. (Rom. 12:4‑5)
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1 Cor. 12:12,27• 12For even as the body is one and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.
 27Now ye are Christ's body, and members in particular. (1 Cor. 12:12,27)
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Col. 2:19• 19and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and knit together by the joints and bands, increaseth with the increase of God. (Col. 2:19)
partakers.
Gal. 3:14• 14that unto the nations the blessing of Abraham might come in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (Gal. 3:14)
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1 John 1:3• 3that which we have seen and have heard we report to you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us; yea, and our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. (1 John 1:3)
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1 John 2:25• 25And this is the promise which he promised us, life eternal. (1 John 2:25)
• That they {the Gentiles} should be co-heirs {with the Jews}, and of the same body, all distinction being lost, had indeed been entirely hid in God (part of His eternal purpose before the world was), but formed no part of the history of the world, nor of the ways of God respecting it, nor of the revealed promises of God. (“Ephesians 3” by J.N. Darby)
• The promises of God to Abraham, and the promise of God in Christ, are two things not only different but contrasted. (“Remarks on Ephesians 3:1-13” by W. Kelly)
• “Fellowheirs?” With whom? With Christ, and with the Jew in Christ. (“Remarks on Ephesians 3:1-13” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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that they who are of the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus by the glad tidings;

W. Kelly Translation

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that the nations are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and fellow-partakers of the promises in Christ Jesus by the gospel,