Ephesians 3:8

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,”

— WEB

“Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;”

— KJV

“Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;”

— ASV

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1 Corinthians 15:9 "For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God."
Colossians 1:27 "to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the ho…"
1 Timothy 1:13 "although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief."
Ephesians 2:7 "that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;"
Ephesians 3:16 "that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;"
Romans 11:33 "Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!"
Galatians 1:16 "to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn’t immediately confer with flesh and blood,"
1 Timothy 2:7 "to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and …"

Commentary

am--Not merely was I in times past, but I still am the least worthy of so high an office (compare Ti1 1:15, end). least of all saints--not merely "of all apostles" (Co1 15:9-10). is--Greek, "has been given." among--omitted in the oldest manuscripts Translate, "to announce to the Gentiles the glad tidings of the unsearchable (Job 5:9) riches," namely, of Christ's grace (Eph 1:7; Eph 2:7). Rom 11:33, "unsearchable" as a mine inexhaustible, whose treasures can never be fully explored (Eph 3:18-19).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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