1 By reason of this grace, I, Paul, am a prisoner of Jesus Christ, for the sake of you Gentiles. 2 Now certainly, you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God, which has been given to me among you: 3 that, by means of revelation, the mystery was made known to me, just as I have written above in a few words. 4 Yet, by reading this closely, you might be able to understand my prudence in the mystery of Christ. 5 In other generations, this was unknown to the sons of men, even as it has now been revealed to his holy Apostles and Prophets in the Spirit, 6 so that the Gentiles would be co-heirs, and of the same body, and partners together, by his promise in Christ Jesus, through the Gospel. 7 Of this Gospel, I have been made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which has been given to me by means of the operation of his virtue. 8 Although I am the least of all the saints, I have been given this grace: to evangelize among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, 9 and to enlighten everyone concerning the dispensation of the mystery, hidden before the ages in God who created all things, 10 so that the manifold wisdom of God may become well-known to the principalities and powers in the heavens, through the Church, 11 according to that timeless purpose, which he has formed in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12 In him we trust, and so we approach with confidence, through his faith. 13 Because of this, I ask you not to be weakened by my tribulations on your behalf; for this is your glory. 14 By reason of this grace, I bend my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom all paternity in heaven and on earth takes its name. 16 And I ask him to grant to you to be strengthened in virtue by his Spirit, in accord with the wealth of his glory, in the inner man, 17 so that Christ may live in your hearts through a faith rooted in, and founded on, charity. 18 So may you be able to embrace, with all the saints, what is the width and length and height and depth 19 of the charity of Christ, and even be able to know that which surpasses all knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do all things, more abundantly than we could ever ask or understand, by means of the virtue which is at work in us: 21 to him be glory, in the Church and in Christ Jesus, throughout every generation, forever and ever. Amen.
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Referencias cruzadas (21)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Colosenses 1:24; 2 Timoteo 1:8; Efesios 4:1; Efesios 6:20; Filipenses 1:13–16
- 2 1 Timoteo 1:11; Colosenses 1:25–27; Gálatas 1:15–16; Romanos 1:5; 2 Timoteo 1:11
- 3 Gálatas 1:12; Romanos 16:25; Efesios 1:9–11; Efesios 3:9; Colosenses 1:26–27
- 4 Colosenses 4:3; 2 Corintios 11:6; 1 Corintios 4:1; 1 Corintios 2:6–7; Colosenses 2:2
- 5 1 Pedro 1:10–12; 2 Pedro 3:2; Judas 17; Tito 1:1–3; Efesios 2:20
- 6 Gálatas 3:26–29; Gálatas 3:14; Romanos 8:15–17; 1 Juan 1:3; 1 Juan 2:25
- 7 Efesios 1:19; 2 Corintios 3:6; Efesios 3:2; Efesios 3:20; Hebreos 13:21
- 8 1 Corintios 15:9; Colosenses 1:27; 1 Timoteo 1:13; Efesios 3:16; Efesios 2:7
- 9 Colosenses 1:26; Mateo 13:35; 2 Timoteo 1:9; Colosenses 3:3; Hebreos 3:3–4
- 10 1 Pedro 1:12; Efesios 6:12; 1 Corintios 2:7; Romanos 11:33; Efesios 1:3
- 11 2 Timoteo 1:9; Efesios 1:11; Efesios 1:4; Romanos 9:11; Isaías 46:10–11
- 12 Efesios 2:18; Romanos 5:2; Hebreos 4:14–16; Hebreos 10:19–22; Juan 14:6
- 13 2 Tesalonicenses 3:13; Colosenses 1:24; Isaías 40:30–31; 2 Corintios 1:6; Filipenses 1:12–14
- 14 Efesios 1:16–19; Salmo 95:6; Filipenses 2:10; Hechos 21:5; Efesios 1:3
- 15 Efesios 1:10; Apocalipsis 5:8–14; Efesios 1:21; Apocalipsis 2:17; Jeremías 33:16
- 16 Colosenses 1:11; Filipenses 4:13; Isaías 40:29–31; Isaías 41:10; Zacarías 10:12
- 17 Colosenses 2:7; Juan 14:23; 1 Juan 4:16; Gálatas 2:20; Romanos 5:5
- 18 Salmo 103:11–12; Job 11:7–9; Efesios 1:18–23; Juan 15:13; Efesios 3:19
- 19 Efesios 1:23; Colosenses 2:9–10; Colosenses 1:10; 1 Juan 4:9–14; 2 Corintios 5:14
- 20 2 Corintios 9:8; Romanos 4:21; Jeremías 32:27; 1 Corintios 2:9; Judas 24
- 21 Judas 25; Romanos 11:36; 2 Pedro 3:18; Apocalipsis 7:12–17; 1 Pedro 5:11
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
Lo que dijeron los Padres
Pasajes de los Padres de la Iglesia que comentan o citan este capítulo, tal como aparecen en la edición de Schaff (traducciones inglesas del siglo XIX, de dominio público). Los textos están en inglés.
Cómo se eligieron
«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
We relate how it came to pass,--she leapeth for joy, and triumpheth, and blesseth Thee, who art "able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think; for she perceived Thee to have given her more for me than she used to ask by her pitiful and most doleful groanings.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… we also say like the Apostle, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and God of all consolation: and, We bow our knees unto the Father from whom all fatherhood in heaven and on earth is named: glorifying Him with the Only-begotten: for he that denieth the Father, denieth the Son …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… Ghost, which is given unto us;" and where, "concerning spiritual gifts," he teacheth and showeth unto us a more excellent way of charity; and where he bows his knees unto Thee for us, that we may know the super-eminent knowledge of the love of Christ. And, therefore, from the beginning was He super-eminently "borne above the waters." To whom shall …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… says, For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you; and again Paul saith, For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, and the rest;...that He would grant you to be strengthened by His Spirit.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Now this is a meek and lowly herb, and yet nothing is stronger and more penetrating than its roots; that being rooted and grounded in love, we may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, --that is, to comprehend the cross of our Lord, the breadth of which is indicated …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)