1 For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, for you Gentiles; 2 If yet you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me towards you: 3 How that, according to revelation, the mystery has been made known to me, as I have written above in a few words; 4 As you reading, may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ, 5 Which in other generations was not known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit: 6 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and co-partners of his promise in Christ Jesus, by the gospel: 7 Of which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which is given to me according to the operation of his power: 8 To me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles, the unsearchable riches of Christ, 9 And to enlighten all men, that they may see what is the dispensation of the mystery which hath been hidden from eternity in God, who created all things: 10 That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church, 11 According to the eternal purpose, which he made, in Christ Jesus our Lord: 12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. 13 Wherefore I pray you not to faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. 14 For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named, 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened by his Spirit with might unto the inward man, 17 That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts; that being rooted and founded in charity, 18 You may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and height, and depth: 19 To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge, that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do all things more abundantly than we desire or understand, according to the power that worketh in us; 21 To him be glory in the church, and in Christ Jesus unto all generations, world without end. Amen.
Efesios · Douay-Rheims (revisión Challoner), edición estadounidense de 1899
Efesios 3 Douay-Rheims (revisión Challoner), edición estadounidense de 1899
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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)