1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: 3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; 6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. 8 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; 9 And to make all [men] see what [is] the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly [places] might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, 11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: 12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. 13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 21 Unto him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Efesios · Versión King James (con apócrifos)
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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)