Ephesians 1:16

1:16 I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you ¹  in my prayers.

Ephesians 2:21

2:21 In him ²  the whole building, ³  being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

Ephesians 3:3

3:3 that ⁴  by revelation the divine secret ⁵  was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly. ⁶ 

Ephesians 3:21

3:21 to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 5:26

5:26 to sanctify her by cleansing her ⁷  with the washing of the water by the word,

Ephesians 6:20

6:20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may be able to speak boldly as I ought to speak.

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¹ tn Grk “making mention [of you].”

² tn Grk “in whom” (v. 21 is a relative clause, subordinate to v. 20).

³ tc Although several important witnesses (א¹ A C P 6 81 326 1739^c 1881) have πᾶσα ἡ οἰκοδομή (pasa Jh oikodomh), instead of πᾶσα οἰκοδομή (the reading of א* B D F G Ψ 33 1739* Ï), the article is almost surely a scribal addition intended to clarify the meaning of the text, for with the article the meaning is unambiguously “the whole building.”

tn Or “every building.” Although “every building” is a more natural translation of the Greek, it does not fit as naturally into the context, which (with its emphasis on corporate unity) seems to stress the idea of one building.

⁴ tn Or “namely, that is.”

⁵ tn Or “mystery.”

⁶ tn Or “as I wrote above briefly.”

sn As I wrote briefly may refer to the author’s brief discussion of the divine secret in 1:9.

⁷ tn The direct object “her” is implied, but not found in the Greek text. It has been supplied in the English translation to clarify the sense of the passage.