Ephesians 3:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 Of this I became a minister by the gift of God’s grace that was granted me in accord with the exercise of his power.(A) 8 To me, the very least of all the holy ones, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the inscrutable riches of Christ,(B) 9 and to bring to light [for all][a] what is the plan of the mystery hidden from ages past in God who created all things,(C)
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- 3:9 [For all]: while some think this phrase was added so as to yield the sense “to enlighten all about the plan…,” it is more likely that some manuscripts and Fathers omitted it accidentally or to avoid the idea that all conflicted with Paul’s assignment to preach to the Gentiles (Eph 3:8) specifically.
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