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Eph. 3:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Unto me, who am lessh than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable richesk of Christ;

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1 Cor. 15:9• ⁹For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God; (1 Cor. 15:9)

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Col. 1:27• ²⁷to whom God wished to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: (Col. 1:27)

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who am.

Prov. 30:2‑3• (Prov. 30:2‑3)

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Rom. 12:10• ¹⁰in brotherly love affectionate to one another; in honour anticipating one another; (Rom. 12:10)

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1 Cor. 15:9• ⁹For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God; (1 Cor. 15:9)

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Phil. 2:3• ³nothing in strifefulness, or vainglory, but in lowly-mindedness esteeming one another more excellent than themselves: (Phil. 2:3)

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1 Tim. 1:13,15• ¹³though before I was a blasphemer and persecutor and doer of outrage. But I had mercy shown me because I did [it] ignorantly in unbelief;
¹⁵Faithful [is] the word and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. (1 Tim. 1:13,15)

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1 Peter 5:5‑6• ⁵Likewise, ye younger, be subject to elders; and all of you bind on humility to one another; because God setteth himself against haughty ones, and giveth grace to lowly.
⁶Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time, (1 Peter 5:5‑6)

is this.

1 Chron. 17:16• (1 Chron. 17:16)

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1 Chron. 29:14‑15• (1 Chron. 29:14‑15)

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Acts 5:41• ⁴¹They therefore went their way from [the] presence of the council rejoicing that they were accounted worthy to be dishonoured for the Name. (Acts 5:41)

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Rom. 15:15‑17• ¹⁵But I have written to you, brethren, more boldly in measure, as reminding you on account of the grace that was given to me by God,
¹⁶in order to my being a minister of Jesus Christ unto the Gentiles, as a sacred rite ministering the gospel of God that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by [the] Holy Spirit.
¹⁷I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things relative to God. (Rom. 15:15‑17)

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Eph. 3:2• ²if indeed ye heard of the administration of the grace of God that was given me toward you; (Eph. 3:2)

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Gal. 1:16• ¹⁶to reveal his Son in me, that I should preach him among the nations, immediately I took not counsel with flesh and blood, (Gal. 1:16)

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Gal. 2:8• ⁸(for he that wrought in Peter for the apostleship of the circumcision, wrought in me also toward the nations), (Gal. 2:8)

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1 Tim. 2:7• ⁷to which I was appointed a preacher and apostle (I speak truth, I lie not), a teacher of Gentiles in faith and truth. (1 Tim. 2:7)

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2 Tim. 1:11• ¹¹whereunto I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher [of Gentiles]. (2 Tim. 1:11)

unsearchable.

Eph. 3:16,19• ¹⁶that he would give you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power by his Spirit into the inner man,
¹⁹and to know the love of the Christ that surpasseth knowledge, that ye may be filled to all the fullness of God. (Eph. 3:16,19)

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Eph. 1:7‑8• ⁷in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace,
⁸which he caused to abound toward us in all wisdom and intelligence, (Eph. 1:7‑8)

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Eph. 2:7• ⁷that he might show forth in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (Eph. 2:7)

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Psa. 31:19• (Psa. 31:19)

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John 1:16• ¹⁶and of his fullness all we received, and grace for grace. (John 1:16)

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Rom. 11:33• ³³O depth of God's riches and wisdom and knowledge! how unsearchable his judgments and untraceable his ways! (Rom. 11:33)

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1 Cor. 1:30• ³⁰But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption; (1 Cor. 1:30)

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1 Cor. 2:9• ⁹but, according as it is written, Things which eye saw not and ear heard not, and into man's heart entered not, all which God prepared for those that love him, (1 Cor. 2:9)

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Phil. 4:19• ¹⁹But my God will fully supply all your need according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 4:19)

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Col. 1:27• ²⁷to whom God wished to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: (Col. 1:27)

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Col. 2:1‑3• ¹For I wish you to know how great conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in flesh;
²that their hearts may be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding unto full knowledge of the mystery of God,
³in which are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Col. 2:1‑3)

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Rev. 3:18• ¹⁸I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire that thou mayest wax rich, and white garments that thou mayest be clothed and the shame of thy nakedness may not be manifested; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes that thou mayest see. (Rev. 3:18)

• No one could trace to the end, and in all its development in Him, the accomplishment of the counsels, and the revelation of the nature of God. They are the incomprehensible riches of a Christ in whom God reveals Himself, and in whom all God’s thoughts are accomplished and displayed. (“Ephesians 3” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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To me, less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, to announce among the nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of the Christ,

W. Kelly Translation

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To me who am less than the least of all saints was this grace given to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of the Christ,