Ephesians 3:1
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For this cause I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles—
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,—
For this reason [because I preach that you and believing Jews are joint heirs] I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—
For this reason [because I preached that you are thus built up together], I, Paul, [am] the prisoner of Jesus the Christ for the sake and on behalf of you Gentiles—
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—
This is why I, Paul, am a prisoner of Christ for you Gentiles.
It is a consequence of this that I, Sha’ul, am a prisoner of the Messiah Yeshua on behalf of you Gentiles.
Christ Jesus made me his prisoner, so I could help you Gentiles.
For this reason *I* Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations,
For this reason, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you the Gentiles—
For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, for you Gentiles;
So I, Paul, am a prisoner because I serve Christ Jesus for you who are not Jews.
That is why I pray for you. I, Paul, am in prison because I serve Christ Jesus. He has sent me to help you Gentiles.
For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—
For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—
For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—
·So [For this reason] I, Paul, a prisoner [C Paul is probably writing from house arrest in Rome, about ad 60; see Acts 28:30–31] of Christ Jesus ·for [for the sake of] you Gentiles—[C Paul is about to pray for the Ephesians, but instead digresses into a description of his ministry until v. 14].
1 He declareth that therefore he suffered many things of the Jews, 3 because he preached the mystery touching the salvation of the Gentiles, 8 at God’s commandment. 13 After he desired the Ephesians not to faint for his afflictions. 14 And for this cause he prayeth unto God, 18 that they may understand the great love of Christ. For this cause, I Paul am the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles.
This is the reason I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus  for those of you who are not Jewish.
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles, pray to God.
For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—
So I, Paul, am a prisoner of Christ Jesus. I am a prisoner for you who are not Jews.
For this reason I, Paul, am the prisoner of the Messiah Jesus for the sake of you gentiles.
It is in this great cause that I, Paul, have become Christ’s prisoner for you Gentiles.
¶ For this cause I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—
On account of this I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles
I, Paul, the servant of Christ, am here in jail because of you—for preaching that you Gentiles are a part of God’s house.
This is why I, Paul, am in jail for Christ, having taken up the cause of you outsiders, so-called. I take it that you’re familiar with the part I was given in God’s plan for including everybody. I got the inside story on this from God himself, as I just wrote you in brief.
For this reason I, Paul, am the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles.
For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you · Gentiles—
This is the reason I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Yeshua for those of you who are not Jewish.
Because of this, I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ [Jesus] for you Gentiles—
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—
This is the reason why I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—
So I, Paul, am a prisoner of Christ Jesus for you who are not Jews.
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles
I, Paul, am a prisoner because of Christ Jesus. I am in prison because of my work among you who are Gentiles.
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles –
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles—
I, Paul, am in prison because I am a missionary for Jesus Christ to you who are not Jews.
When I think of all this, I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the benefit of you Gentiles . . .
For this then I, Paul, am in the bonds of Jesus Christ, for the sake of you who are heathen –
This is the reason that I Paul am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—
This is the reason that I Paul am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—
This is the reason that I Paul am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—
This is the reason that I, Paul, am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you gentiles,
It’s because of all this that I, Paul, the prisoner of Messiah Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles . . .
For this cause, I, Sha’ul, the prisoner of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua for you Goyim,
For this reason, I, Paul, am the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles.
For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—
For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—
For this reason I, Paul, am a prisoner of Messiah Yeshua for the sake of you Gentiles.
All this is exactly why I, Paul, am a prisoner of Jesus the Anointed, His representative to the outsider nations.
For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
That is why I, Paul, am a prisoner who belongs to Jesus Christ. It is for the sake of you people who are not Jews.
For the grace of this thing I Paul, the bound of Christ Jesus [the bound of Jesus Christ], for you heathen men,
For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,
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