This mystery is[a] that the Gentiles are (A)fellow heirs, (B)members of the same body, and (C)partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

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  1. Ephesians 3:6 The words This mystery is are inferred from verse 4

25 And this is the promise that he made to us[a](A)eternal life.

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  1. 1 John 2:25 Some manuscripts you

15 For (A)you did not receive (B)the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of (C)adoption as sons, by whom we cry, (D)“Abba! Father!” 16 (E)The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then (F)heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, (G)provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

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(A)that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed (B)our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

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(A)to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive (B)adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent (C)the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then (D)an heir through God.

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14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might (A)come to the Gentiles, so that (B)we might receive (C)the promised Spirit[a] through faith.

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  1. Galatians 3:14 Greek receive the promise of the Spirit

26 for in Christ Jesus (A)you are all sons of God, through faith. 27 For as many of you as (B)were baptized (C)into Christ have (D)put on Christ. 28 (E)There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave[a] nor free, (F)there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And (G)if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, (H)heirs according to promise.

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  1. Galatians 3:28 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

19 and (A)not (B)holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.

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13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were (A)far off have been brought near (B)by the blood of Christ. 14 For (C)he himself is our peace, (D)who has made us both one and has broken down (E)in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in (F)ordinances, that he might create in himself one (G)new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might (H)reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and (I)preached peace to you who were (J)far off and peace to those who were (K)near. 18 For (L)through him we both have (M)access in (N)one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer (O)strangers and aliens,[a] but you are (P)fellow citizens with the saints and (Q)members of the household of God, 20 (R)built on the foundation of the (S)apostles and prophets, (T)Christ Jesus himself being (U)the cornerstone, 21 (V)in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into (W)a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him (X)you also are being built together (Y)into a dwelling place for God by[b] the Spirit.

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  1. Ephesians 2:19 Or sojourners
  2. Ephesians 2:22 Or in

Therefore (A)do not become partners with them;

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15 Rather, (A)speaking the truth in love, we are to (B)grow up in every way into him who is (C)the head, into Christ, 16 (D)from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, (E)when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

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One Body with Many Members

12 For just as (A)the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, (B)so it is with Christ.

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For (A)as in one body we have many members,[a] and the members do not all have the same function, so we, (B)though many, (C)are one body in Christ, and individually (D)members one of another.

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  1. Romans 12:4 Greek parts; also verse 5

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