Bible Strands
Ephesians 3:6
This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul addresses the Ephesian church to explain a divine mystery now revealed by the Spirit to the apostles and prophets, following his own appointment as a minister of this gospel.
The words — συγκληρονόμα (sugklēronoma) denotes joint-heirs, and συμμέτοχα (summetocha) denotes joint-partakers, both emphasizing shared status rather than individual privilege.
The thread — This inclusion of Gentiles parallels Galatians 3:26, Romans 8:15, and Galatians 3:14, which trace the same expansion of Abrahamic blessing and sonship to all nations through faith.
Why it lands — The text states that Gentiles share equal inheritance, bodily membership, and promise fulfillment with Jewish believers in Christ, requiring readers to abandon ethnic hierarchy and accept full covenant inclusion without merit.
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The Greek words
King James Version
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
Cross-references
- Galatians 3:26 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 8:15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
- Galatians 3:14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
- 1 John 1:3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
- 1 John 2:25 And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
- 1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.
- Galatians 4:5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
- Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
- Colossians 2:19 He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
- Ephesians 5:30 For we are members of His body.