diff --git a/eph/03/01.md b/eph/03/01.md index e5322dcbe1..77ec2874ef 100644 --- a/eph/03/01.md +++ b/eph/03/01.md @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -# Connecting Statement: +# For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles— -To make clear the hidden truth about the church to believers, Paul refers back to the oneness of Jews and Gentiles and the temple of which believers are now a part. +Paul started a sentence, but he did not finish it. -# Because of this +# For this reason -"Because of God's grace to you" +This refers to what Paul was speaking about in chapter 2. Alternate translation: "Because of God's grace to you Gentiles" or "Because God has made you Gentiles members of his household" # the prisoner of Christ Jesus -"the one whom Christ Jesus has put in prison" +Paul was in prison because people did not like him preaching about Christ Jesus. Alternate translation: "The prisoner for Christ Jesus" or "the prisoner for preaching about Christ Jesus"