Ephesians 3:6
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
Study Note
Study Note
The 'mystery' hidden for ages but now revealed is defined in precise terms: the Gentiles are 'fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.' The three 'co-' compounds (fellow-heirs, co-body, co-partakers) in the Greek emphasize the radical equality of Jew and Gentile in the new community — not a two-tier system where Gentiles are attached to an essentially Jewish entity but full co-participants. Galatians 3:28 ('neither Jew nor Greek… all one in Christ Jesus') provides the declarative parallel, while Ephesians 3:6 provides the content: co-inheritance of a single promise. This mystery-revelation structure (hidden in ages past, now disclosed) drives Paul's theology of redemptive history in Romans 16:25-26 and Colossians 1:26-27.
Other Translations
to wit, that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,
that the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,
Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news,
Cross References
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, …
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, …
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, …
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of …
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.