King James Version

Ephesians 1:12

That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of the” (τῆς) before glory here.

εἰςeisThatεἰςpreposition — “That”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.Thatτὸtowhoὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “who”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.whoεἶναιeinaito existεἰμί (eimí)verb, present active infinitive — “to exist”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.Strong’s files this form under G1511 (εἶναι, exist).ἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.ἔπαινονepainonpraiseἔπαινος (epainos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “praise”, the object formG1868commendation, praise, approval.This verse uses “praise”.δόξηςdoxēsgloryδόξα (doxa)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “glory”, the of-formG1391honor, renown; glory, an especially divine quality, the unspoken manifestation of God, splendor.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.προηλπικόταςproēlpikotasfirst trustedπροελπίζω (proelpizō)verb, perfect active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “first trusted”, a completed action with a present resultG4276I hope before, am the first to hope.first trustedἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ΧριστῷchristōChristΧριστός (christos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the to- or for-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.Christ

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τῆςtēswhoὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “who”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for our being to the praise of His glory, [even] those who did first hope in the Christ,

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American Standard Version (1901)

to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

Young’s Literal Translation

for our being to the praise of His glory, [even] those who did first hope in the Christ,

World English Bible

to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ.

Darby Translation

that we should be to [the] praise of his glory who have pre-trusted in the Christ:

Douay-Rheims

That we may be unto the praise of his glory, we who before hoped Christ:

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