King James Version

Ephesians 3:6

That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “Jesus” (Ἰησοῦ) before through here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of him” (αὐτοῦ) before in here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τῷ) before Christ here.

εἶναιeinaito existεἰμί (eimí)verb, present active infinitive — “to exist”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.Strong’s files this form under G1511 (εἶναι, exist).should beτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἔθνηethnēGentile nationἔθνος (ethnos)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “Gentile nation”, the object formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.συγκληρονόμαsunklēronomafellowheirsσυγκληρονόμος (sunklēronomos)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “fellowheirs”, the object formG4789a joint heir, participant.fellowheirsκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andσύσσωμαsussōmaof the same bodyσύσσωμος (sussōmos)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “of the same body”, the object formG4954belonging to the same body; fig: of Jews and Gentiles belonging to the same Church.of the same bodyκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andσυμμέτοχαsummetochapartakersσυμμέτοχος (summetochos)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “partakers”, the object formG4830jointly partaking.partakersτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐπαγγελίαςepangeliaspromiseἐπαγγελία (epangelia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “promise”, the of-formG1860a promise.promiseἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inΧριστῷchristōChristΧριστός (christos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the to- or for-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.ChristἸησοῦiēsouJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the to- or for-formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.διὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.εὐαγγελίουeuangeliougospelεὐαγγέλιον (euangelion)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “gospel”, the of-formG2098the good news of the coming of the Messiah, the gospel; the gen. after it expresses sometimes the giver (God), sometimes the subject (the Messiah, etc.), sometimes the human transmitter (an apostle).the gospel

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

αὐτοῦautouof hisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

that the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,

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American Standard Version (1901)

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,

Young’s Literal Translation

that the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,

World English Bible

that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

Darby Translation

that [they who are of] the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of [his] promise in Christ Jesus by the glad tidings;

Douay-Rheims

That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and co-partners of his promise in Christ Jesus, by the gospel:

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