Ephesians 3:8 To me, [though I am] the very least of all the saints (God’s people), this grace [which is undeserved] was graciously given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the ...

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Amplified Bible - To me, [though I am] the very least of all the saints (God’s people), this grace [which is undeserved] was graciously given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the good news of the incomprehensible riches of Christ [that spiritual wealth which no one can fully understand],
新标点和合本 - 我本来比众圣徒中最小的还小，然而他还赐我这恩典，叫我把基督那测不透的丰富传给外邦人，
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 虽然我比众圣徒中最小的还小，他还赐我这恩典，让我把基督那测不透的丰富传给外邦人，
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 虽然我比众圣徒中最小的还小，他还赐我这恩典，让我把基督那测不透的丰富传给外邦人，
当代译本 - 我本来比最卑微的圣徒还卑微，却蒙上帝赐我这恩典，让我把基督那测不透的丰富传给外族人，
圣经新译本 - 我本来比圣徒中最小的还小，　神还是赐给我这恩典，要我把基督那测不透的丰富传给外族人，
中文标准译本 - 我在所有圣徒中，比最小的还小，但被赐予了这恩典，是为了把基督那无法测度的丰盛传给外邦人；
现代标点和合本 - 我本来比众圣徒中最小的还小，然而他还赐我这恩典，叫我把基督那测不透的丰富传给外邦人，
和合本（拼音版） - 我本来比众圣徒中最小的还小，然而他还赐我这恩典，叫我把基督那测不透的丰富传给外邦人。
New International Version - Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ,
New International Reader's Version - I am by far the least important of all the Lord’s holy people. But he gave me the grace to preach to the Gentiles about the unlimited riches that Christ gives.
English Standard Version - To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
New Living Translation - Though I am the least deserving of all God’s people, he graciously gave me the privilege of telling the Gentiles about the endless treasures available to them in Christ.
The Message - And so here I am, preaching and writing about things that are way over my head, the inexhaustible riches and generosity of Christ. My task is to bring out in the open and make plain what God, who created all this in the first place, has been doing in secret and behind the scenes all along. Through followers of Jesus like yourselves gathered in churches, this extraordinary plan of God is becoming known and talked about even among the angels!
Christian Standard Bible - This grace was given to me — the least of all the saints — to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of Christ,
New American Standard Bible - To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ,
New King James Version - To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
American Standard Version - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
King James Version - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
New English Translation - To me – less than the least of all the saints – this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
World English Bible - To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
新標點和合本 - 我本來比眾聖徒中最小的還小，然而他還賜我這恩典，叫我把基督那測不透的豐富傳給外邦人，
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 雖然我比眾聖徒中最小的還小，他還賜我這恩典，讓我把基督那測不透的豐富傳給外邦人，
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 雖然我比眾聖徒中最小的還小，他還賜我這恩典，讓我把基督那測不透的豐富傳給外邦人，
當代譯本 - 我本來比最卑微的聖徒還卑微，卻蒙上帝賜我這恩典，讓我把基督那測不透的豐富傳給外族人，
聖經新譯本 - 我本來比聖徒中最小的還小，　神還是賜給我這恩典，要我把基督那測不透的豐富傳給外族人，
呂振中譯本 - 這恩典賜給了我，竟給我這比眾聖徒最小的還小的人，叫我把基督那追尋不盡之豐富傳給外國人，
中文標準譯本 - 我在所有聖徒中，比最小的還小，但被賜予了這恩典，是為了把基督那無法測度的豐盛傳給外邦人；
現代標點和合本 - 我本來比眾聖徒中最小的還小，然而他還賜我這恩典，叫我把基督那測不透的豐富傳給外邦人，
文理和合譯本 - 我在聖徒中、乃微之又微者、尚蒙此恩、俾以基督莫測之富有宣諸異邦、
文理委辦譯本 - 然我在聖徒中、微而又微者也、上帝賜恩、使我於異邦中、傳基督之富有、人不可測、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我在眾聖徒中、雖為至微者、猶蒙天主賜恩、使我於異邦人中、傳基督不可測之富有、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 夫我乃諸聖中之至微者、竟亦蒙此殊恩、得在異邦人中弘宣基督不可思議之厚澤、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Aunque soy el más insignificante de todos los santos, recibí esta gracia de predicar a las naciones las incalculables riquezas de Cristo,
현대인의 성경 - 하나님께서 모든 성도들 가운데서 가장 보잘것없는 나에게 이 은혜를 주신 것은 그리스도의 풍성하신 기쁜 소식을 이방인들에게 전하게 하시고
Новый Русский Перевод - Я – самый незначительный из всех святых, и мне была дана эта благодать: возвещать язычникам Радостную Весть о неизмеримом богатстве Христа.
Восточный перевод - Я – самый незначительный из всего святого народа Всевышнего, но мне была дана эта привилегия: возвещать язычникам Радостную Весть о неизмеримом богатстве Масиха.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Я – самый незначительный из всего святого народа Аллаха, но мне была дана эта привилегия: возвещать язычникам Радостную Весть о неизмеримом богатстве аль-Масиха.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Я – самый незначительный из всего святого народа Всевышнего, но мне была дана эта привилегия: возвещать язычникам Радостную Весть о неизмеримом богатстве Масеха.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Oui, c’est à moi, le plus petit de tous les membres du peuple saint, que Dieu a fait cette grâce d’annoncer aux non-Juifs les richesses insondables de Christ
リビングバイブル - 私はそのような資格の全くない者で、クリスチャンの中で最も役立たずの人間です。それにもかかわらず、キリストのうちにある無限の富が外国人にも与えられるという計画を伝える者として、こんな私が選ばれたのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - Ἐμοὶ τῷ ἐλαχιστοτέρῳ πάντων ἁγίων ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις αὕτη, τοῖς ἔθνεσιν εὐαγγελίσασθαι τὸ ἀνεξιχνίαστον πλοῦτος τοῦ Χριστοῦ
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἐμοὶ τῷ, ἐλαχιστοτέρῳ πάντων ἁγίων, ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις αὕτη, τοῖς ἔθνεσιν εὐαγγελίσασθαι, τὸ ἀνεξιχνίαστον πλοῦτος τοῦ Χριστοῦ;
Nova Versão Internacional - Embora eu seja o menor dos menores de todos os santos, foi-me concedida esta graça de anunciar aos gentios as insondáveis riquezas de Cristo
Hoffnung für alle - Ausgerechnet ich, der geringste unter allen Christen, darf den anderen Völkern verkünden, welchen unermesslichen Reichtum Christus für jeden von uns bereithält.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Dù tôi kém cỏi nhất trong mọi tín hữu, Chúa đã dùng tôi truyền giảng Phúc Âm cho Dân Ngoại, tức là trình bày sự phong phú vô hạn của Chúa Cứu Thế,
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แม้ข้าพเจ้าต่ำต้อยกว่าผู้เล็กน้อยที่สุดในประชากรทั้งหมดของพระเจ้า ข้าพเจ้าก็ได้รับพระคุณนี้ คือได้ประกาศแก่คนต่างชาติถึงความไพบูลย์อันสุดจะหยั่งได้ของพระคริสต์
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แม้ข้าพเจ้าจะเป็นคนด้อยสุดในบรรดาผู้บริสุทธิ์ของพระเจ้าก็ตาม ข้าพเจ้ายังได้รับพระคุณนี้ เพื่อประกาศความยิ่งใหญ่อันมิอาจหยั่งถึงของพระคริสต์แก่บรรดาคนนอก

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1 Corinthians 1:30 - But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God [revealing His plan of salvation], and righteousness [making us acceptable to God], and sanctification [making us holy and setting us apart for God], and redemption [providing our ransom from the penalty for sin],
Philippians 2:3 - Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit [through factional motives, or strife], but with [an attitude of] humility [being neither arrogant nor self-righteous], regard others as more important than yourselves.
Romans 15:15 - Still, on some points I have written to you very boldly and without reservation to remind you [about them] again, because of the grace that was given to me from God,
Romans 15:16 - to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I minister as a priest the gospel of God, in order that my offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable [to Him], sanctified [made holy and set apart for His purpose] by the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:17 - In Christ Jesus, then, I have found [legitimate] reason for boasting in things related [to my service] to God.
Acts 9:15 - But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is a [deliberately] chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;
Ephesians 3:2 - assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was entrusted to me [to share with you] for your benefit;
Psalms 31:19 - How great is Your goodness, Which You have stored up for those who [reverently] fear You, Which You have prepared for those who take refuge in You, Before the sons of man!
Galatians 2:8 - (for He who worked effectively for Peter and empowered him in his ministry to the Jews also worked effectively for me and empowered me in my ministry to the Gentiles).
Proverbs 30:2 - Surely I am more brutish and stupid than any man, And I do not have the understanding of a man [for I do not know what I do not know].
Proverbs 30:3 - I have not learned [skillful and godly] wisdom, Nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One [who is the source of wisdom].
1 Chronicles 17:16 - Then David the king went in and sat before the Lord and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house and family that You have brought me this far?
John 1:16 - For out of His fullness [the superabundance of His grace and truth] we have all received grace upon grace [spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing, favor upon favor, and gift heaped upon gift].
Ephesians 3:19 - and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the love of Christ which far surpasses [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself].
Colossians 2:1 - For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those [believers] at Laodicea, and for all who [like yourselves] have never seen me face to face.
Colossians 2:2 - [For my hope is] that their hearts may be encouraged as they are knit together in [unselfish] love, so that they may have all the riches that come from the full assurance of understanding [the joy of salvation], resulting in a true [and more intimate] knowledge of the mystery of God, that is, Christ,
Colossians 2:3 - in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge [regarding the word and purposes of God].
Philippians 4:19 - And my God will liberally supply (fill until full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Revelation 3:18 - I counsel you to buy from Me gold that has been heated red hot and refined by fire so that you may become truly rich; and white clothes [representing righteousness] to clothe yourself so that the shame of your nakedness will not be seen; and healing salve to put on your eyes so that you may see.
1 Peter 5:5 - Likewise, you younger men [of lesser rank and experience], be subject to your elders [seek their counsel]; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another [tie on the servant’s apron], for God is opposed to the proud [the disdainful, the presumptuous, and He defeats them], but He gives grace to the humble.
1 Peter 5:6 - Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God [set aside self-righteous pride], so that He may exalt you [to a place of honor in His service] at the appropriate time,
1 Timothy 1:15 - This is a faithful and trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance and approval, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost.
Galatians 1:16 - to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles [as the good news—the way of salvation], I did not immediately consult with anyone [for guidance regarding God’s call and His revelation to me].
Romans 2:4 - Or do you have no regard for the wealth of His kindness and tolerance and patience [in withholding His wrath]? Are you [actually] unaware or ignorant [of the fact] that God’s kindness leads you to repentance [that is, to change your inner self, your old way of thinking—seek His purpose for your life]?
Acts 5:41 - So they left the Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy [dignified by indignity] to suffer shame for [the sake of] His name.
1 Corinthians 2:9 - but just as it is written [in Scripture], “Things which the eye has not seen and the ear has not heard, And which have not entered the heart of man, All that God has prepared for those who love Him [who hold Him in affectionate reverence, who obey Him, and who gratefully recognize the benefits that He has bestowed].”
Romans 11:33 - Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and decisions and how unfathomable and untraceable are His ways!
1 Chronicles 29:14 - “But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
1 Chronicles 29:15 - For we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope [of remaining].
Romans 12:10 - Be devoted to one another with [authentic] brotherly affection [as members of one family], give preference to one another in honor;
Ephesians 2:7 - [and He did this] so that in the ages to come He might [clearly] show the immeasurable and unsurpassed riches of His grace in [His] kindness toward us in Christ Jesus [by providing for our redemption].
2 Timothy 1:11 - for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher [of this good news regarding salvation].
1 Timothy 2:7 - And for this matter I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying [when I say this]—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Ephesians 3:16 - May He grant you out of the riches of His glory, to be strengthened and spiritually energized with power through His Spirit in your inner self, [indwelling your innermost being and personality],
Ephesians 1:7 - In Him we have redemption [that is, our deliverance and salvation] through His blood, [which paid the penalty for our sin and resulted in] the forgiveness and complete pardon of our sin, in accordance with the riches of His grace
Ephesians 1:8 - which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and understanding [with practical insight]
Colossians 1:27 - God [in His eternal plan] chose to make known to them how great for the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in and among you, the hope and guarantee of [realizing the] glory.
1 Timothy 1:13 - even though I was formerly a blasphemer [of our Lord] and a persecutor [of His church] and a shameful and outrageous and violent aggressor [toward believers]. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief.
1 Corinthians 15:9 - For I am the least [worthy] of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I [at one time] fiercely oppressed and violently persecuted the church of God.

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Amplified Bible - To me, [though I am] the very least of all the saints (God’s people), this grace [which is undeserved] was graciously given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the good news of the incomprehensible riches of Christ [that spiritual wealth which no one can fully understand],
新标点和合本 - 我本来比众圣徒中最小的还小，然而他还赐我这恩典，叫我把基督那测不透的丰富传给外邦人，
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 虽然我比众圣徒中最小的还小，他还赐我这恩典，让我把基督那测不透的丰富传给外邦人，
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 虽然我比众圣徒中最小的还小，他还赐我这恩典，让我把基督那测不透的丰富传给外邦人，
当代译本 - 我本来比最卑微的圣徒还卑微，却蒙上帝赐我这恩典，让我把基督那测不透的丰富传给外族人，
圣经新译本 - 我本来比圣徒中最小的还小，　神还是赐给我这恩典，要我把基督那测不透的丰富传给外族人，
中文标准译本 - 我在所有圣徒中，比最小的还小，但被赐予了这恩典，是为了把基督那无法测度的丰盛传给外邦人；
现代标点和合本 - 我本来比众圣徒中最小的还小，然而他还赐我这恩典，叫我把基督那测不透的丰富传给外邦人，
和合本（拼音版） - 我本来比众圣徒中最小的还小，然而他还赐我这恩典，叫我把基督那测不透的丰富传给外邦人。
New International Version - Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ,
New International Reader's Version - I am by far the least important of all the Lord’s holy people. But he gave me the grace to preach to the Gentiles about the unlimited riches that Christ gives.
English Standard Version - To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
New Living Translation - Though I am the least deserving of all God’s people, he graciously gave me the privilege of telling the Gentiles about the endless treasures available to them in Christ.
The Message - And so here I am, preaching and writing about things that are way over my head, the inexhaustible riches and generosity of Christ. My task is to bring out in the open and make plain what God, who created all this in the first place, has been doing in secret and behind the scenes all along. Through followers of Jesus like yourselves gathered in churches, this extraordinary plan of God is becoming known and talked about even among the angels!
Christian Standard Bible - This grace was given to me — the least of all the saints — to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of Christ,
New American Standard Bible - To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ,
New King James Version - To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
American Standard Version - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
King James Version - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
New English Translation - To me – less than the least of all the saints – this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
World English Bible - To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
新標點和合本 - 我本來比眾聖徒中最小的還小，然而他還賜我這恩典，叫我把基督那測不透的豐富傳給外邦人，
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 雖然我比眾聖徒中最小的還小，他還賜我這恩典，讓我把基督那測不透的豐富傳給外邦人，
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 雖然我比眾聖徒中最小的還小，他還賜我這恩典，讓我把基督那測不透的豐富傳給外邦人，
當代譯本 - 我本來比最卑微的聖徒還卑微，卻蒙上帝賜我這恩典，讓我把基督那測不透的豐富傳給外族人，
聖經新譯本 - 我本來比聖徒中最小的還小，　神還是賜給我這恩典，要我把基督那測不透的豐富傳給外族人，
呂振中譯本 - 這恩典賜給了我，竟給我這比眾聖徒最小的還小的人，叫我把基督那追尋不盡之豐富傳給外國人，
中文標準譯本 - 我在所有聖徒中，比最小的還小，但被賜予了這恩典，是為了把基督那無法測度的豐盛傳給外邦人；
現代標點和合本 - 我本來比眾聖徒中最小的還小，然而他還賜我這恩典，叫我把基督那測不透的豐富傳給外邦人，
文理和合譯本 - 我在聖徒中、乃微之又微者、尚蒙此恩、俾以基督莫測之富有宣諸異邦、
文理委辦譯本 - 然我在聖徒中、微而又微者也、上帝賜恩、使我於異邦中、傳基督之富有、人不可測、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我在眾聖徒中、雖為至微者、猶蒙天主賜恩、使我於異邦人中、傳基督不可測之富有、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 夫我乃諸聖中之至微者、竟亦蒙此殊恩、得在異邦人中弘宣基督不可思議之厚澤、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Aunque soy el más insignificante de todos los santos, recibí esta gracia de predicar a las naciones las incalculables riquezas de Cristo,
현대인의 성경 - 하나님께서 모든 성도들 가운데서 가장 보잘것없는 나에게 이 은혜를 주신 것은 그리스도의 풍성하신 기쁜 소식을 이방인들에게 전하게 하시고
Новый Русский Перевод - Я – самый незначительный из всех святых, и мне была дана эта благодать: возвещать язычникам Радостную Весть о неизмеримом богатстве Христа.
Восточный перевод - Я – самый незначительный из всего святого народа Всевышнего, но мне была дана эта привилегия: возвещать язычникам Радостную Весть о неизмеримом богатстве Масиха.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Я – самый незначительный из всего святого народа Аллаха, но мне была дана эта привилегия: возвещать язычникам Радостную Весть о неизмеримом богатстве аль-Масиха.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Я – самый незначительный из всего святого народа Всевышнего, но мне была дана эта привилегия: возвещать язычникам Радостную Весть о неизмеримом богатстве Масеха.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Oui, c’est à moi, le plus petit de tous les membres du peuple saint, que Dieu a fait cette grâce d’annoncer aux non-Juifs les richesses insondables de Christ
リビングバイブル - 私はそのような資格の全くない者で、クリスチャンの中で最も役立たずの人間です。それにもかかわらず、キリストのうちにある無限の富が外国人にも与えられるという計画を伝える者として、こんな私が選ばれたのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - Ἐμοὶ τῷ ἐλαχιστοτέρῳ πάντων ἁγίων ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις αὕτη, τοῖς ἔθνεσιν εὐαγγελίσασθαι τὸ ἀνεξιχνίαστον πλοῦτος τοῦ Χριστοῦ
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἐμοὶ τῷ, ἐλαχιστοτέρῳ πάντων ἁγίων, ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις αὕτη, τοῖς ἔθνεσιν εὐαγγελίσασθαι, τὸ ἀνεξιχνίαστον πλοῦτος τοῦ Χριστοῦ;
Nova Versão Internacional - Embora eu seja o menor dos menores de todos os santos, foi-me concedida esta graça de anunciar aos gentios as insondáveis riquezas de Cristo
Hoffnung für alle - Ausgerechnet ich, der geringste unter allen Christen, darf den anderen Völkern verkünden, welchen unermesslichen Reichtum Christus für jeden von uns bereithält.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Dù tôi kém cỏi nhất trong mọi tín hữu, Chúa đã dùng tôi truyền giảng Phúc Âm cho Dân Ngoại, tức là trình bày sự phong phú vô hạn của Chúa Cứu Thế,
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แม้ข้าพเจ้าต่ำต้อยกว่าผู้เล็กน้อยที่สุดในประชากรทั้งหมดของพระเจ้า ข้าพเจ้าก็ได้รับพระคุณนี้ คือได้ประกาศแก่คนต่างชาติถึงความไพบูลย์อันสุดจะหยั่งได้ของพระคริสต์
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แม้ข้าพเจ้าจะเป็นคนด้อยสุดในบรรดาผู้บริสุทธิ์ของพระเจ้าก็ตาม ข้าพเจ้ายังได้รับพระคุณนี้ เพื่อประกาศความยิ่งใหญ่อันมิอาจหยั่งถึงของพระคริสต์แก่บรรดาคนนอก

1 Corinthians 1:30 - But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God [revealing His plan of salvation], and righteousness [making us acceptable to God], and sanctification [making us holy and setting us apart for God], and redemption [providing our ransom from the penalty for sin],
Philippians 2:3 - Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit [through factional motives, or strife], but with [an attitude of] humility [being neither arrogant nor self-righteous], regard others as more important than yourselves.
Romans 15:15 - Still, on some points I have written to you very boldly and without reservation to remind you [about them] again, because of the grace that was given to me from God,
Romans 15:16 - to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I minister as a priest the gospel of God, in order that my offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable [to Him], sanctified [made holy and set apart for His purpose] by the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:17 - In Christ Jesus, then, I have found [legitimate] reason for boasting in things related [to my service] to God.
Acts 9:15 - But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is a [deliberately] chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;
Ephesians 3:2 - assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was entrusted to me [to share with you] for your benefit;
Psalms 31:19 - How great is Your goodness, Which You have stored up for those who [reverently] fear You, Which You have prepared for those who take refuge in You, Before the sons of man!
Galatians 2:8 - (for He who worked effectively for Peter and empowered him in his ministry to the Jews also worked effectively for me and empowered me in my ministry to the Gentiles).
Proverbs 30:2 - Surely I am more brutish and stupid than any man, And I do not have the understanding of a man [for I do not know what I do not know].
Proverbs 30:3 - I have not learned [skillful and godly] wisdom, Nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One [who is the source of wisdom].
1 Chronicles 17:16 - Then David the king went in and sat before the Lord and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house and family that You have brought me this far?
John 1:16 - For out of His fullness [the superabundance of His grace and truth] we have all received grace upon grace [spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing, favor upon favor, and gift heaped upon gift].
Ephesians 3:19 - and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the love of Christ which far surpasses [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself].
Colossians 2:1 - For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those [believers] at Laodicea, and for all who [like yourselves] have never seen me face to face.
Colossians 2:2 - [For my hope is] that their hearts may be encouraged as they are knit together in [unselfish] love, so that they may have all the riches that come from the full assurance of understanding [the joy of salvation], resulting in a true [and more intimate] knowledge of the mystery of God, that is, Christ,
Colossians 2:3 - in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge [regarding the word and purposes of God].
Philippians 4:19 - And my God will liberally supply (fill until full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Revelation 3:18 - I counsel you to buy from Me gold that has been heated red hot and refined by fire so that you may become truly rich; and white clothes [representing righteousness] to clothe yourself so that the shame of your nakedness will not be seen; and healing salve to put on your eyes so that you may see.
1 Peter 5:5 - Likewise, you younger men [of lesser rank and experience], be subject to your elders [seek their counsel]; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another [tie on the servant’s apron], for God is opposed to the proud [the disdainful, the presumptuous, and He defeats them], but He gives grace to the humble.
1 Peter 5:6 - Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God [set aside self-righteous pride], so that He may exalt you [to a place of honor in His service] at the appropriate time,
1 Timothy 1:15 - This is a faithful and trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance and approval, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost.
Galatians 1:16 - to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles [as the good news—the way of salvation], I did not immediately consult with anyone [for guidance regarding God’s call and His revelation to me].
Romans 2:4 - Or do you have no regard for the wealth of His kindness and tolerance and patience [in withholding His wrath]? Are you [actually] unaware or ignorant [of the fact] that God’s kindness leads you to repentance [that is, to change your inner self, your old way of thinking—seek His purpose for your life]?
Acts 5:41 - So they left the Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy [dignified by indignity] to suffer shame for [the sake of] His name.
1 Corinthians 2:9 - but just as it is written [in Scripture], “Things which the eye has not seen and the ear has not heard, And which have not entered the heart of man, All that God has prepared for those who love Him [who hold Him in affectionate reverence, who obey Him, and who gratefully recognize the benefits that He has bestowed].”
Romans 11:33 - Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and decisions and how unfathomable and untraceable are His ways!
1 Chronicles 29:14 - “But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
1 Chronicles 29:15 - For we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope [of remaining].
Romans 12:10 - Be devoted to one another with [authentic] brotherly affection [as members of one family], give preference to one another in honor;
Ephesians 2:7 - [and He did this] so that in the ages to come He might [clearly] show the immeasurable and unsurpassed riches of His grace in [His] kindness toward us in Christ Jesus [by providing for our redemption].
2 Timothy 1:11 - for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher [of this good news regarding salvation].
1 Timothy 2:7 - And for this matter I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying [when I say this]—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Ephesians 3:16 - May He grant you out of the riches of His glory, to be strengthened and spiritually energized with power through His Spirit in your inner self, [indwelling your innermost being and personality],
Ephesians 1:7 - In Him we have redemption [that is, our deliverance and salvation] through His blood, [which paid the penalty for our sin and resulted in] the forgiveness and complete pardon of our sin, in accordance with the riches of His grace
Ephesians 1:8 - which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and understanding [with practical insight]
Colossians 1:27 - God [in His eternal plan] chose to make known to them how great for the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in and among you, the hope and guarantee of [realizing the] glory.
1 Timothy 1:13 - even though I was formerly a blasphemer [of our Lord] and a persecutor [of His church] and a shameful and outrageous and violent aggressor [toward believers]. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief.
1 Corinthians 15:9 - For I am the least [worthy] of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I [at one time] fiercely oppressed and violently persecuted the church of God.