Ephesians 3:1

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus ¹  for the sake of you Gentiles –

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For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—

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For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—

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I, Paul, am a prisoner of Christ Jesus because of my preaching to you Gentiles.

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This is why I, Paul, am in jail for Christ, having taken up the cause of you outsiders, so-called.

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For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,

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This is the reason that I Paul am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—

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For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles––

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For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus ¹  for the sake of you Gentiles –

¹ tc Several early and important witnesses, chiefly of the Western text (א* D* F G [365]), lack ᾿Ιησοῦ (Ihsou, “Jesus”) here, while most Alexandrian and Byzantine mss (Ì⁴⁶ א¹ A B [C] D¹ Ψ 33 1739 [1881] Ï lat sy bo) have the word. However, because of the Western text’s proclivities to add or delete to the text, seemingly at whim, serious doubts should be attached to the shorter reading. It is strengthened, however, by א’s support. Nevertheless, since both א and D were corrected with the addition of ᾿Ιησοῦ, their testimony might be questioned. Further, in uncial script the nomina sacra here could have led to missing a word by way of homoioteleuton (cMuiMu). At the same time, in light of the rarity of scribal omission of nomina sacra (see TCGNT 582, n. 1), a decision for inclusion of the word here must be tentative. NA²⁷ rightly places ᾿Ιησοῦ in brackets.