11 translations · Greek

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,

World English Bible

Ephesians 1:6 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,
KJV King James Version
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
ASV American Standard Version
to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:
LSV Literal Standard Version
to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He made us accepted in the beloved,
FBV Free Bible Version
So we praise him for his glorious grace that he so kindly gave us in his beloved Son.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,
DBY Darby Translation
to [the] praise of [the] glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour in the Beloved:
WBT Webster’s Bible
To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath made us accepted in the beloved:
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
Unto the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath graced us in his beloved son.

The Greek words

Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.

Word Transliteration English (BSB) Strong’s
εἰς eis to G1519 εἰς toward
ἔπαινον epainon [the] praise G1868 ἔπαινος praise
δόξης doxēs glorious G1391 δόξα glory
τῆς tēs of G3588 ὁ the/this/who
χάριτος charitos grace G5485 χάρις grace
αὐτοῦ autou His G846 αὐτός it/s/he
ἧς hēs which G3739 ὅς which
ἐχαρίτωσεν echaritōsen He has freely given G5487 χαριτόω to favor
ἡμᾶς hēmas us G1473 ἐγώ I/we
ἐν en in G1722 ἐν in/on/among
τῷ tō the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
Ἠγαπημένῳ Ēgapēmenō Beloved [One] G25 ἀγαπάω to love
  • Romans 3:22–26

    even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction, for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus; …

  • Colossians 1:13

    who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;

  • Ephesians 1:12

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

  • Philippians 4:19

    My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

  • Ephesians 1:7–8

    in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

  • Matthew 3:17

    Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

  • 1 Peter 2:9

    But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

  • Ephesians 1:14

    who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

  • Philippians 1:11

    being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

  • Isaiah 43:21

    the people which I formed for myself, that they might declare my praise.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love;

5 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,

7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

Read all of Ephesians 1 in the World English Bible.

Edition and source notes

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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.

The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.

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