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Ephesians 3:1-9 GNB ...For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles, pray to God. (2) Surely you have heard that God in his grace has given me this work to do for your good. (3) God revealed his secret plan and made it known to me. (I have written briefly about this, [Gal 3:7-9] (4) and if you will read what I have written, you can learn about my understanding of the secret of Christ.) (5) In past times human beings were not told this secret, but God has revealed it now by the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets. (6) The secret is that by means of the gospel [of Christ] the Gentiles have a part with the Jews in God's blessings; they are members of the same body and share in the promise that God made through Christ Jesus. [Gal 3:26-29] (7) I was made a servant of the gospel by God's special gift, which he gave me through the working of his power. (8) I am less than the least of all God's people; yet God gave me this privilege of taking to the Gentiles the Good News about the infinite riches of Christ, (9) and of making all people see how God's secret plan is to be put into effect. God, who is the Creator of all things, kept his secret hidden through all the past ages,

Ephesians 3:1-9 ESV ...For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles-- (2) assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you, (3) how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly. [Gal 3:7-9] (4) When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, (5) which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. (6) This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. [Gal 3:26-29] (7) Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the working of his power. (8) 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, (9) and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things,

Ephesians 3:1-9 LITV ...Because of this, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you, the nations, (2) if, indeed, you heard of the stewardship of the grace of God given to me for you, (3) that by revelation He made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief, [Gal 3:7-9] (4) by the reading of which you are able to realize my understanding in the mystery of Christ, (5) which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations, as now it was revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit, (6) for the nations to be joint-heirs, and a joint-body and joint-sharers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, [Gal 3:26-29] (7) of which I was made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me, according to the working of His power. (8) This grace was given to me, I being less than the least of all the saints, to preach the gospel of the unsearchable riches of Christ among the nations, (9) and to bring to light all, what is the fellowship of the mystery having been hidden from eternity in God, the One creating all things through Jesus Christ,

Ephesians 3:1-9 BBE ...For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles, (2) If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you, (3) How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter, [Gal 3:7-9] (4) By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ; (5) Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit; (6) Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news, [Gal 3:26-29] (7) Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power. (8) To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ: (9) And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;

Ephesians 3:1-9 NWT ...On account of this I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of YOU, the people of the nations— 2 if, really, YOU have heard about the stewardship of the undeserved kindness of God that was given me with YOU in view, 3 that by way of a revelation the sacred secret was made known to me, just as I wrote previously in brief. [Gal 3:7-9] 4 In the face of this YOU, when YOU read this, can realize the comprehension I have in the sacred secret of the Christ. 5 In other generations this [secret] was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by spirit, 6 namely, that people of the nations should be joint heirs and fellow members of the body and partakers with us of the promise in union with Christ Jesus through the good news. [Gal 3:26-29] 7 I became a minister of this according to the free gift of the undeserved kindness of God that was given me according to the way his power operates. 8 To me, a man less than the least of all holy ones, this undeserved kindness was given, that I should declare to the nations the good news about the unfathomable riches of the Christ 9 and should make men see how the sacred secret is administered which has from the indefinite past been hidden in God, who created all things.

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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible

Calvin - 1856 by Calvin Translation Society

CEV - Contemporary English Version

Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

ESV - English Standard Version

GNB - Good News Bible

GW - God's Word Bible

ISV - International Standard Version

KJV - 1769 King James Version

KJV-1611 - Old King James Version from 1611

LitNT - Literal New Testament

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

MKJV - 1962 Modern King James Version

Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament

MWT - Modern World Translation

NWT - New World Translation

RV - Revised Version

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament

Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible

YLT - 1862/1898 Young's Literal Translation

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