uW Translation Notes:

Connecting Statement:

Connecting Statement:

To make clear the hidden truth about the church to believers, Paul refers back to the oneness of Jews and Gentiles and how believers from both groups form part of the one group that worships God, like the stones that form one temple.

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

τούτου χάριν

this for_reason_of

The connecting phrase For this reason introduces a reason-result relationship. The reason is what Paul talked about in Chapter 2, that Christ showed his grace by removing the division between Jews and Gentiles and making them into one group. The result is that Paul prays for the Gentiles. Use a phrase in your language that connects a reason to a result.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τούτου χάριν

this for_reason_of

You may need to make explicit what the reason is. Alternate translation: “Because of God’s grace to you” You may also need to make explicit here what the result is, as in the UST, because Paul does not state the result until 3:14, that he prays for them.

ὁ δέσμιος τοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ

the prisoner ¬the ˱of˲_Christ Jesus

Alternate translation: “the one who is in prison because I serve Christ Jesus”