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OET (OET-LV) To_me, the very_least of_all the_holy ones, the this grace was_given, to_the pagans to_good_message_preach the untraceable riches of_the chosen_one/messiah,
OET (OET-RV) Although I was the least of the ones dedicated to this message, I was given the grace to preach this positive message to the non-Jews, to tell them about the endless riches of the messiah
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἀνεξιχνίαστον
untraceable
Paul speaks of everything that Christ offers as something so physically vast that it cannot be fully explored. Alternate translation: [unable to be completely known]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
πλοῦτος τοῦ Χριστοῦ
riches ˱of˲_the Messiah
Paul speaks of the truth about Christ and the blessings he brings as if they were material wealth.
3:8 Paul considered himself the least deserving of all God’s people (literally the least of God’s people) because he was once an ardent persecutor of believers (see 1 Cor 15:9; 1 Tim 1:12-16).
• the endless treasures available to them in Christ: See Eph 1:3-14.
OET (OET-LV) To_me, the very_least of_all the_holy ones, the this grace was_given, to_the pagans to_good_message_preach the untraceable riches of_the chosen_one/messiah,
OET (OET-RV) Although I was the least of the ones dedicated to this message, I was given the grace to preach this positive message to the non-Jews, to tell them about the endless riches of the messiah
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.