EPH 1:12 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) so that we, the ones who first put our trust in the messiah, would praise his greatness.

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT so that we, the ones having first hoped in Christ, would be for the praise of his glory.

UST In God’s plan, we Jews, who were the first to trust in the Messiah, would live to praise God because he is so great.

BLB for us, the ones having first trusted in Christ, to be to the praise of His glory,

AICNT so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.

OEB that we should enhance his glory – we who have been the first to rest our hopes on the Christ.

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

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

NET so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory.

LSV for our being to the praise of His glory, [even] those who first hoped in the Christ,

FBV for the purpose that we[fn] who were the first to hope in Christ could praise his glory.

1:12 “We” meaning Jewish Christians.

TCNT so that we who were the first to hope in Christ, might live for the praise of his glory.

T4T in order that we(exc) Jews, who confidently expected the Messiah to do great things for us before the non-Jews expected such things (OR, we (inc) who were already confidently expecting Christ to do great things for us) will praise him for his greatness.

LEB that we who hoped beforehand in Christ should be for the praise of his glory,

BBE So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ:

Moff to make us redound to the praise of his glory by being the first to put our hope in Christ.

Wymth so that we should be devoted to the extolling of His glorious attributes—we who were the first to fix our hopes on Christ.

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

DRA That we may be unto the praise of his glory, we who before hoped Christ:

YLT for our being to the praise of His glory, [even] those who did first hope in the Christ,

Drby that we should be to [the] praise of his glory who have pre-trusted in the Christ:

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

SLT For us to be to the praise of his glory, who before hoped in Christ.

Wbstr That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

KJB-1769 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

KJB-1611 That we should be to the praise of his glorie, who first [fn]trusted in Christ.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

1:12 Or, hoped.

Bshps That we shoulde be vnto the prayse of his glorie, whiche before beleued in Christe.
(That we should be unto the praise of his glory, which before believed in Christ.)

Gnva That we, which first trusted in Christ, should be vnto the praise of his glorie:
(That we, which first trusted in Christ, should be unto the praise of his glory: )

Cvdl that we mighte be to the prayse of his glory, euen we that before beleued on Christ,
(that we might be to the praise of his glory, even we that before believed on Christ,)

TNT that we which before beleved in Christ shuld be vnto the prayse of his glory.
(that we which before believed in Christ should be unto the praise of his glory. )

Wycl that we be in to the heriyng of his glorie, we that han hopid bifor in Crist.
(that we be in to the hearing of his glory, we that have hoped before in Christ.)

Luth auf daß wir etwas seien zu Lob seiner Herrlichkeit, die wir zuvor auf Christum hoffen;
(on/in/to that we/us something be to/for Lob his glory/splendour, the we/us before on/in/to Christum hope;)

ClVg ut simus in laudem gloriæ ejus nos, qui ante speravimus in Christo;
(as we_are in/into/on praise of_glory his us, who/which before I_hopedmus in/into/on to_Christ/Messiah; )

UGNT εἰς τὸ εἶναι ἡμᾶς, εἰς ἔπαινον δόξης αὐτοῦ, τοὺς προηλπικότας ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ;
(eis to einai haʸmas, eis epainon doxaʸs autou, tous proaʸlpikotas en tōi Ⱪristōi;)

SBL-GNT εἰς τὸ εἶναι ἡμᾶς εἰς ἔπαινον δόξης αὐτοῦ τοὺς προηλπικότας ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ·
(eis to einai haʸmas eis epainon doxaʸs autou tous proaʸlpikotas en tōi Ⱪristōi;)

RP-GNT εἰς τὸ εἶναι ἡμᾶς εἰς ἔπαινον δόξης αὐτοῦ, τοὺς προηλπικότας ἐν τῷ χριστῷ·
(eis to einai haʸmas eis epainon doxaʸs autou, tous proaʸlpikotas en tōi ⱪristōi;)

TC-GNT εἰς τὸ εἶναι ἡμᾶς εἰς ἔπαινον [fn]δόξης αὐτοῦ, τοὺς προηλπικότας ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ·
(eis to einai haʸmas eis epainon doxaʸs autou, tous proaʸlpikotas en tōi Ⱪristōi; )

1:12 δοξης ¦ της δοξης PCK TR

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 1:3–14: God has done good things for us by means of Christ

Paul praised God for all the blessings that come to his people through Christ. Before God created the world, he chose us and then he redeemed us through Christ. God also revealed his plan to us. His plan is to unite everything in the world in the future with Christ as the Head. To show that we are his people, God gave us the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is the guarantee that God will give us all the good things he has promised us.

In Greek, 1:3–14 is all one long sentence. Most translations break this sentence into several shorter sentences. In your translation, you can use a few long sentences or many shorter sentences, whichever sounds best.

Here are some other examples for a heading for this section:

Spiritual blessings in Christ

God blesses us because we are joined to Christ

Paragraph 1:11–14

God makes everything happen in the way in which he has decided. He chose the Jews to be the first to believe in Christ, so that they should bring him praise. But the Gentiles were also united with Christ when they believed the gospel and God gave them the Holy Spirit to show they were his people. So we should all praise God for his greatness.

1:12

in order that we…would be for the praise of His glory: This verse tells God’s purpose for choosing the Jews (1:11a). He chose them so that he would receive praise from them.

1:12a

in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ,

He did this so that we^(excl) Jews, who were the first people to hope/trust in Christ,
We^(excl) Jews were the first people to hope/trust in Christ. He chose us so that we^(excl)

in order that we: The phrase in order that introduces the reason why the Jews were the first to hope in Christ.

we: Here Paul used the pronoun we to mean the Jews in contrast with “you, the Gentiles” in 1:13. The first people to believe in Christ were Jews. If your language has the exclusive pronoun, you should use it here.

Here is another way to translate this word:

I and my fellow Jews

were the first to hope in Christ: It was the Jews who were the first to hear that Jesus was the Messiah and some believed. Then the message went out to the Gentiles.

to hope in Christ: The phrase hope in Christ is similar in meaning to “trust in Christ.” See how you translated “in Christ Jesus” in 1:1d and in Christ in 1:3b and 1:9b.

1:12b

would be for the praise of His glory.

would praise God for his glory.
would speak highly of God for his greatness.

would be for the praise of His glory: The clause would be for the praise of His glory is the purpose for which God chose the Jews. It does not express uncertainty. He chose them so that they would praise God for his glory. This phrase is similar to the phrase “to the praise of his glorious grace” in 1:6a.

glory: Here glory means “God’s magnificence and greatness.”

Here are some other ways to translate this word:

greatness

wonderful power

majesty

See glory, Meaning 1, in the Glossary for more information.

Parallel EPH 1:12

Section 1:3–14: God has done good things for us by means of Christ

Paragraph 1:11–14

1:12

1:12a

1:12b